Micah 3:9

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Heare this I pray you ye heades of the house of Iacob, and princes of the house of Israel: they abhorre iudgement, and peruert all equitie.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 58:1-2 : 1 To the chiefe musition, destroy not, a golden psalme of Dauid. O ye that consult together, pronounce ye truely the thing that is iust? O ye sonnes of men iudge you according to equitie? 2 Nay, rather ye imagine mischiefe in your heart: your handes waygh as in a ballaunce wickednes vpon the earth.
  • Isa 1:23 : 23 Thy princes are wicked, and companions of theeues: they loue gyftes altogether, and gape for rewardes: As for the fatherlesse they helpe hym not to his ryght, neither wyll they let the widdowes causes come before them.
  • Jer 5:28 : 28 Hereof are they fat and welthy, and are more mischieuous then any other: they minister not the lawe, they make no ende of the fatherlesse cause, yea and they prosper: yet they iudge not the poore according to equitie.
  • Hos 5:1 : 1 O ye priestes heare this, take heede O thou housholde of Israel, geue eare O thou house of the king, for iudgement is against you, because you are become as a snare on Mizphah, and a spread net vpon the mount of Thabor.
  • Mic 3:1 : 1 And I saide, heare I pray you O heads of Iacob, & ye princes of the house of Israel, shoulde not ye know iudgement?
  • Prov 17:15 : 15 The Lorde hateth as well hym that iustifieth the vngodly, as him that condempneth the innocent.
  • Exod 3:16 : 16 Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and thou shalt saye vnto them, The Lorde God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isahac, and the God of Iacob appeared vnto me, and sayde: In visityng, haue I visited you, and know that which is done to you in Egypt.
  • Lev 26:15 : 15 And yf ye shall dispise myne ordinaunces, either if your soule abhorre my lawes, so that ye wyll not do all my commaundementes, but breake my couenaunt,
  • Deut 27:19 : 19 Cursed be he that hindreth the ryght of the straunger, fatherlesse, and widdowe: & all the people shall say, Amen.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Mic 3:1-2
    2 verses
    87%

    1And I saide, heare I pray you O heads of Iacob, & ye princes of the house of Israel, shoulde not ye know iudgement?

    2But they hate the good, and loue the euill, they plucke of their skinnes from them, and their fleshe from their bones.

  • Hos 5:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1O ye priestes heare this, take heede O thou housholde of Israel, geue eare O thou house of the king, for iudgement is against you, because you are become as a snare on Mizphah, and a spread net vpon the mount of Thabor.

    2They kyll sacrifices by heapes, and turne farre from the Lord, and I haue ben a rebuker of them all.

  • Mic 3:10-12
    3 verses
    79%

    10They builde vp Sion with blood, and Hierusalem with iniquitie.

    11(The heades therof iudge for rewards, and the priestes thereof teache for hyre, and the prophetes thereof prophecie for money: yet wyll they leane vpon the Lord, and say, Is not the Lord among vs? no euill can come vpon vs.)

    12Therefore shall Sion for your sake be plowed as a fielde, & Hierusalem shalbe an heape, and the mountaine of the house as the hie places of the forest.

  • Isa 3:14-15
    2 verses
    77%

    14The Lorde shall enter into iudgement with the elders and princes of his people, and shall say to them: It is ye that haue burnt vp my vineyarde, the spoyle of the poore is in your houses.

    15What meane ye that ye bray as in a morter my people, and grinde the faces of the poore? saith the Lorde God of hoastes.

  • Mic 3:8
    77%

    8Yet notwithstanding, I am full of power by the spirite of the Lorde, and of iudgement, and of strength, to declare vnto Iacob his transgression, and to Israel his sinne.

  • Isa 10:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1Wo be vnto them that make vnrighteous lawes, and that causeth their actuaries to wryte greeuousnesse,

    2Where thorowe the poore are put from their right, and my seelie people robbed of iudgement, that wydowes may be their pray, and that they may rob the fatherlesse.

  • Amos 5:7
    75%

    7They turne iudgement to wormewood, and forsake righteousnesse in the earth.

  • Isa 48:1
    75%

    1Heare this O thou house of Iacob, ye that are called by the name of Israel, & are come out of one stocke with Iuda: whiche sweare by the name of the Lorde, and beare witnesse by the God of Israel, but not with trueth and ryght.

  • Jer 2:4
    75%

    4Heare therfore the worde of the Lord O thou house of Iacob, and all the generations of the house of Israel.

  • Ezek 9:9
    75%

    9Then sayde he vnto me, The wickednesse of the house of Israel and Iuda is exceedyng great: so that the lande is full of blood, & the citie full of reuoltyng from God for they say, The Lorde hath forsaken the earth, and the Lorde seeth it not.

  • Isa 1:23
    74%

    23Thy princes are wicked, and companions of theeues: they loue gyftes altogether, and gape for rewardes: As for the fatherlesse they helpe hym not to his ryght, neither wyll they let the widdowes causes come before them.

  • Mic 7:3
    74%

    3Yet they say they do wel, when they do euyll: the prince asketh, and the iudge iudgeth for a rewarde, therfore the great man speaketh out of the corruption of his soule, and so they wrappe it vp.

  • Amos 3:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9Proclame in the palaces at Asdod, and in the palaces in the lande of Egypt, and say: Assemble your selues vpon the mountaynes of Samaria, and beholde the great tumultes in the mids thereof, and the oppressed in the mids therof:

    10For they know not to do right, sayth the Lorde, they store vp violence and robberie in their palaces.

  • Amos 3:13
    74%

    13Heare and testifie in the house of Iacob, saith the Lord God, the God of hoastes:

  • Mic 2:3
    74%

    3Therefore thus saith the Lorde: Beholde, against this housholde haue I deuised a plague, whereout ye shall not plucke your neckes: ye shall no more go so proudly, for it wyl be a perilous time.

  • Amos 8:4
    74%

    4Heare this, O ye that swallow vp the poore, that ye may make the needy of the lande to fayle,

  • Isa 1:10
    73%

    10Heare the worde of the Lord ye lordes of Sodoma, and hearken vnto the lawe of our God thou people of Gomorra.

  • Mic 1:5
    73%

    5And all this shalbe for the wickednes of Iacob, and the sinnes of the house of Israel: but what is the wickednesse of Iacob? is not Samaria? which are the hie places of Iuda? is not Hierusalem?

  • Amos 5:11-12
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    73%

    11Forasmuch 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.

    12For I knowe your manyfolde transgressions, and your mightie sinnes: they afflict the iust, they take rewardes, and they oppresse the poore in the gate.

  • Isa 5:7
    73%

    7As for the vineyarde of the Lorde of hoastes, it is the house of Israel: and the man of Iuda, the plant of his pleasure: Of these he loked for equitie, but see there is oppression for ryghteousnesse, and lo it is a crying.

  • Ezek 22:6
    73%

    6Beholde the rulers of Israel, euery one in thee was redy to his power to shed blood.

  • Jer 5:11
    73%

    11For vnfaithfully hath the house of Israel and Iuda forsaken me, saith the Lorde.

  • Isa 5:23
    73%

    23Wo be vnto them that geue sentence with the vngodly for rewardes, but condempne the iust cause of the ryghteous.

  • Isa 59:14
    73%

    14And therefore is equitie gone aside, and righteousnesse standeth farre of, trueth is fallen downe in the streete, and the thing that is playne and open, may not be shewed.

  • Ezek 45:9
    73%

    9Thus saith the Lorde God, Let it suffise you O ye princes of Israel: leaue of crueltie and oppression, and execute iudgement and iustice: take away your exactions from my people, saith the lord God.

  • Isa 30:12
    73%

    12Wherefore thus saith the holy one of Israel: Because your heartes ryse against this word, and because you trust in wrong dealing and peruerse iudgement, and put your confidence therin:

  • Hos 5:10
    72%

    10The princes of Iuda haue ben lyke them that remoue the lande markes: therefore wyll I powre out my wrath vpon them like water.

  • Hos 4:1
    72%

    1Heare the worde of the Lorde O ye chyldren of Israel, for the Lord hath a controuersie with the inhabitauntes of the lande: for there is no trueth, there is no mercy, there is no knowledge of God in the lande.

  • Isa 1:17
    72%

    17Learne to do well, applie your selues to equitie, deliuer the oppressed, helpe the fatherlesse to his ryght, let the widdowes complaynt come before you:

  • Jer 5:28
    72%

    28Hereof are they fat and welthy, and are more mischieuous then any other: they minister not the lawe, they make no ende of the fatherlesse cause, yea and they prosper: yet they iudge not the poore according to equitie.

  • Isa 28:14
    72%

    14Wherfore heare the word of the Lord ye mockers, ye that haue rule of this people whiche is at Hierusalem.

  • Jer 22:3
    72%

    3Thus the Lord comaundeth: Kepe equitie and righteousnesse, deliuer the oppressed from the power of the violent, do not greeue nor oppresse the straunger, the fatherlesse, nor the widowe, and shed no innocent blood in this place.

  • Isa 1:4
    72%

    4Ah sinnefull nation, a people laden with iniquitie, a seede of the wicked, corrupt children: they haue forsaken the Lorde, they haue prouoked the holy one of Israel vnto anger, they are gone backwarde.

  • Zeph 3:3
    72%

    3Her rulers within her are as roaring lions, her iudges are as wolues in the euening, whiche leaue nothing behinde them till the morowe.

  • Isa 9:16
    72%

    16For the guides of this people are deceauers, and those that be gouerned are vtterly lost.

  • Amos 2:7
    71%

    7They gape for breath ouer the head of the poore in the dust of the earth, & peruert the way of the meke: A man and his father will go in to one mayde, to dishonour my holy name.

  • Hab 1:4
    71%

    4Therfore the law is dissolued, & iudgement doth neuer go foorth: for the wicked doth compasse about the righteous, therfore wrong iudgement proceedeth.

  • Jer 5:20
    71%

    20Preach this vnto the house of Iacob, and crye it out in Iuda, and say thus:

  • Jer 21:11
    71%

    11And vnto the house of the king of Iuda say thus: Heare the worde of the Lorde:

  • Mic 6:16
    71%

    16Ye kepe the ordinaunces of Amri, and all the customes of the house of Ahab, ye walke in their counsels: therfore wyl I make thee waste, and cause thy inhabiters to be hissed at, and ye shall beare the reproche of my people.

  • Amos 2:3
    71%

    3And I will cut of the iudge out of the mids therof, and wil slay all the princes therof with him, sayth the Lorde.

  • Amos 5:1
    71%

    1Heare ye this worde whiche I lift vp vpon you, euen a lamentation of the house of Israel.