Micah 7:2

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The good man is gone from the earth, there is no one upright among men: they are all waiting secretly for blood, every man is going after his brother with a net.

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  • Ps 12:1 : 1 <For the chief music-maker on the Sheminith. A Psalm. Of David.> Send help, Lord, for mercy has come to an end; there is no more faith among the children of men.
  • Isa 57:1 : 1 The upright man goes to his death, and no one gives a thought to it; and god-fearing men are taken away, and no one is troubled by it; for the upright man is taken away because of evil-doing, and goes into peace.
  • Jer 5:26 : 26 For there are sinners among my people: they keep watch, like men watching for birds; they put a net and take men in it.
  • Isa 59:7 : 7 Their feet go quickly to evil, and they take delight in the death of the upright; their thoughts are thoughts of sin; wasting and destruction are in their ways.
  • Prov 1:11 : 11 If they say, Come with us; let us make designs against the good, waiting secretly for the upright, without cause;
  • Ps 14:1-3 : 1 <To the chief music-maker. Of David.> The foolish man has said in his heart, God will not do anything. They are unclean, they have done evil works; there is not one who does good. 2 The Lord was looking down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who had wisdom, searching after God. 3 They have all gone out of the way together; they are unclean, there is not one who does good, no, not one.
  • Ps 57:6 : 6 They have made ready a net for my steps; my soul is bent down; they have made a great hole before me, and have gone down into it themselves. (Selah.)
  • 1 Sam 24:11 : 11 Look! you have seen today how the Lord gave you up into my hands even now in the hollow of the rocks: and some would have had me put you to death, but I had pity on you: for I said, Never will my hand be lifted up against my lord, who has been marked with the holy oil.
  • 1 Sam 26:20 : 20 Then do not let my blood be drained out on the earth away from the face of the Lord: for the king of Israel has come out to take my life, like one going after birds in the mountains.
  • Prov 12:6 : 6 The words of sinners are destruction for the upright; but the mouth of upright men is their salvation.
  • Jer 5:16 : 16 Their arrows give certain death, they are all men of war.
  • Jer 16:16 : 16 See, I will send for great numbers of fishermen, says the Lord, and they will take them like fish in a net; and after that, I will send for numbers of bowmen, and they will go after them, driving them from every mountain and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.
  • Lam 4:18 : 18 They go after our steps so that we may not go in our streets: our end is near, our days are numbered; for our end has come.
  • Mic 3:10 : 10 They are building up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with evil-doing.
  • Hab 1:15-17 : 15 He takes them all up with his hook, he takes them in his net, getting them together in his fishing-net: for which cause he is glad and full of joy. 16 For this reason he makes an offering to his net, burning perfume to his fishing-net; because by them he gets much food and his meat is fat. 17 For this cause his net is ever open, and there is no end to his destruction of the nations.
  • Rom 3:10-18 : 10 As it is said in the holy Writings, There is not one who does righteousness; 11 Not one who has the knowledge of what is right, not one who is a searcher after God; 12 They have all gone out of the way, there is no profit in any of them; there is not one who does good, not so much as one: 13 Their throat is like an open place of death; with their tongues they have said what is not true: the poison of snakes is under their lips: 14 Whose mouth is full of curses and bitter words: 15 Their feet are quick in running after blood; 16 Destruction and trouble are in their ways; 17 And of the way of peace they have no knowledge: 18 There is no fear of God before their eyes.

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  • Isa 57:1
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    1The upright man goes to his death, and no one gives a thought to it; and god-fearing men are taken away, and no one is troubled by it; for the upright man is taken away because of evil-doing, and goes into peace.

  • Eccl 7:20
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    20There is no man on earth of such righteousness that he does good and is free from sin all his days.

  • Jer 5:26
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    26For there are sinners among my people: they keep watch, like men watching for birds; they put a net and take men in it.

  • Ps 14:3-4
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    3They have all gone out of the way together; they are unclean, there is not one who does good, no, not one.

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  • Prov 1:16-18
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    16For their feet are running after evil, and they are quick to take a man's life.

    17Truly, to no purpose is the net stretched out before the eyes of the bird:

    18And they are secretly waiting for their blood and making ready destruction for themselves.

  • Ps 53:1-3
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  • Ps 37:32
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    32The sinners are watching the upright man, desiring to put him to death.

  • Rom 3:11-12
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    11Not one who has the knowledge of what is right, not one who is a searcher after God;

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  • Isa 59:15
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    15Yes, faith is gone; and he whose heart is turned from evil comes into the power of the cruel: and the Lord saw it, and he was angry that there was no one to take up their cause.

  • Prov 29:10
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    10Men of blood are haters of the good man, and evil-doers go after his soul.

  • Eccl 7:15
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    15These two have I seen in my life which is to no purpose: a good man coming to his end in his righteousness, and an evil man whose days are long in his evil-doing.

  • Amos 5:7
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    7You who make the work of judging a bitter thing, crushing down righteousness to the earth;

  • Mic 7:1
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    1Sorrow is mine! for I am as when they have got in the summer fruits, like the last of the grapes: there is nothing for food, not even an early fig for my desire.

  • Ezek 7:11
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    11Violent behaviour has been lifted up into a rod of evil; it will not be slow in coming, it will not keep back.

  • Ps 37:14
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    14The evil-doers have taken out their swords, their bows are bent; for crushing the poor, and to put to death those who are upright in their ways.

  • Isa 59:4
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    4No one puts forward an upright cause, or gives a true decision: their hope is in deceit, and their words are false; they are with child with sin, and give birth to evil.

  • Prov 1:11
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    11If they say, Come with us; let us make designs against the good, waiting secretly for the upright, without cause;

  • Prov 12:6-7
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    6The words of sinners are destruction for the upright; but the mouth of upright men is their salvation.

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    2There is cursing and broken faith, violent death and attacks on property, men are untrue in married life, houses are broken into, and there is blood touching blood.

    3Because of this the land will be dry, and everyone living in it will be wasted away, with the beasts of the field and the birds of heaven; even the fishes of the sea will be taken away.

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    7By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.

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    7Their feet go quickly to evil, and they take delight in the death of the upright; their thoughts are thoughts of sin; wasting and destruction are in their ways.

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  • Prov 24:15
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    15Do not keep a secret watch, O evil-doer, against the fields of the upright man, or send destruction on his resting-place:

  • Prov 28:17
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    17One who has been the cause of a man's death will go in flight to the underworld: let no man give him help.

  • Ps 10:8-9
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    8He is waiting in the dark places of the towns: in the secret places he puts to death those who have done no wrong: his eyes are secretly turned against the poor.

    9He keeps himself in a secret place like a lion in his hole, waiting to put his hands on the poor man, and pulling him into his net.

  • Ps 11:2
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    2See, the bows of the evil-doers are bent, they make ready their arrows on the cord, so that they may send them secretly against the upright in heart.

  • Prov 29:6
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    6In the steps of an evil man there is a net for him, but the upright man gets away quickly and is glad.

  • Hab 1:4
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    4For this reason the law is feeble and decisions are not effected: for the upright man is circled round by evil-doers; because of which right is twisted.

  • Prov 29:27
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    27An evil man is disgusting to the upright, and he who is upright is disgusting to evil-doers.

  • Prov 28:28
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    28When evil-doers are lifted up, men take cover; but when destruction overtakes them, the upright are increased.

  • Ps 140:11
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    11Let not a man of evil tongue be safe on earth: let destruction overtake the violent man with blow on blow.

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    3In the words of his mouth are evil and deceit; he has given up being wise and doing good.

  • Ps 94:21
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    21They are banded together against the soul of the upright, to give decisions against those who have done no wrong.

  • Prov 11:6-7
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    6The righteousness of the upright will be their salvation, but the false will themselves be taken in their evil designs.

    7At the death of an upright man his hope does not come to an end, but the hope of the evil-doer comes to destruction.

  • Jer 9:4
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    4Let everyone keep watch on his neighbour, and put no faith in any brother: for every brother will certainly be tricking his brother, and every neighbour will go about saying evil.

  • Ps 12:8
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    8The sinners are walking on every side, and evil is honoured among the children of men.

  • Prov 2:22
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    22But sinners will be cut off from the land, and those whose acts are false will be uprooted.

  • Ps 34:21
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    21Evil will put an end to the sinner, and those who are haters of righteousness will come to destruction.