Micah 6:12
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Micah 6:12 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Micah 6:12 is a verse from the book of Micah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitf..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Micah 6:12 — KJV
“For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.”
— Micah 6:12 (KJV)
Micah 6:12 in Context — About the Book of Micah
Micah alternates judgment and hope with a prophet's precision — predicting both Jerusalem's fall and Bethlehem as Messiah's birthplace seven centuries early. His summary of true religion is unmatched: act justly, love mercy, walk humbly with your God.
Cross-References for Micah 6:12
“For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue. of the deceitful: Heb. of deceit are opened: Heb. have opened themselves”
Shares key themes with Micah 6:12: spoken, tongue, deceitful
“Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.”
Shares key themes with Micah 6:12: men, thereof, inhabitants
“And say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord GOD of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of the land of Israel; They shall eat their bread with carefulness, and drink their water with astonishment, that her land may be desolate from all that is therein, because of the violence of all them that dwell therein. all that...: Heb. the fulness thereof”
Shares key themes with Micah 6:12: men, thereof, violence
“The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.”
Shares key themes with Micah 6:12: lies, tongue, deceitful
“And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will intreat the LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, to morrow: but let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD.”
Shares key themes with Micah 6:12: full, lies, deceitful
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