Micah 3:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.

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Referenced Verses

Jer 22:13-17 : 13 Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by injustice; that useth his neighbor's service without wages, and giveth him not his hire; 14 that saith, I will build me a wide house and spacious chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is ceiled with cedar, and painted with vermilion. 15 Shalt thou reign, because thou strivest to excel in cedar? Did not thy father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? then it was well with him. 16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not this to know me? saith Jehovah. 17 But thine eyes and thy heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.
Ezek 22:25-28 : 25 There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey: they have devoured souls; they take treasure and precious things; they have made her widows many in the midst thereof. 26 Her priests have done violence to my law, and have profaned my holy things: they have made no distinction between the holy and the common, neither have they caused men to discern between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them. 27 Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, [and] to destroy souls, that they may get dishonest gain. 28 And her prophets have daubed for them with untempered [mortar], seeing false visions, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, when Jehovah hath not spoken.
Hab 2:9-9 : 9 Woe to him that getteth an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil! 10 Thou hast devised shame to thy house, by cutting off many peoples, and hast sinned against thy soul. 11 For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it. 12 Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity!
Zeph 3:3 : 3 Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they leave nothing till the morrow.
Matt 27:25 : 25 And all the people answered and said, His blood [be] on us, and on our children.
John 11:50 : 50 nor do ye take account that it is expedient for you that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Hab 2:12
82%
12Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity!
Mic 3:11-12
2 verses
79%
11The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet they lean upon Jehovah, and say, Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? no evil shall come upon us.
12Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
Mic 3:9
79%
9Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, that abhor justice, and pervert all equity.
Lam 4:13-14
2 verses
77%
13[ It is] because of the sins of her prophets, [and] the iniquities of her priests, That have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her.
14They wander as blind men in the streets, they are polluted with blood, So that men cannot {H3808} touch their garments.
Hos 6:8
76%
8Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity; it is stained with blood.
Joel 3:21
75%
21And I will cleanse their blood, that I have not cleansed: for Jehovah dwelleth in Zion.
Ps 55:10
74%
10Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: Iniquity also and mischief are in the midst of it.
Isa 1:21
74%
21How is the faithful city become a harlot! she that was full of justice! righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.
Amos 3:10
74%
10For they know not to do right, saith Jehovah, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
Isa 3:8-9
2 verses
74%
8For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen; because their tongue and their doings are against Jehovah, to provoke the eyes of his glory.
9The show of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have done evil unto themselves.
Ps 79:3
74%
3Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; And there was none to bury them.
Hos 4:2
73%
2There is nought but swearing and breaking faith, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery; they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
Isa 1:27
73%
27Zion shall be redeemed with justice, and her converts with righteousness.
Joel 3:19
73%
19Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence done to the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.
Zeph 3:4
73%
4Her prophets are light and treacherous persons; her priests have profaned the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.
Mic 1:5
73%
5For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what are the high places of Judah? are they not Jerusalem?
Nah 3:1
72%
1Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and rapine; the prey departeth not.
Ezek 22:27
72%
27Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, [and] to destroy souls, that they may get dishonest gain.
Mic 7:3
72%
3Their hands are upon that which is evil to do it diligently; the prince asketh, and the judge [is ready] for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth the evil desire of his soul: thus they weave it together.
Jer 6:6
72%
6For thus hath Jehovah of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast up a mound against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.
Ezek 22:6-7
2 verses
72%
6Behold, the princes of Israel, every one according to his power, have been in thee to shed blood.
7In thee have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the sojourner; in thee have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.
Jer 22:17
72%
17But thine eyes and thy heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.
Amos 5:11
72%
11Forasmuch therefore as ye trample upon the poor, and take exactions from him of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink the wine thereof.
Rom 3:15
72%
15Their feet are swift to shed blood;
Ps 122:3
72%
3Jerusalem, that art builded As a city that is compact together;
Isa 59:3
72%
3For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue muttereth wickedness.
Ezek 7:23
71%
23Make the chain; for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.
Ps 51:18
71%
18Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: Build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
Ezek 22:12-13
2 verses
71%
12In thee have they taken bribes to shed blood; thou hast taken interest and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbors by oppression, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord Jehovah.
13Behold, therefore, I have smitten my hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.
Ps 94:21
71%
21They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, And condemn the innocent blood.
Ezek 9:9
71%
9Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of wresting [of judgment]: for they say, Jehovah hath forsaken the land, and Jehovah seeth not.
Hos 4:8
71%
8They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity.
Ezek 22:9
71%
9Slanderous men have been in thee to shed blood; and in thee they have eaten upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they have committed lewdness.
Jer 5:10-11
2 verses
71%
10Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her branches; for they are not Jehovah's.
11For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith Jehovah.
Lam 1:17
71%
17Zion spreadeth forth her hands; there is none to comfort her; Jehovah hath commanded concerning Jacob, that they that are round about him should be his adversaries: Jerusalem is among them as an unclean thing.
Mic 4:11
71%
11And now many nations are assembled against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye see [our desire] upon Zion.
Zeph 1:13
71%
13And their wealth shall become a spoil, and their houses a desolation: yea, they shall build houses, but shall not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but shall not drink the wine thereof.
Ezek 22:3
71%
3And thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: A city that sheddeth blood in the midst of her, that her time may come, and that maketh idols against herself to defile her!
Jer 3:17
71%
17At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of Jehovah; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of Jehovah, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the stubbornness of their evil heart.
Hos 5:10
71%
10The princes of Judah are like them that remove the landmark: I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.
Lam 5:11
71%
11They ravished the women in Zion, The virgins in the cities of Judah.
Isa 14:21
71%
21Prepare ye slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers, that they rise not up, and possess the earth, and fill the face of the world with cities.
Mal 1:4
71%
4Whereas Edom saith, We are beaten down, but we will return and build the waste places; thus saith Jehovah of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and men shall call them The border of wickedness, and The people against whom Jehovah hath indignation for ever.
Jer 22:13
70%
13Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by injustice; that useth his neighbor's service without wages, and giveth him not his hire;