Micah 3:7

KJV1611 – Modern English

Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yes, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer from God.

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  • Isa 44:25 : 25 Who frustrates the signs of the liars, and makes diviners mad; who turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish;
  • Zech 13:4 : 4 And it shall come to pass in that day that the prophets shall be ashamed, every one of his vision, when he has prophesied; nor shall they wear a rough garment to deceive:
  • 1 Sam 28:6 : 6 And when Saul inquired of the LORD, the LORD did not answer him, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.
  • Isa 47:12-14 : 12 Stand now with your enchantments and with the multitude of your sorceries, in which you have labored from your youth. Perhaps you will be able to profit, perhaps you may prevail. 13 You are wearied in the multitude of your counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators stand up and save you from these things that shall come upon you. 14 Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them. They shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame; there shall not be a coal to warm by, nor a fire to sit before.
  • Ezek 24:17 : 17 Refrain from crying, make no mourning for the dead, bind the turban of your head upon you, and put on your shoes upon your feet, and do not cover your lips, and do not eat the bread of men.
  • Ezek 24:22 : 22 And you shall do as I have done: you shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.
  • Lev 13:45 : 45 And the leper who has the plague, his clothes shall be torn and his head bare, he shall cover his upper lip and cry, 'Unclean, unclean.'
  • 1 Sam 9:9 : 9 (Previously in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, he said thus, Come, let us go to the seer: for he who is now called a Prophet was previously called a Seer.)
  • 1 Sam 14:37 : 37 Saul inquired of God, "Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will You deliver them into the hand of Israel?" But He did not answer him that day.
  • Exod 8:18-19 : 18 And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man and upon beast. 19 Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he did not listen to them; as the LORD had said.
  • Exod 9:11 : 11 And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boils were on the magicians, and on all the Egyptians.
  • Dan 2:9-9 : 9 But if you do not make known the dream to me, there is only one decree for you: for you have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me until the time changes. Therefore, tell me the dream, and I shall know you can reveal its interpretation. 10 The Chaldeans answered the king and said, There is not a man on earth who can show the king's matter: therefore no king, lord, or ruler has ever asked such things of any magician, astrologer, or Chaldean. 11 And it is a rare thing that the king requires, and there is no one who can show it before the king except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.
  • Amos 8:11 : 11 Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:
  • Mic 7:16 : 16 The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might; they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.
  • 1 Sam 28:15 : 15 And Samuel said to Saul, Why have you disturbed me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am in great distress; for the Philistines make war against me, and God has departed from me and does not answer me anymore, neither by prophets nor by dreams. Therefore I have called you, that you may make known to me what I shall do.
  • Ps 74:9 : 9 We do not see our signs: there is no more any prophet; neither is there among us any who knows how long.
  • 2 Tim 3:8-9 : 8 Now as Jannes and Jambres resisted Moses, so these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, disqualified concerning the faith. 9 But they will progress no further, for their folly will be manifested to all, as theirs also was.

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