Mic.6.12

Micah 6:12

KJV GOD

For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

The Punishment of Israel

Cross References

Psalm 35:20

KJV

For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.

Contend with My Opponents, O LORD

Of David.

Isaiah 1:23

KJV

Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

The Corruption of Zion

Isaiah 3:8

KJV

For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against the Lord, to provoke the eyes of his glory.

Judgment on Jerusalem and Judah

God Will Remove the Leaders

Isaiah 5:7

KJV

For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.

The Song of the Vineyard

Jeremiah 9:2

KJV

Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.

A Lament over Zion

Jeremiah 9:5

KJV GOD

And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.

A Lament over Zion

Jeremiah 9:8

KJV GOD

Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.

A Lament over Zion

Hosea 7:13

KJV GOD

Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me.

Ephraim’s Iniquity

Amos 2:4

KJV GOD

¶ Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the Lord, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:

Judgment on Moab, Judah, and Israel

Amos 6:3

KJV GOD

Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;

Woe to Those at Ease in Zion

Amos 6:4

KJV GOD

That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;

Woe to Those at Ease in Zion

Micah 2:1

KJV

Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.

Woe to Oppressors

Micah 2:2

KJV

And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.