Micah 6:3

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“My people, how have I wronged you? How have I wearied you? Answer me!

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Referenced Verses

  • Jer 2:5 : 5 This is what the Lord says:“What fault could your ancestors have possibly found in me that they strayed so far from me? They paid allegiance to worthless idols, and so became worthless to me.
  • Ps 81:13 : 13 If only my people would obey me! If only Israel would keep my commands!
  • Isa 43:22-23 : 22 The Lord Rebukes His People“But you did not call for me, O Jacob; you did not long for me, O Israel. 23 You did not bring me lambs for your burnt offerings; you did not honor me with your sacrifices. I did not burden you with offerings; I did not make you weary by demanding incense.
  • Ps 50:7 : 7 He says:“Listen my people! I am speaking! Listen Israel! I am accusing you! I am God, your God!
  • Jer 2:31 : 31 You people of this generation, listen to the LORD’s message.“Have I been like a wilderness to you, Israel? Have I been like a dark and dangerous land to you? Why then do you say,‘We are free to wander. We will not come to you any more?’
  • Mic 6:5 : 5 My people, recall how King Balak of Moab planned to harm you, how Balaam son of Beor responded to him. Recall how you journeyed from Shittim to Gilgal, so you might acknowledge that the LORD has treated you fairly.”
  • Rom 3:4-5 : 4 Absolutely not! Let God be proven true, and every human being shown up as a liar, just as it is written:“so that you will be justified in your words and will prevail when you are judged.” 5 But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? The God who inflicts wrath is not unrighteous, is he?(I am speaking in human terms.)
  • Rom 3:19 : 19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world may be held accountable to God.
  • Ps 51:4 : 4 Against you– you above all– I have sinned; I have done what is evil in your sight. So you are just when you confront me; you are right when you condemn me.
  • Ps 81:8 : 8 I said,‘Listen, my people! I will warn you! O Israel, if only you would obey me!

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Mic 6:4-6
    3 verses
    78%

    4In fact, I brought you up from the land of Egypt, I delivered you from that place of slavery. I sent Moses, Aaron, and Miriam to lead you.

    5My people, recall how King Balak of Moab planned to harm you, how Balaam son of Beor responded to him. Recall how you journeyed from Shittim to Gilgal, so you might acknowledge that the LORD has treated you fairly.”

    6With what should I enter the LORD’s presence? With what should I bow before the sovereign God? Should I enter his presence with burnt offerings, with year-old calves?

  • Mic 6:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1The Lord Demands Justice, not Ritual Listen to what the LORD says:“Get up! Defend yourself before the mountains! Present your case before the hills!”

    2Hear the LORD’s accusation, you mountains, you enduring foundations of the earth! For the LORD has a case against his people; he has a dispute with Israel!

  • Ps 81:8
    77%

    8I said,‘Listen, my people! I will warn you! O Israel, if only you would obey me!

  • Ps 50:7
    76%

    7He says:“Listen my people! I am speaking! Listen Israel! I am accusing you! I am God, your God!

  • Jer 2:29
    74%

    29“Why do you try to refute me? All of you have rebelled against me,” says the LORD.

  • Jer 2:31
    74%

    31You people of this generation, listen to the LORD’s message.“Have I been like a wilderness to you, Israel? Have I been like a dark and dangerous land to you? Why then do you say,‘We are free to wander. We will not come to you any more?’

  • Mal 2:17
    74%

    17Resistance to the Lord through Self-deceit You have wearied the LORD with your words. But you say,“How have we wearied him?” Because you say,“Everyone who does evil is good in the LORD’s opinion, and he delights in them,” or“Where is the God of justice?”

  • Num 11:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    11And Moses said to the LORD,“Why have you afflicted your servant? Why have I not found favor in your sight, that you lay the burden of this entire people on me?

    12Did I conceive this entire people? Did I give birth to them, that you should say to me,‘Carry them in your arms, as a foster father bears a nursing child,’ to the land which you swore to their fathers?

  • Isa 43:22-24
    3 verses
    73%

    22The Lord Rebukes His People“But you did not call for me, O Jacob; you did not long for me, O Israel.

    23You did not bring me lambs for your burnt offerings; you did not honor me with your sacrifices. I did not burden you with offerings; I did not make you weary by demanding incense.

    24You did not buy me aromatic reeds; you did not present to me the fat of your sacrifices. Yet you burdened me with your sins; you made me weary with your evil deeds.

  • Mal 3:13
    73%

    13Resistance to the Lord through Self-sufficiency“You have criticized me sharply,” says the LORD,“but you ask,‘How have we criticized you?’

  • Jer 16:10
    73%

    10The Lord Promises Exile(But Also Restoration)“When you tell these people about all this, they will undoubtedly ask you,‘Why has the LORD threatened us with such great disaster? What wrong have we done? What sin have we done to offend the LORD our God?’

  • Exod 5:22-23
    2 verses
    73%

    22The Assurance of Deliverance Moses returned to the LORD, and said,“Lord, why have you caused trouble for this people? Why did you ever send me?

    23From the time I went to speak to Pharaoh in your name, he has caused trouble for this people, and you have certainly not rescued them!”

  • Isa 1:12
    72%

    12When you enter my presence, do you actually think I want this– animals trampling on my courtyards?

  • Amos 3:1
    72%

    1Every Effect has its Cause Listen, you Israelites, to this message which the LORD is proclaiming against you! This message is for the entire clan I brought up from the land of Egypt:

  • 1 Sam 6:6
    72%

    6Why harden your hearts like the Egyptians and Pharaoh did? When God treated them harshly, didn’t the Egyptians send the Israelites on their way?

  • Jer 2:5-7
    3 verses
    72%

    5This is what the Lord says:“What fault could your ancestors have possibly found in me that they strayed so far from me? They paid allegiance to worthless idols, and so became worthless to me.

    6They did not ask:‘Where is the LORD who delivered us out of Egypt, who brought us through the wilderness, through a land of valleys and gorges, through a land of desert and deep darkness, through a land in which no one travels, and where no one lives?’

    7I brought you into a fertile land so you could enjoy its fruits and its rich bounty. But when you entered my land, you defiled it; you made the land I call my own loathsome to me.

  • Jer 6:27
    72%

    27The LORD said to me,“I have made you like a metal assayer to test my people like ore. You are to observe them and evaluate how they behave.”

  • Deut 32:6
    72%

    6Is this how you repay the LORD, you foolish, unwise people? Is he not your father, your Creator? He has made you and established you.

  • Amos 5:25
    71%

    25You did not bring me sacrifices and grain offerings during the forty years you spent in the wilderness, family of Israel.

  • Jer 11:7
    71%

    7For I solemnly warned your ancestors to obey me. I warned them again and again, ever since I delivered them out of Egypt until this very day.

  • Isa 47:6
    70%

    6I was angry at my people; I defiled my special possession and handed them over to you. You showed them no mercy; you even placed a very heavy burden on old people.

  • Exod 17:3-4
    2 verses
    70%

    3But the people were very thirsty there for water, and they murmured against Moses and said,“Why in the world did you bring us up from Egypt– to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?”

    4Then Moses cried out to the LORD,“What will I do with this people?– a little more and they will stone me!”

  • Job 10:2
    70%

    2I will say to God,‘Do not condemn me; tell me why you are contending with me.’

  • Exod 32:11-12
    2 verses
    70%

    11But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God and said,“O LORD, why does your anger burn against your people, whom you have brought out from the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?

    12Why should the Egyptians say,‘For evil he led them out to kill them in the mountains and to destroy them from the face of the earth’? Turn from your burning anger, and relent of this evil against your people.

  • Isa 3:15
    70%

    15Why do you crush my people and grind the faces of the poor?” The Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies has spoken.

  • Jer 15:6
    70%

    6I, the LORD, say:‘You people have deserted me! You keep turning your back on me.’ So I have unleashed my power against you and have begun to destroy you. I have grown tired of feeling sorry for you!”

  • Isa 52:5
    70%

    5And now, what do we have here?” says the LORD.“Indeed my people have been carried away for nothing, those who rule over them taunt,” says the LORD,“and my name is constantly slandered all day long.

  • Ps 7:3
    70%

    3O LORD my God, if I have done what they say, or am guilty of unjust actions,

  • Exod 3:10
    70%

    10So now go, and I will send you to Pharaoh to bring my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt.”

  • Isa 50:1
    70%

    1This is what the LORD says:“Where is your mother’s divorce certificate by which I divorced her? Or to which of my creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold because of your sins; because of your rebellious acts I divorced your mother.

  • Mic 6:8
    70%

    8He has told you, O man, what is good, and what the LORD really wants from you: He wants you to carry out justice, to love faithfulness, and to live obediently before your God.

  • Jer 5:20
    69%

    20“Proclaim this message among the descendants of Jacob. Make it known throughout Judah.

  • Exod 9:17
    69%

    17You are still exalting yourself against my people by not releasing them.

  • Judg 6:8
    69%

    8So the LORD sent a prophet to the Israelites. He said to them,“This is what the LORD God of Israel has said:‘I brought you up from Egypt and took you out of that place of slavery.

  • Ps 6:3
    69%

    3I am absolutely terrified, and you, LORD– how long will this continue?

  • Num 20:4
    69%

    4Why have you brought up the LORD’s community into this wilderness? So that we and our cattle should die here?

  • Ps 81:11
    69%

    11But my people did not obey me; Israel did not submit to me.

  • Mal 1:13
    69%

    13You also say,‘How tiresome it is.’ You turn up your nose at it,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies,“and instead bring what is stolen, lame, or sick. You bring these things for an offering! Should I accept this from you?” asks the LORD.