Micah 3:2

Bishops' Bible (1568)

But they hate the good, and loue the euill, they plucke of their skinnes from them, and their fleshe from their bones.

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  • Ezek 22:27 : 27 Thy rulers in thee are lyke woolues rauenyng the pray, to shed blood, and destroy soules, for their owne couetous lucre.
  • Ps 53:4 : 4 Wyll not the workers of iniquitie vnderstande, eating vp my people as if they eated bread: that they do not call vpon God?
  • Ezek 34:3 : 3 Ye eate vp the fat, ye clothe you with the wooll, the best fed do ye slay: but the flocke do ye not feede.
  • Amos 5:10-14 : 10 They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhorre him that speaketh vprightly. 11 Forasmuch then as your treading is vpon the poore, and ye take from hym burdens of wheate: ye haue buylt houses of hewen stone, but ye shall not dwell in them: ye haue planted pleasaunt vineyardes, but ye shall not drinke wine of them. 12 For I knowe your manyfolde transgressions, and your mightie sinnes: they afflict the iust, they take rewardes, and they oppresse the poore in the gate. 13 Therfore the wise shall kepe scilence in that time: for it is an euyll time. 14 Seke good and not euill, that ye may liue: & so the Lord God of hoastes shalbe with you, as you haue spoken.
  • Amos 8:4-6 : 4 Heare this, O ye that swallow vp the poore, that ye may make the needy of the lande to fayle, 5 Saying, When will the new moneth be gone, that we may sell corne? & the Sabbath, that we may set foorth wheate, and make the Epha small, & the sicle great, & falsifie the wayghtes by deceite? 6 That we may bie the poore for siluer, and the needy for shoes, yea and sell the refuse of the wheate?
  • Zeph 3:3 : 3 Her rulers within her are as roaring lions, her iudges are as wolues in the euening, whiche leaue nothing behinde them till the morowe.
  • Zech 11:4-5 : 4 Thus saith the Lorde my God: Feede the sheepe of the slaughter, 5 Which haue ben slaine of those that possessed them, yet they toke it for no sinne, but they that solde them said, The Lorde be thanked, for I am riche: yea their owne shepheardes spare the not.
  • Luke 19:14 : 14 But his citezins hated hym, and sent a message after hym, saying: We wyll not haue this man to raigne ouer vs.
  • John 7:7 : 7 The worlde can not hate you, but me it hateth, because I testifie of it, that the workes therof are euyll.
  • John 15:18-19 : 18 Yf the worlde hate you, ye knowe that it hated me before it hated you. 19 If ye were of the worlde, the worlde would loue his owne: Howbeit, because ye are not of the worlde, but I haue chosen you out of the worlde: therfore the worlde hateth you.
  • John 15:23-24 : 23 He that hateth me, hateth my father also. 24 Yf I had not done among them, the workes which none other man dyd, they shoulde haue had no sinne. But nowe haue they both seene, and hated not only me, but also my father,
  • John 18:40 : 40 Then cryed they all agayne, saying: Not hym, but Barabbas. This Barabbas was a robber.
  • Acts 7:51-52 : 51 Ye styfnecked and of vncircumcised heartes and eares, ye haue alwayes resisted the holy ghost: as your fathers dyd, so do ye. 52 Which of the prophetes haue not your fathers persecuted? And they haue slayne them which shewed before of the commyng of that iuste, of whom ye are nowe the betrayers and murtherers:
  • Rom 1:32 : 32 The whiche knowyng the righteousnes of God, howe that they which commit such thynges are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also haue pleasure in them that do them.
  • Rom 12:9 : 9 Loue without dissimulation, hatyng euyll, cleauyng to good.
  • 2 Tim 3:3 : 3 Without naturall affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, riotous, fierce, despisers of them which are good,
  • Ps 139:21-22 : 21 Do not I hate them O God that hate thee? and am not I greeued with those that rise vp agaynst thee? 22 Yea I hate them from the bottome of myne heart: euen as though they were myne enemies.
  • Prov 28:4 : 4 They that forsake the lawe, prayse the vngodly: but such as kepe the lawe are greeued at them.
  • Isa 3:15 : 15 What meane ye that ye bray as in a morter my people, and grinde the faces of the poore? saith the Lorde God of hoastes.
  • 1 Kgs 21:20 : 20 And Ahab sayde to Elias: Hast thou founde me, O thou myne enemie? He aunswered: I haue founde thee, for thou hast sold thy selfe to worke wickednesse in the sight of the Lorde.
  • 1 Kgs 22:6-8 : 6 And then the king of Israel gathered the prophetes together, vpon a foure hundred men, & sayde vnto them: Shall I go against Ramoth in Gilead to battayle, or shall I let it alone? And they sayde, Go vp: for the Lorde shall deliuer it into the handes of the king. 7 And Iehosaphat sayd: Is there here neuer a prophete of the Lord more, that we might inquire of him? 8 And the king of Israel sayde vnto Iehosaphat: There is yet one man (Michea the sonne of Iimla) by whom we may aske counsell of the Lorde: But I hate him, for he doth not prophecie good vnto me, but euyll. And Iehosaphat sayde: Let not the king say so.
  • 2 Chr 19:2 : 2 And Iehu the sonne of Hanani the sear went out to meete him, and sayd to king Iehosaphat: Wouldest thou helpe the vngodly, and loue them that hate the Lorde? Therfore is wrath come downe vpon thee from before the Lorde:
  • Ps 15:4 : 4 He that dispiseth in his eyes the reprobate: and honoureth them that feare God. He that hath sworne to his owne hurt: and yet wyll not go from his oth.

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    4Then shall they crye vnto the Lorde, but he wyll not heare them: he wyll euen hide his face from them at that time, because they haue done wickedly in their workes.

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    21Do not I hate them O God that hate thee? and am not I greeued with those that rise vp agaynst thee?

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    1Wo vnto them that imagine iniquitie, and worke wickednesse vpon their beddes: when the morning is light they practise it, because their hande hath power.

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