Micah 6:12 “For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents sp…”

Micah 6:12

For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

World English Bible

Her rich men are full of violence, her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their speech.

American Standard Version

For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

Geneva Bible 1599

For the rich men thereof are full of crueltie, and the inhabitants thereof haue spoken lyes, and their tongue is deceitfull in their mouth.

Darby Translation

For her rich men are full of violence, and her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

Young's Literal Translation

Whose rich ones have been full of violence, And its inhabitants have spoken falsehood, And their tongue [is] deceitful in their mouth.

Bible in Basic English

For its men of wealth are cruel, and its people have said what is not true, and their tongue is false in their mouth.

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Cross references

“the rich”

Isaiah 1:23 Isaiah 5:7 Zephaniah 3:3 Micah 3:1–3 Micah 3:9–11 Jeremiah 5:26–29

Isaiah 1:23 · BSB

Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.

Isaiah 5:7 · BSB

For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of His delight. He looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard a cry of distress.

Zephaniah 3:3 · BSB

Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, leaving nothing for the morning.

Micah 3:1–3 · BSB

Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice?

Micah 3:9–11 · BSB

Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who despise justice and pervert all that is right,

Jeremiah 5:26–29 · BSB

For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.

“spoken”

Jeremiah 9:8 Hosea 7:13 Jeremiah 9:2–6 Romans 3:13 Isaiah 59:3–15 Hosea 7:1

Jeremiah 9:8 · BSB

Their tongues are deadly arrows; they speak deception. With his mouth a man speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he sets a trap for him.

Hosea 7:13 · BSB

Woe to them, for they have strayed from Me! Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against Me! Though I would redeem them, they speak lies against Me.

Jeremiah 9:2–6 · BSB

If only I had a traveler’s lodge in the wilderness, I would abandon my people and depart from them, for they are all adulterers, a crowd of faithless people.

Romans 3:13 · BSB

“Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.”

Isaiah 59:3–15 · BSB

For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice.

Hosea 7:1 · BSB

When I heal Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim will be exposed, as well as the crimes of Samaria. For they practice deceit and thieves break in; bandits raid in the streets.

Also

Isaiah 3:8

Isaiah 3:8 · BSB

For Jerusalem has stumbled and Judah has fallen because they spoke and acted against the LORD, defying His glorious presence.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

11Can I excuse dishonest scales or bags of false weights?

13Therefore I am striking you severely, to ruin you because of your sins.

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