Micah 7:3
Their hands are made ready to do evil; the ruler makes requests for money, and the judge is looking for a reward; and the great man gives decisions at his pleasure, and the right is twisted.
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Micah 7:3
Their hands are made ready to do evil; the ruler makes requests for money, and the judge is looking for a reward; and the great man gives decisions at his pleasure, and the right is twisted.
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Genesis 6:5
And the Lord saw that the sin of man was great on the earth, and that all the thoughts of his heart were evil.
Job 15:16
How much less one who is disgusting and unclean, a man who takes in evil like water!
Psalms 14:3
They have all gone out of the way together; they are unclean, there is not one who does good, no, not one.
Isaiah 1:6
The body, from head to foot, is all diseased; it is a mass of open wounds, marks of blows, and broken flesh: the flow of blood has not been stopped, and no oil has been put on the wounds.
Jeremiah 16:12
And you have done worse evil than your fathers; for see, every one of you is guided by the pride of his evil heart, so as not to give ear to me:
Matthew 23:27
A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you are like the resting-places of the dead, which are made white, and seem beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men's bones and of all unclean things.
Mark 7:21
Because from inside, from the heart of men, come evil thoughts and unclean pleasures,
Romans 1:24
For this reason God gave them up to the evil desires of their hearts, working shame in their bodies with one another:
1 Peter 2:12
Being of good behaviour among the Gentiles; so that though they say now that you are evil-doers, they may see your good works and give glory to God when he comes to be their judge.
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Numbers 22:7
So the responsible men of Moab and Midian went away, taking in their hands rewards for the prophet; and they came to Balaam and said to him what Balak had given them orders to say.
1 Kings 13:7
And the king said to the man of God, Come with me to my house for food and rest, and I will give you a reward.
2 Kings 5:15
Then he went back to the man of God, with all his train, and, taking his place before him, said, Now I am certain that there is no God in all the earth, but only in Israel: now then, take an offering from me.
Daniel 5:17
Then Daniel made answer and said to the king, Keep your offerings for yourself, and give your rewards to another; but I, after reading the writing to the king, will give him the sense of it.
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Proverbs 17:8
An offering of money is like a stone of great price in the eyes of him who has it: wherever he goes, he does well.
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Jeremiah 3:5
Will he be angry for ever? will he keep his wrath to the end? These things you have said, and have done evil and have had your way.
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Psalms 26:10
In whose hands are evil designs, and whose right hands take money for judging falsely.
Psalms 52:2
Purposing destruction, using deceit; your tongue is like a sharp blade.
Isaiah 3:9
Their respect for a man's position is a witness against them; and their sin is open to the view of all; like that of Sodom, it is not covered. A curse on their soul! for the measure of their sin is full.
Jeremiah 5:1
Go quickly through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and get knowledge, and make a search in her wide places if there is a man, if there is one in her who is upright, who keeps faith; and she will have my forgiveness.
Jeremiah 9:6
There is wrong on wrong, deceit on deceit; they have given up the knowledge of me, says the Lord.
Hosea 4:1
Give ear to the word of the Lord, O children of Israel; for the Lord has a cause against the people of this land, because there is no good faith in it, and no mercy and no knowledge of God in the land.
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1 Kings 21:14
And they sent word to Jezebel, saying, Naboth has been stoned and is dead.
Jeremiah 5:27
As the fowl-house is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: for this reason they have become great and have got wealth.
Jeremiah 22:17
But your eyes and your heart are fixed only on profit for yourself, on causing the death of him who has done no wrong, and on violent and cruel acts.
Ezekiel 22:29
The people of the land have been acting cruelly, taking men's goods by force; they have been hard on the poor and those in need, and have done wrong to the man from a strange land.
Amos 5:11
So because the poor man is crushed under your feet, and you take taxes from him of grain: you have made for yourselves houses of cut stone, but you will not take your rest in them; the fair vine-gardens planted by your hands will not give you wine.
Micah 2:1
A curse on the designers of evil, working on their beds! in the morning light they do it, because it is in their power.
Micah 2:2
They have a desire for fields and take them by force; and for houses and take them away: they are cruel to a man and his family, even to a man and his heritage.
Micah 3:2
You who are haters of good and lovers of evil, pulling off their skin from them and their flesh from their bones;
Micah 3:3
Like meat they take the flesh of my people for their food, skinning them and crushing their bones, yes, cutting them up as if for the pot, like flesh inside the cooking-pot.
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Micah 7:7
But as for me, I am looking to the Lord; I am waiting for the God of my salvation: the ears of my God will be open to me.
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