Micah 6 (NET)

Micah 6:1¹Listen to what the Lord says: “Get up! Defend yourself before the mountains. Present your case before the hills.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 22:29Deut 32:1Mic 1:2Ezek 36:1Ps 50:4Deut 4:26Isa 1:2Ezek 36:8Ps 50:1Luke 19:40

Micah 6:2²Hear 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!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hos 12:2Hos 4:1Isa 1:182 Sam 22:16Deut 32:22Prov 8:29Ps 104:52 Sam 22:8Ezek 20:35-36Isa 5:3

Micah 6:3³“My people, how have I wronged you? How have I wearied you? Answer me!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 2:5Isa 43:22-23Jer 2:31Ps 81:13Ps 50:7Mic 6:5Rom 3:19Rom 3:4-5Ps 51:4Ps 81:8

Micah 6:4⁴In 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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 7:8Exod 12:51Ps 136:10-112 Sam 7:23Amos 2:10Exod 15:20-21Exod 20:2Isa 63:9-12Jer 32:21Num 12:1

Micah 6:5⁵My 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.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 5:9-10Num 25:1Judg 5:112 Pet 2:15Deut 16:3Josh 4:19Josh 24:9-101 John 1:9Deut 8:18Deut 9:7

Micah 6:6⁶With 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?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 51:16-17Rom 10:2-3Ps 40:6-8Acts 2:37Dan 3:26Mark 5:7Matt 19:162 Sam 21:3Acts 16:17Acts 16:30

Micah 6:7⁷Will the Lord accept a thousand rams or ten thousand streams of olive oil? Should I give him my firstborn child as payment for my rebellion, my offspring—my own flesh and blood—for my sin?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 16:31 Sam 15:22Ps 51:16Hos 6:6Ps 50:92 Kgs 21:62 Kgs 23:102 Kgs 3:27Jer 7:31Isa 40:16

Micah 6:8⁸He 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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 10:12-13Prov 21:3Col 3:12Jer 22:3Hos 6:61 Sam 15:22Isa 66:21 Pet 3:81 Pet 5:5-6Luke 6:36

Micah 6:9⁹Listen! The Lord is calling to the city! It is wise to respect your authority, O Lord. Listen, O nation, and those assembled in the city!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hos 14:9Rev 3:19Isa 30:27Zeph 3:22 Kgs 22:11-202 Sam 21:1Amos 2:5Amos 3:8-15Amos 4:6-12Amos 6:1

Micah 6:10¹⁰“I will not overlook, O sinful house, the dishonest gain you have hoarded away or the smaller-than-standard measure I hate so much.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Amos 3:10Amos 8:5-6Jer 5:26-27Prov 20:10Prov 21:62 Kgs 5:23-24Deut 25:13-16Ezek 45:9-12Hab 2:5-11Hos 12:7-8

Micah 6:11¹¹I do not condone the use of rigged scales, or a bag of deceptive weights.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hos 12:7Lev 19:36Prov 16:11

Micah 6:12¹²The city’s wealthy people readily resort to violence; her inhabitants tell lies; their tongues speak deceptive words.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hos 7:13Isa 1:23Jer 9:8Isa 3:8Isa 5:7Jer 9:2-6Mic 2:1-2Rom 3:13Zeph 3:3Amos 5:11-12

Micah 6:13¹³I will strike you brutally and destroy you because of your sin.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 107:17-18Acts 12:23Deut 28:21-22Hos 13:16Lev 26:16Hos 5:9Isa 1:5-7Isa 6:11Jer 14:18Job 33:19-22

Micah 6:14¹⁴You will eat, but not be satisfied. Even if you have the strength to overtake some prey, you will not be able to carry it away; if you do happen to carry away something, I will deliver it over to the sword.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hos 4:10Isa 65:13Lev 26:26Amos 2:14-16Ezek 4:16-17Ezek 5:12Hag 1:6Hag 2:16Isa 30:6Isa 9:20

Micah 6:15¹⁵You will plant crops, but will not harvest them; you will squeeze oil from the olives, but you will have no oil to rub on your bodies; you will squeeze juice from the grapes, but you will have no wine to drink.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Zeph 1:13Amos 5:11Jer 12:13Deut 28:38-40Hag 1:6Isa 62:8-9Lev 26:20Isa 65:21-22Joel 1:10-12

Micah 6:16¹⁶You follow Omri’s edicts and all the practices of Ahab’s dynasty; you follow their policies. Therefore I will make you an appalling sight; the city’s inhabitants will be taunted derisively, and nations will mock all of you.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 51:511 Kgs 16:25-33Isa 25:8Jer 7:24Ps 44:131 Kgs 21:25-26Jer 19:81 Kgs 18:41 Kgs 9:82 Chr 29:8-9