Micah 2:1

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Land Robbers Will Lose Their Land Beware wicked schemers, those who devise calamity as they lie in bed. As soon as morning dawns they carry out their plans, because they have the power to do so.

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  • Ps 36:4 : 4 He plans ways to sin while he lies in bed; he is committed to a sinful lifestyle; he does not reject what is evil.
  • Isa 32:7 : 7 A deceiver’s methods are evil; he dreams up evil plans to ruin the poor with lies, even when the needy are in the right.
  • Gen 31:29 : 29 I have the power to do you harm, but the God of your father told me last night,‘Be careful that you neither bless nor curse Jacob.’
  • Deut 28:32 : 32 Your sons and daughters will be given to another people while you look on in vain all day, and you will be powerless to do anything about it.
  • Prov 3:27 : 27 Wisdom Demonstrated in Relationships with People Do not withhold good from those who need it, when you have the ability to help.
  • Hos 7:6-7 : 6 They approach him, all the while plotting against him. Their hearts are like an oven; their anger smolders all night long, but in the morning it bursts into a flaming fire. 7 All of them are blazing like an oven; they devour their rulers. All of their kings fall– and none of them call on me!
  • Nah 1:11 : 11 From you, O Nineveh, one has marched forth who plots evil against the LORD, a wicked military strategist.
  • Matt 27:1-2 : 1 Jesus Brought Before Pilate When it was early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people plotted against Jesus to execute him. 2 They tied him up, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate the governor.
  • Mark 15:1 : 1 Jesus Brought Before Pilate Early in the morning, after forming a plan, the chief priests with the elders and the experts in the law and the whole Sanhedrin tied Jesus up, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate.
  • Luke 20:19 : 19 Then the experts in the law and the chief priests wanted to arrest him that very hour, because they realized he had told this parable against them. But they were afraid of the people.
  • Luke 22:2-6 : 2 The chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find some way to execute Jesus, for they were afraid of the people. 3 Then Satan entered Judas, the one called Iscariot, who was one of the twelve. 4 He went away and discussed with the chief priests and officers of the temple guard how he might betray Jesus, handing him over to them. 5 They were delighted and arranged to give him money. 6 So Judas agreed and began looking for an opportunity to betray Jesus when no crowd was present.
  • John 19:11 : 11 Jesus replied,“You would have no authority over me at all, unless it was given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of greater sin.”
  • Acts 23:12 : 12 The Plot to Kill Paul When morning came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink anything until they had killed Paul.
  • Acts 23:15 : 15 So now you and the council request the commanding officer to bring him down to you, as if you were going to determine his case by conducting a more thorough inquiry. We are ready to kill him before he comes near this place.”
  • Rom 1:30 : 30 slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, contrivers of all sorts of evil, disobedient to parents,
  • Prov 4:16 : 16 For they cannot sleep unless they cause harm; they are robbed of sleep until they make someone stumble.
  • Prov 6:12-19 : 12 A worthless and wicked person walks around saying perverse things; 13 he winks with his eyes, signals with his feet, and points with his fingers; 14 he plots evil with perverse thoughts in his heart, he spreads contention at all times. 15 Therefore, his disaster will come suddenly; in an instant he will be broken, and there will be no remedy. 16 There are six things that the LORD hates, even seven things that are an abomination to him: 17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, 18 a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that are swift to run to evil, 19 a false witness who pours out lies, and a person who spreads discord among family members.
  • Prov 12:2 : 2 A good person obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a person with wicked schemes.
  • Esth 3:8 : 8 Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus,“There is a particular people that is dispersed and spread among the inhabitants throughout all the provinces of your kingdom whose laws differ from those of all other peoples. Furthermore, they do not observe the king’s laws. It is not appropriate for the king to provide a haven for them.
  • Esth 5:14 : 14 Haman’s wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him,“Have a gallows seventy-five feet high built, and in the morning tell the king that Mordecai should be hanged on it. Then go with the king to the banquet contented.” It seemed like a good idea to Haman, so he had the gallows built.
  • Esth 9:25 : 25 But when the matter came to the king’s attention, the king gave written orders that Haman’s evil intentions that he had devised against the Jews should fall on his own head. He and his sons were hanged on the gallows.
  • Ps 7:14-16 : 14 See the one who is pregnant with wickedness, who conceives destructive plans, and gives birth to harmful lies– 15 he digs a pit and then falls into the hole he has made. 16 He becomes the victim of his own destructive plans and the violence he intended for others falls on his own head.
  • Isa 59:3 : 3 For your hands are stained with blood and your fingers with sin; your lips speak lies, your tongue utters malicious words.
  • Jer 18:18 : 18 Jeremiah Petitions the Lord to Punish Those Who Attack Him Then some people said,“Come on! Let us consider how to deal with Jeremiah! There will still be priests to instruct us, wise men to give us advice, and prophets to declare God’s word. Come on! Let’s bring charges against him and get rid of him! Then we will not need to pay attention to anything he says.”
  • Ezek 11:2 : 2 The LORD said to me,“Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked advice in this city.
  • Ps 140:1-8 : 1 For the music director; a psalm of David. O LORD, rescue me from wicked men! Protect me from violent men, 2 who plan ways to harm me. All day long they stir up conflict. 3 Their tongues wound like a serpent; a viper’s venom is behind their lips.(Selah) 4 O LORD, shelter me from the power of the wicked! Protect me from violent men, who plan to knock me over. 5 Proud men hide a snare for me; evil men spread a net by the path; they set traps for me.(Selah) 6 I say to the LORD,“You are my God.” O LORD, pay attention to my plea for mercy! 7 O Sovereign LORD, my strong deliverer, you shield my head in the day of battle. 8 O LORD, do not let the wicked have their way! Do not allow their plan to succeed when they attack!(Selah)

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    4He plans ways to sin while he lies in bed; he is committed to a sinful lifestyle; he does not reject what is evil.

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    2for their hearts contemplate violence, and their lips speak harm.

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    7They are eager to do evil, quick to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful; they crush and destroy.

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    11From you, O Nineveh, one has marched forth who plots evil against the LORD, a wicked military strategist.

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    18but these men lie in wait for their own blood, they ambush their own lives!

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    2The LORD said to me,“Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked advice in this city.

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    18a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that are swift to run to evil,

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    4Pay them back for their evil deeds! Pay them back for what they do! Punish them!