Micah 7:3 Cross References
Micah 7:3
3: They go about their evil deeds with both hands. How skilled they are at using them! Officials and judges alike demand bribes. The people with money and influence pay them off, and together they scheme to twist justice.
Micah 3:11
- You rulers govern for the bribes you can get; you priests teach God's laws only for a price; you prophets won't prophesy unless you are paid. Yet all of you claim you are depending on the LORD. "No harm can come to us," you say, "for the LORD is here among us."
Proverbs 4:16
- for evil people cannot sleep until they have done their evil deed for the day. They cannot rest unless they have caused someone to stumble.
- They eat wickedness and drink violence!
Amos 5:12
- For I know the vast number of your sins and rebellions. You oppress good people by taking bribes and deprive the poor of justice in the courts.
Jeremiah 8:10
- I will give their wives and their farms to others. From the least to the greatest, they trick others to get what does not belong to them. Yes, even my prophets and priests are like that.
1 Kings 21:9
- In her letters she commanded: "Call the citizens together for fasting and prayer and give Naboth a place of honor.
- Find two scoundrels who will accuse him of cursing God and the king. Then take him out and stone him to death."
- So the elders and other leaders followed the instructions Jezebel had written in the letters.
- They called for a fast and put Naboth at a prominent place before the people.
- Then two scoundrels accused him before all the people of cursing God and the king. So he was dragged outside the city and stoned to death.
Isaiah 26:21
- Look! The LORD is coming from heaven to punish the people of the earth for their sins. The earth will no longer hide those who have been murdered. They will be brought out for all to see.
Isaiah 1:23
- Your leaders are rebels, the companions of thieves. All of them take bribes and refuse to defend the orphans and the widows.
Hosea 4:18
- The men of Israel finish up their drinking bouts and off they go to find some prostitutes. Their love for shame is greater than their love for honor.
1 Corinthians 4:5
- So be careful not to jump to conclusions before the Lord returns as to whether or not someone is faithful. When the Lord comes, he will bring our deepest secrets to light and will reveal our private motives. And then God will give to everyone whatever praise is due.
Jeremiah 3:5
- Surely you won't be angry about such a little thing! Surely you can forget it!' So you talk, and keep right on doing all the evil you can."
Matthew 26:15
- and asked, "How much will you pay me to betray Jesus to you?" And they gave him thirty pieces of silver.
Luke 12:1
- Meanwhile, the crowds grew until thousands were milling about and crushing each other. Jesus turned first to his disciples and warned them, "Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees--beware of their hypocrisy.
- The time is coming when everything will be revealed; all that is secret will be made public.
Ezekiel 22:27
- Your leaders are like wolves, who tear apart their victims. They actually destroy people's lives for profit!
Ezekiel 22:6
- "Every leader in Israel who lives within your walls is bent on murder.