Micah 7:2

King James Version 1611 (Original)

The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 12:1 : 1 Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
  • Isa 57:1 : 1 The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
  • Jer 5:26 : 26 For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
  • Isa 59:7 : 7 Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.
  • Prov 1:11 : 11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
  • Ps 14:1-3 : 1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good. 2 The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. 3 They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
  • Ps 57:6 : 6 They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.
  • 1 Sam 24:11 : 11 Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it.
  • 1 Sam 26:20 : 20 Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the LORD: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.
  • Prov 12:6 : 6 The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
  • Jer 5:16 : 16 Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.
  • Jer 16:16 : 16 Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the LORD, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.
  • Lam 4:18 : 18 They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.
  • Mic 3:10 : 10 They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
  • Hab 1:15-17 : 15 They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad. 16 Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous. 17 Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?
  • Rom 3:10-18 : 10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: 11 There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. 12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. 13 Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: 14 Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: 15 Their feet are swift to shed blood: 16 Destruction and misery are in their ways: 17 And the way of peace have they not known: 18 There is no fear of God before their eyes.

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