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Micah 3:2

Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;

KJV

qui odio habetis bonum, et diligitis malum ; qui violenter tollitis pelles eorum desuper eis, et carnem eorum desuper ossibus eorum ;

Vulgate

μισοῦντες τὰ καλὰ καὶ ζητοῦντες τὰ πονηρά, ἁρπάζοντες τὰ δέρματα αὐτῶν ἀπ’ αὐτῶν καὶ τὰς σάρκας αὐτῶν ἀπὸ τῶν ὀστέων αὐτῶν.

LXX

ye who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;

ASV

שֹׂ֥נְאֵי ט֖וֹב וְ/אֹ֣הֲבֵי רעה רָ֑ע גֹּזְלֵ֤י עוֹרָ/ם֙ מֵֽ/עֲלֵי/הֶ֔ם וּ/שְׁאֵרָ֖/ם מֵ/עַ֥ל עַצְמוֹתָֽ/ם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֹהֵ֣ב
'hb
verb · 209×
וֹ
v
noun · 16×
ט֣וֹב
tvb
verb · 562×
י
y
noun · 126×
י
y
verb · 148×
יִּגְזֹ֤ל
ygzl
verb · 29×
ע֔וֹר
'vr
noun · 98×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
רָ֑ע
r'
verb · 664×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 21:20 — And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the LORD.
  • 1Kgs 22:6 — Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the LORD sh
  • 2Chr 19:2 — And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the
  • 2Tim 3:3 — Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
  • Acts 7:51 — Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
  • Amos 2:6 — Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;
  • Ezek 11:6 — Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain.
  • Ezek 11:7 — Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they are the flesh, and this city is the caldron: but I will bring you forth out of the midst of it.
  • Ezek 16:49 — Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
  • Ezek 22:27 — Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
  • Ezek 24:4 — Gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.
  • Isa 3:15 — What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
  • Isa 57:12 — I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.
  • Isa 58:6 — Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
  • Jer 6:13 — For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
  • Luke 20:47 — Which devour widows’ houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.
  • Phil 1:10 — That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;
  • Prov 21:10 — The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.
  • Prov 28:4 — They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.
  • Ps 14:4 — Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.
  • Ps 52:3 — Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.
  • Ps 53:4 — Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread: they have not called upon God.
  • Ps 57:3 — He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.
  • Ps 103:6 — The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.
  • Rom 1:32 — Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
  • Rom 12:9 — Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.