Micah 7:9

World English Bible (2000)

I will bear the indignation of Yahweh, because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my case, and executes judgment for me. He will bring me forth to the light. I will see his righteousness.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 37:6 : 6 he will make your righteousness go forth as the light, and your justice as the noon day sun.
  • 1 Sam 24:15 : 15 May Yahweh therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and you, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of your hand."
  • 1 Cor 4:5 : 5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each man will get his praise from God.
  • 2 Thess 1:5-9 : 5 This is an obvious sign of the righteous judgment of God, to the end that you may be counted worthy of the Kingdom of God, for which you also suffer. 6 Since it is a righteous thing with God to repay affliction to those who afflict you, 7 and to give relief to you who are afflicted with us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire, 8 giving vengeance to those who don't know God, and to those who don't obey the Good News of our Lord Jesus, 9 who will pay the penalty: eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might, 10 when he comes to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired among all those who have believed (because our testimony to you was believed) in that day.
  • 2 Tim 4:8 : 8 From now on, there is stored up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me on that day; and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing.
  • Heb 12:6-7 : 6 For whom the Lord loves, he chastens, and scourges every son whom he receives." 7 It is for discipline that you endure. God deals with you as with children, for what son is there whom his father doesn't discipline?
  • Rev 6:10-11 : 10 They cried with a loud voice, saying, "How long, Master, the holy and true, until you judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?" 11 A long white robe was given to each of them. They were told that they should rest yet for a while, until their fellow servants and their brothers, who would also be killed even as they were, should complete their course.
  • Rev 18:20 : 20 "Rejoice over her, O heaven, you saints, apostles, and prophets; for God has judged your judgment on her."
  • Lev 26:41 : 41 I also walked contrary to them, and brought them into the land of their enemies: if then their uncircumcised heart is humbled, and they then accept the punishment of their iniquity;
  • 1 Sam 3:18 : 18 Samuel told him every bit, and hid nothing from him. He said, "It is Yahweh. Let him do what seems good to him."
  • 1 Sam 25:39 : 39 When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, "Blessed is Yahweh, who has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and has kept back his servant from evil. Yahweh has returned the evildoing of Nabal on his own head." David sent and spoke concerning Abigail, to take her to him as wife.
  • 1 Sam 26:10 : 10 David said, "As Yahweh lives, Yahweh will strike him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall go down into battle and perish.
  • 2 Sam 16:11-12 : 11 David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, "Behold, my son, who came forth from my bowels, seeks my life. How much more this Benjamite, now? Leave him alone, and let him curse; for Yahweh has invited him. 12 It may be that Yahweh will look on the wrong done to me, and that Yahweh will repay me good for the cursing of me today."
  • 2 Sam 24:17 : 17 David spoke to Yahweh when he saw the angel who struck the people, and said, "Behold, I have sinned, and I have done perversely; but these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand be against me, and against my father's house."
  • Job 23:10 : 10 But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I shall come forth like gold.
  • Job 34:31-32 : 31 "For has any said to God, 'I am guilty, but I will not offend any more. 32 Teach me that which I don't see. If I have done iniquity, I will do it no more'?
  • Ps 7:6 : 6 Arise, Yahweh, in your anger. Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries. Awake for me. You have commanded judgment.
  • Ps 43:1 : 1 Vindicate me, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation. Oh, deliver me from deceitful and wicked men.
  • Isa 46:13 : 13 I bring near my righteousness, it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not wait; and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.
  • Jer 50:17-20 : 17 Israel is a hunted sheep; the lions have driven him away: first, the king of Assyria devoured him; and now at last Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has broken his bones. 18 Therefore thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria. 19 I will bring Israel again to his pasture, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and in Gilead. 20 In those days, and in that time, says Yahweh, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I leave as a remnant.
  • Jer 50:33-34 : 33 Thus says Yahweh of Armies: The children of Israel and the children of Judah are oppressed together; and all who took them captive hold them fast; they refuse to let them go. 34 Their Redeemer is strong; Yahweh of Armies is his name: he will thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
  • Jer 51:35-36 : 35 The violence done to me and to my flesh be on Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and, My blood be on the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say. 36 Therefore thus says Yahweh: Behold, I will plead your cause, and take vengeance for you; and I will dry up her sea, and make her fountain dry.
  • Lam 1:18 : 18 Yahweh is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: Please hear all you peoples, and see my sorrow: My virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.
  • Lam 3:39-42 : 39 Why does a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? 40 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Yahweh. 41 Let us lift up our heart with our hands to God in the heavens. 42 We have transgressed and have rebelled; you have not pardoned.
  • Mal 3:18 : 18 Then you shall return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him who serves God and him who doesn't serve him.
  • Luke 15:18-19 : 18 I will get up and go to my father, and will tell him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight. 19 I am no more worthy to be called your son. Make me as one of your hired servants."'

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • Mic 7:7-8
    2 verses
    81%

    7 But as for me, I will look to Yahweh. I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.

    8 Don't rejoice against me, my enemy. When I fall, I will arise. When I sit in darkness, Yahweh will be a light to me.

  • Mic 7:10
    77%

    10 Then my enemy will see it, and shame will cover her who said to me, where is Yahweh your God? Then my enemy will see me and will cover her shame. Now she will be trodden down like the mire of the streets.

  • Ps 7:8
    76%

    8 Yahweh administers judgment to the peoples. Judge me, Yahweh, according to my righteousness, and to my integrity that is in me.

  • Jer 11:20
    76%

    20 But, Yahweh of Armies, who judges righteously, who tests the heart and the mind, I shall see your vengeance on them; for to you have I revealed my cause.

  • Jer 2:35
    75%

    35 "Yet you said, 'I am innocent. Surely his anger has turned away from me.' "Behold, I will judge you, because you say, 'I have not sinned.'

  • Jer 20:12
    75%

    12 But, Yahweh of Armies, who tests the righteous, who sees the heart and the mind, let me see your vengeance on them; for to you have I revealed my cause.

  • Job 7:20-21
    2 verses
    75%

    20 If I have sinned, what do I do to you, you watcher of men? Why have you set me as a mark for you, so that I am a burden to myself?

    21 Why do you not pardon my disobedience, and take away my iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust. You will seek me diligently, but I shall not be."

  • Ps 7:3-6
    4 verses
    75%

    3 Yahweh, my God, if I have done this, if there is iniquity in my hands,

    4 if I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me (yes, if I have delivered him who without cause was my adversary),

    5 let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; yes, let him tread my life down to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. Selah.

    6 Arise, Yahweh, in your anger. Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries. Awake for me. You have commanded judgment.

  • Job 23:7
    74%

    7 There the upright might reason with him, so I should be delivered forever from my judge.

  • Job 13:18-19
    2 verses
    74%

    18 See now, I have set my cause in order. I know that I am righteous.

    19 Who is he who will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and give up the spirit.

  • Ps 37:6
    74%

    6 he will make your righteousness go forth as the light, and your justice as the noon day sun.

  • Ps 38:18
    74%

    18 For I will declare my iniquity. I will be sorry for my sin.

  • Job 27:6
    74%

    6 I hold fast to my righteousness, and will not let it go. My heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.

  • Lam 3:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1 I am the man that has seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.

    2 He has led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light.

  • Ps 18:24
    73%

    24 Therefore Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

  • Lam 3:59
    73%

    59 Yahweh, you have seen my wrong. Judge my cause.

  • 2 Sam 22:25
    73%

    25 Therefore Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness, According to my cleanness in his eyesight.

  • Isa 50:8
    73%

    8 He is near who justifies me; who will bring charges against me? Let us stand up together: who is my adversary? Let him come near to me.

  • Ps 26:11
    73%

    11 But as for me, I will walk in my integrity. Redeem me, and be merciful to me.

  • Lam 1:21-22
    2 verses
    73%

    21 They have heard that I sigh; there is none to comfort me; All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that you have done it: You will bring the day that you have proclaimed, and they shall be like me.

    22 Let all their wickedness come before you; Do to them, as you have done to me for all my transgressions: For my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.

  • Ps 35:24
    73%

    24 Vindicate me, Yahweh my God, according to your righteousness. Don't let them gloat over me.

  • Lam 1:18
    73%

    18 Yahweh is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: Please hear all you peoples, and see my sorrow: My virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.

  • Ps 31:7
    73%

    7 I will be glad and rejoice in your loving kindness, for you have seen my affliction. You have known my soul in adversities.

  • Job 19:7
    73%

    7 "Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard. I cry for help, but there is no justice.

  • Lam 1:13-14
    2 verses
    73%

    13 From on high has he sent fire into my bones, and it prevails against them; He has spread a net for my feet, he has turned me back: He has made me desolate and faint all the day.

    14 The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand; They are knit together, they are come up on my neck; he has made my strength to fail: The Lord has delivered me into their hands, against whom I am not able to stand.

  • Ezek 9:10
    72%

    10 As for me also, my eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will bring their way on their head.

  • Job 9:28
    72%

    28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that you will not hold me innocent.

  • Ps 65:3
    72%

    3 Sins overwhelmed me, but you atoned for our transgressions.

  • Ps 9:8
    72%

    8 He will judge the world in righteousness. He will administer judgment to the peoples in uprightness.

  • Job 33:9
    72%

    9 'I am clean, without disobedience. I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me.

  • Job 7:11
    72%

    11 "Therefore I will not keep silent. I will speak in the anguish of my spirit. I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

  • Job 10:2
    72%

    2 I will tell God, 'Do not condemn me. Show me why you contend with me.

  • Job 5:8
    72%

    8 "But as for me, I would seek God. I would commit my cause to God,

  • Ps 9:13
    72%

    13 Have mercy on me, Yahweh. See my affliction by those who hate me, and lift me up from the gates of death;

  • Job 10:14
    72%

    14 if I sin, then you mark me. You will not acquit me from my iniquity.

  • Job 6:29
    72%

    29 Please return. Let there be no injustice. Yes, return again. My cause is righteous.

  • Ps 51:4
    72%

    4 Against you, and you only, have I sinned, and done that which is evil in your sight; that you may be proved right when you speak, and justified when you judge.

  • Ps 43:1
    72%

    1 Vindicate me, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation. Oh, deliver me from deceitful and wicked men.

  • Ps 17:2
    72%

    2 Let my sentence come forth from your presence. Let your eyes look on equity.

  • Jer 33:8
    72%

    8 I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, by which they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, by which they have sinned against me, and by which they have transgressed against me.

  • Isa 1:24
    71%

    24 Therefore the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, the Mighty One of Israel, says: "Ah, I will get relief from my adversaries, and avenge myself of my enemies;