Micah 6:8

Geneva Bible (1560)

He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good, and what the Lord requireth of thee: surely to doe iustly, and to loue mercie, and to humble thy selfe, to walke with thy God.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 10:12-13 : 12 And nowe, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to feare the Lord thy God, to walke in all his wayes, & to loue him, and to serue the Lord thy God, with all thine heart, and with all thy soule? 13 That thou keepe the commaundements of the Lord, and his ordinances, which I commaunde thee this day, for thy wealth?
  • 1 Sam 15:22 : 22 And Samuel saide, Hath the Lord as great pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as when the voyce of the Lord is obeyed? Beholde, to obey is better then sacrifice, and to hearken is better then the fatte of rammes.
  • Jer 22:3 : 3 Thus saith the Lorde, Execute ye iudgement and righteousnes, and deliuer the oppressed from the hande of the oppressor, and vexe not the stranger, the fatherlesse, nor the widowe: doe no violence, nor sheade innocent blood in this place.
  • Isa 66:2 : 2 For all these things hath mine hand made, and all these things haue bene, sayth the Lorde: and to him will I looke, euen to him, that is poore, and of a contrite spirite and trembleth at my wordes.
  • Hos 6:6 : 6 For I desired mercie, and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God more then burnt offrings.
  • Col 3:12 : 12 Now therfore as the elect of God holy and beloued, put on the bowels of mercies, kindnesse, humblenesse of minde, meekenesse, long suffering:
  • 1 Pet 5:5-6 : 5 Likewise ye yonger, submit your selues vnto the elders, & submit your selues euery man, one to another: decke your selues inwardly in lowlinesse of minde: for God resisteth the proude, and giueth grace to the humble. 6 Humble your selues therefore vnder the mightie hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time.
  • 1 Pet 3:8 : 8 Finally, be ye all of one minde: one suffer with another: loue as brethren: bee pitifull: bee courteous,
  • Prov 21:3 : 3 To doe iustice and iudgement is more acceptable to the Lord then sacrifice.
  • Gen 18:19 : 19 For I knowe him that he will commande his sonnes and his houshold after him, that they keepe the way of the Lord, to doe righteousnesse and iudgement, that the Lord may bring vpon Abraham that he hath spoken vnto him.
  • Luke 11:42 : 42 But wo be to you, Pharises: for ye tithe the mynt and the rewe, and all maner herbs, and passe ouer iudgement & the loue of God: these ought yee to haue done, and not to haue left the other vndone.
  • Amos 5:24 : 24 And let iudgement runne downe as waters, and righteousnesse as a mightie riuer.
  • Luke 6:36 : 36 Be ye therefore mercifull, as your Father also is mercifull.
  • Jas 4:6-9 : 6 But the Scripture offereth more grace, and therefore sayth, God resisteth the proude, and giueth grace to the humble. 7 Submit your selues to God: resist the deuill, and he will flee from you. 8 Drawe neere to God, and he will drawe nere to you. Clense your handes, ye sinners, and purge your hearts, ye double minded. 9 Suffer afflictions, and sorrowe ye, and weepe: let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your ioy into heauinesse. 10 Cast downe your selues before the Lord, and he will lift you vp.
  • Matt 5:3 : 3 Blessed are the poore in spirit, for theirs is the kingdome of heauen.
  • Matt 5:7 : 7 Blessed are the mercifull: for they shal obteine mercie.
  • Isa 57:15 : 15 For thus sayth he that is hie and excellent, he that inhabiteth the eternitie, whose Name is the Holy one, I dwell in the high and holy place: with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirite to reuiue the spirite of the humble, and to giue life to them that are of a contrite heart.
  • Lam 3:26 : 26 It is good both to trust, and to waite for the saluation of the Lord.
  • Matt 18:32-35 : 32 Then his Lord called him vnto him, and sayd to him, O euil seruant, I forgaue thee all that dette, because thou prayedst me. 33 Oughtest not thou also to haue had pitie on thy fellowe seruant, euen as I had pitie on thee? 34 So his Lord was wroth, and deliuered him to the tormentours, till he should pay all that was due to him. 35 So likewise shall mine heauenly Father doe vnto you, except ye forgiue from your hearts, eche one to his brother their trespasses.
  • Mark 12:30-34 : 30 Thou shalt therefore loue the Lorde thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soule, and with all thy minde, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandement. 31 And the second is like, that is, Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe. There is none other commandement greater then these. 32 Then that Scribe said vnto him, Well, Master, thou hast saide the trueth, that there is one God, and that there is none but he, 33 And to loue him with all the heart, and with all the vnderstanding, and with all the soule, and with all the strength, and to loue his neighbour as himselfe, is more then all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. 34 Then when Iesus saw that he answered discreetely, he saide vnto him, Thou art not farre from the kingdome of God; no man after that durst aske him any question.
  • Hos 12:6 : 6 Therefore turne thou to thy God: keepe mercy and iudgement, and hope still in thy God.
  • Gen 5:22 : 22 And Henoch walked with God, after he begate Methushelah, three hundreth yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters.
  • Dan 4:37 : 37 (4:34) Now therefore I Nebuchad-nezzar prayse and extoll & magnifie the King of heauen, whose workes are all trueth, & his wayes iudgement, and those that walke in pride, he is able to abase.
  • 2 Chr 32:26 : 26 Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled him selfe (after that his heart was lifted vp) he and the inhabitants of Ierusalem, and the wrath of the Lorde came not vpon them in the dayes of Hezekiah.
  • 2 Chr 33:19 : 19 And his prayer and how God was intreated of him, and all his sinne, and his trespasse, and the places wherein he built hie places, and set groues and images (before he was humbled) behold, they are written in the booke of the Seers.
  • 2 Chr 33:23 : 23 And he humbled not him selfe before the Lord, as Manasseh his father had humbled himselfe: but this Amon trespassed more and more.
  • 2 Chr 34:27 : 27 But because thine heart did melt, and thou didest humble thy selfe before God, when thou heardest his wordes against this place and against the inhabitantes thereof, and humbledst thy selfe before mee and tarest thy clothes, and weptest before mee, I haue also heard it, sayth the Lorde.
  • Eccl 12:13 : 13 Let vs heare the end of all: feare God and keepe his commandements: for this is the whole duetie of man.
  • Isa 1:16-19 : 16 Wash you, make you cleane: take away the euill of your workes from before mine eyes: cease to doe euill. 17 Learne to doe well: seeke iudgement, relieue the oppressed: iudge the fatherlesse and defend the widowe. 18 Come nowe, and let vs reason together, sayth the Lord: though your sinnes were as crimsin, they shalbe made white as snowe: though they were red like skarlet, they shalbe as wooll. 19 If ye consent and obey, ye shall eate the good things of the land.
  • Isa 57:1-2 : 1 The righteous perisheth, and no man considereth it in heart: and mercifull men are taken away, and no man vnderstandeth that the righteous is taken away from the euill to come. 2 Peace shall come: they shall rest in their beds, euery one that walketh before him.
  • Ps 37:26 : 26 But hee is euer mercifull and lendeth, and his seede enioyeth the blessing.
  • Ps 73:28 : 28 As for me, it is good for me to draw neere to God: therefore I haue put my trust in the Lord God, that I may declare all thy workes.
  • Ps 112:4 : 4 Vnto the righteous ariseth light in darkenes: he is merciful & full of copassion & righteous.
  • Ps 112:9 : 9 He hath distributed and giuen to ye poore: his righteousnesse remaineth for euer: his horne shalbe exalted with glory.
  • Eph 4:32 : 32 Be ye courteous one to another, & tender hearted, freely forgiuing one another, euen as God for Christes sake, freely forgaue you.
  • Titus 2:11-12 : 11 For that grace of God, that bringeth saluation vnto all men, hath appeared, 12 And teacheth vs that we should denie vngodlinesse and worldly lusts, and that we should liue soberly and righteously, and godly in this present world,
  • Rom 10:1-3 : 1 Brethren, mine hearts desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saued. 2 For I beare them record, that they haue the zeale of God, but not according to knowledge. 3 For they, being ignorant of the righteousnes of God, and going about to stablish their owne righteousnes, haue not submitted themselues to the righteousnes of God.
  • Zeph 2:3 : 3 Seeke yee the Lorde all the meeke of the earth, which haue wrought his iudgement: seeke righteousnesse, seeke lowlinesse, if so bee that ye may be hid in the day of the Lords wrath.
  • Matt 3:8-9 : 8 Bring foorth therefore fruite worthy amendement of life. 9 And thinke not to say with your selues, We haue Abraham to our father: for I say vnto you, that God is able euen of these stones to raise vp children vnto Abraham. 10 And now also is the axe put to the roote of the trees: therfore euery tree which bringeth not forth good fruit, is hewen downe, & cast into ye fire.
  • Luke 18:13-17 : 13 But the Publican standing a farre off, woulde not lift vp so much as his eyes to heauen, but smote his brest, saying, O God, be mercifull to me a sinner. 14 I tell you, this man departed to his house iustified, rather then the other: for euery man that exalteth himselfe, shall be brought lowe, and he that humbleth himselfe, shalbe exalted. 15 They brought vnto him also babes that he should touche them. And when his disciples sawe it, they rebuked them. 16 But Iesus called them vnto him, and said, Suffer the babes to come vnto mee, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdome of God. 17 Verely I say vnto you, whosoeuer receiueth not the kingdome of God as a babe, he shall not enter therein.
  • 2 Pet 1:5-8 : 5 Therefore giue euen all diligence thereunto: ioyne moreouer vertue with your faith: and with vertue, knowledge: 6 And with knowledge, temperance: and with temperance, patience: and with patience, godlines: 7 And with godlines, brotherly kindnes: and with brotherly kindnes, loue. 8 For if these things be among you, and abound, they will make you that ye neither shalbe idle, nor vnfruitfull in the acknowledging of our Lord Iesus Christ:
  • Rom 7:16 : 16 If I doe then that which I woulde not, I consent to the Lawe, that it is good.
  • Rom 9:20 : 20 But, O man, who art thou which pleadest against God? shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
  • Luke 10:42 : 42 But one thing is needefull, Marie hath chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
  • 1 Cor 7:16 : 16 For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt saue thine husband? Or what knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt saue thy wife?
  • 2 Thess 2:16 : 16 Now the same Iesus Christ our Lord; and our God euen the Father which hath loued vs, and hath giuen vs euerlasting consolation and good hope through grace,
  • Jas 2:20 : 20 But wilt thou vnderstand, O thou vaine man, that the faith which is without workes, is dead?
  • Neh 9:13 : 13 Thou camest downe also vpon mount Sinai, and spakest vnto them from heauen, and gauest them right iudgements, and true lawes, ordinances and good commandements,
  • Lev 26:41 : 41 Therefore I wil walke stubburnly against them, and bring them into the land of their enemies: so then their vncircumcised hearts shalbe humbled, and then they shalt willingly beare the punishment of their iniquitie.
  • 1 Sam 12:23 : 23 Moreouer God forbid, that I should sinne against the Lord, and cease praying for you, but I will shewe you the good and right way.
  • Ezek 16:63 : 63 That thou mayest remember, and be ashamed, & neuer open thy mouth any more: because of thy shame when I am pacified toward thee, for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord God.
  • Isa 58:6-9 : 6 Is not this the fasting, that I haue chosen, to loose the bandes of wickednes, to take off the heauie burdens, and to let the oppressed goe free, and that ye breake euery yoke? 7 Is it not to deale thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poore that wander, vnto thine house? when thou seest the naked, that thou couer him, and hide not thy selfe from thine owne flesh? 8 Then shall thy light breake foorth as the morning, and thine health shal grow speedily: thy righteousnes shall goe before thee, and the glorie of the Lord shall embrace thee. 9 Then shalt thou call, and the Lorde shall answere: thou shalt cry and hee shall say, Here I am: if thou take away from the mids of thee the yoke, the putting foorth of the finger, and wicked speaking: 10 If thou powre out thy soule to the hungrie, and refresh the troubled soule: then shall thy light spring out in the darkenes, and thy darkenes shalbe as the noone day. 11 And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfie thy soule in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watred garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters faile not.
  • 2 Chr 30:11 : 11 Neuerthelesse diuers of Asher, and Manasseh, and of Zebulun submitted themselues, and came to Ierusalem.
  • Jer 7:3-6 : 3 Thus sayeth the Lord of hostes, the God of Israel, Amend your waies and your woorkes, and I will let you dwell in this place. 4 Trust not in lying woordes, saying, The Temple of the Lorde, the Temple of the Lorde: this is the Temple of the Lord. 5 For if you amende and redresse your waies and your woorkes: if you execute iudgement betweene a man and his neighbour, 6 And oppresse not the stranger, the fatherlesse and the widow and shed no innocent blood in this place, neither walke after other gods to your destruction,

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • Mic 6:9
    76%

    9The Lordes voyce cryeth vnto the citie, and the man of wisedome shall see thy name: Heare the rodde, and who hath appoynted it.

  • Isa 1:16-17
    2 verses
    74%

    16Wash you, make you cleane: take away the euill of your workes from before mine eyes: cease to doe euill.

    17Learne to doe well: seeke iudgement, relieue the oppressed: iudge the fatherlesse and defend the widowe.

  • Hos 12:6
    74%

    6Therefore turne thou to thy God: keepe mercy and iudgement, and hope still in thy God.

  • Deut 10:12-13
    2 verses
    72%

    12And nowe, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to feare the Lord thy God, to walke in all his wayes, & to loue him, and to serue the Lord thy God, with all thine heart, and with all thy soule?

    13That thou keepe the commaundements of the Lord, and his ordinances, which I commaunde thee this day, for thy wealth?

  • Jer 7:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5For if you amende and redresse your waies and your woorkes: if you execute iudgement betweene a man and his neighbour,

    6And oppresse not the stranger, the fatherlesse and the widow and shed no innocent blood in this place, neither walke after other gods to your destruction,

  • Hos 6:6
    72%

    6For I desired mercie, and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God more then burnt offrings.

  • Deut 6:17-18
    2 verses
    71%

    17But ye shal keepe diligently the commandements of the Lord your God, and his testimonies, and his ordinances which he hath commanded thee,

    18And thou shalt doe that which is right and good in the sight of the Lord: that thou mayest prosper, & that thou mayest go in, & possesse that good land which the Lord sware vnto thy fathers,

  • Jer 22:16-17
    2 verses
    71%

    16When he iudged the cause of the afflicted and the poore, he prospered: was not this because he knewe me, saith the Lorde?

    17But thine eyes and thine heart are but only for thy couetousnesse, and for to sheade innocent blood, and for oppression, and for destruction, euen to doe this.

  • Isa 1:12
    71%

    12When ye come to appeare before me, who required this of your hands to tread in my courts?

  • Ezek 18:5
    71%

    5But if a man be iust, and doe that which is lawfull, and right,

  • Isa 58:7
    71%

    7Is it not to deale thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poore that wander, vnto thine house? when thou seest the naked, that thou couer him, and hide not thy selfe from thine owne flesh?

  • Mal 2:17
    70%

    17Yee haue wearied the Lorde with your woordes: yet yee say, Wherein haue we wearied him? When ye say, Euery one that doeth euill, is good in the sight of the Lorde, and he deliteth in them. Or where is the God of iudgement?

  • 2 Sam 22:26
    70%

    26With the godly thou wilt shewe thy selfe godly: with the vpright man thou wilt shew thy selfe vpright.

  • Zech 8:16
    70%

    16These are ye things that ye shall doe. Speake ye euery man the trueth vnto his neighbour: execute iudgement truly & vprightly in your gates,

  • Ps 18:25
    70%

    25With the godly thou wilt shewe thy selfe godly: with the vpright man thou wilt shew thy selfe vpright.

  • Prov 21:3
    70%

    3To doe iustice and iudgement is more acceptable to the Lord then sacrifice.

  • Zech 7:9
    70%

    9Thus speaketh the Lorde of hostes, saying, Execute true iudgement, and shewe mercy and compassion, euery man to his brother,

  • Mic 6:3
    70%

    3O my people, what haue I done vnto thee? or wherin haue I grieued thee? testifie against me.

  • Deut 8:6
    69%

    6Therefore shalt thou keepe the commaundements of the Lorde thy God, that thou mayest walke in his wayes, and feare him.

  • Ezek 18:7
    69%

    7Neither hath oppressed any, but hath restored the pledge to his dettour: he that hath spoyled none by violence, but hath giuen his bread to the hungry, and hath couered the naked with a garment,

  • Hos 6:4
    69%

    4O Ephraim, what shall I doe vnto thee? O Iudah, how shall I intreate thee? for your goodnesse is as a morning cloude, and as the morning dewe it goeth away.

  • Isa 2:5
    69%

    5O house of Iaakob, come ye, and let vs walke in the Lawe of the Lord.

  • Ps 125:4
    69%

    4Doe well, O Lord, vnto those that be good and true in their hearts.

  • Mic 7:18
    69%

    18Who is a God like vnto thee, that taketh away iniquitie, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage! He reteineth not his wrath for euer, because mercie pleaseth him.

  • Ps 25:8
    69%

    8Gracious & righteous is the Lorde: therefore will he teache sinners in the way.

  • Jer 11:6
    69%

    6Then the Lord saide vnto me, Cry all these words in the cities of Iudah, and in the streetes of Ierusalem, saying, Heare yee the words of this couenant, and doe them.

  • Amos 5:14
    69%

    14Seeke good and not euil, that ye may liue: and the Lorde God of hostes shalbe with you, as you haue spoken.

  • Deut 13:18
    69%

    18When thou shalt obey the voyce of the Lord thy God, and keepe all his commandements which I command thee this day, that thou do that which is right in the eyes of the Lord thy God.

  • Mal 1:8-9
    2 verses
    69%

    8And if yee offer the blinde for sacrifice, it is not euill: and if ye offer the lame and sicke, it is not euill: offer it nowe vnto thy prince: will he be content with thee, or accept thy person, saieth the Lord of hostes?

    9And nowe, I pray you, pray before God, that he may haue mercie vpon vs: this hath beene by your meanes: will hee regard your persons, sayth the Lord of hostes?

  • Mic 6:6-7
    2 verses
    68%

    6Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bowe my selfe before the hie God? Shall I come before him with burnt offrings, and with calues of a yeere olde?

    7Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousand riuers of oyle? shall I giue my first borne for my transgression, euen the fruite of my bodie, for the sinne of my soule?

  • Prov 16:6
    68%

    6By mercy and trueth iniquitie shalbe forgiuen, and by the feare of the Lorde they depart from euill.

  • Joel 2:13
    68%

    13And rent your heart, & not your clothes: and turne vnto the Lord your God, for he is gratious, and mercifull, slowe to anger, and of great kindnes, and repenteth him of the euill.

  • Ps 33:5
    68%

    5He loueth righteousnesse and iudgement: the earth is full of the goodnesse of the Lord.

  • Jer 26:13
    68%

    13Therefore nowe amende your wayes and your workes, and heare the voyce of the Lorde your God, that the Lorde may repent him of the plague, that he hath pronounced against you.

  • Dan 9:14
    68%

    14Therefore hath the Lord made ready the plague, and brought it vpon vs: for the Lord our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we would not heare his voyce.

  • Mic 2:7
    68%

    7O thou that art named of the house of Iaakob, is the Spirite of the Lorde shortened? are these his workes? are not my wordes good vnto him that walketh vprightly?

  • Isa 56:1
    68%

    1Thus saith the Lorde, Keepe iudgement and doe iustice: for my saluation is at hand to come, and my righteousnes to be reueiled.

  • Job 11:6
    68%

    6That he might shewe thee the secretes of wisedome, howe thou hast deserued double, according to right: know therefore that God hath forgotten thee for thine iniquitie.

  • Isa 3:15
    68%

    15What haue ye to do, that ye beate my people to pieces, and grinde the faces of the poore, saith the Lord, euen tho Lord of hostes?

  • 2 Chr 19:6
    68%

    6And said to the iudges, Take heede what ye doe: for yee execute not the iudgements of man, but of the Lorde, and he will be with you in the cause and iudgement.

  • Prov 2:9
    68%

    9Then shalt thou vnderstand righteousnes, and iudgement, and equitie, and euery good path.

  • Isa 66:2
    68%

    2For all these things hath mine hand made, and all these things haue bene, sayth the Lorde: and to him will I looke, euen to him, that is poore, and of a contrite spirite and trembleth at my wordes.

  • Jer 16:10
    68%

    10And when thou shalt shewe this people all these wordes, & they shal say vnto thee, Wherefore hath the Lorde pronounced all this great plague against vs? or what is our iniquitie? and what is our sinne that we haue committed against the Lord our God?