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Micah 6:8

He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

KJV

Indicabo tibi, o homo, quid sit bonum, et quid Dominus requirat a te : utique facere judicium, et diligere misericordiam, et sollicitum ambulare cum Deo tuo.

Vulgate

εἰ ἀνηγγέλη σοι, ἄνθρωπε, τί καλόν; ἢ τί Κύριος ἐκζητεῖ παρὰ σοῦ ἀλλ’ ἢ τοῦ ποιεῖν κρίμα καὶ ἀγαπᾷν ἔλεον καὶ ἕτοιμον εἶναι τοῦ πορεύεσθαι μετὰ Κυρίου θεοῦ σου;

LXX

He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do justly, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with thy God?

ASV

הִגִּ֥יד לְ/ךָ֛ אָדָ֖ם מַה טּ֑וֹב וּ/מָֽה יְהוָ֞ה דּוֹרֵ֣שׁ מִמְּ/ךָ֗ כִּ֣י אִם עֲשׂ֤וֹת מִשְׁפָּט֙ וְ/אַ֣הֲבַת חֶ֔סֶד וְ/הַצְנֵ֥עַ לֶ֖כֶת עִם אֱלֹהֶֽי/ךָ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

17 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
אַהֲבָ֖ה
'hbh
verb · 40×
אָדָ֖ם
'dm
noun · 545×
הַצְנֵ֥עַ
htsn'
verb · 2×
הוּ
hv
verb · 165×
וֹ
v
noun · 246×
ט֣וֹב
tvb
verb · 562×
י
y
noun · 422×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יֵּ֥לֶךְ
ylk
verb · 1038×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
יַּגֶּד
ygd
verb · 369×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
מִן
mn
preposition · 1223×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
עִם
'm
preposition · 1043×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

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

1. Having boldly reflected on the faults of the Hebrews, and sufficiently alarmed them, he consoles them, first, by praises, and secondly (which also is the stronger ground), by the [thought] that they would certainly attain the object of their hope. Moreover he draws his consolation, not from things future, but again from the past, which indeed would the rather persuade them. …
§66There is no doubt that Christian moral teaching, even in its Biblical roots, acknowledges the specific importance of a fundamental choice which qualifies the moral life and engages freedom on a radical level before God. It is a question of the decision of faith, of the obedience of faith (cf. Rom 16:26) "by which man makes a total and free self-commitment to God, offering 'the …
Abba John said, "Humility and the fear of God are above all virtues."

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 7:16 — For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?
  • 1John 5:3 — For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
  • 1Pet 3:8 — Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
  • 1Pet 5:5 — Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
  • 1Pet 5:6 — Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
  • 1Sam 12:23 — Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:
  • 1Sam 15:22 — And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
  • 2Chr 30:11 — Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem.
  • 2Chr 32:26 — Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the LORD came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah.
  • 2Chr 33:12 — And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
  • 2Chr 33:19 — His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sins, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold,
  • 2Chr 33:23 — And humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.
  • 2Chr 34:27 — Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and did
  • 2Kgs 22:19 — Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desola
  • 2Pet 1:5 — And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
  • 2Thess 2:16 — Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,
  • Amos 5:14 — Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.
  • Amos 5:24 — But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
  • Amos 5:24 — But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
  • Col 3:12 — Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
  • Dan 4:37 — Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
  • Deut 10:12 — And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy s
  • Deut 10:12 — And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy s
  • Deut 13:4 — Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.
  • Deut 16:20 — That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
  • Deut 27:10 — Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the LORD thy God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day.
  • Eccl 12:13 — Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
  • Eccl 12:13 — Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
  • Eph 4:32 — And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
  • Ezek 16:63 — That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord GOD.
  • Ezek 33:14 — Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;
  • Gen 5:22 — And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
  • Gen 5:22 — And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
  • Gen 17:1 — And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
  • Gen 18:19 — For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he h
  • Hos 6:6 — For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
  • Hos 12:6 — Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
  • Hos 12:6 — Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
  • Isa 1:12 — When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?
  • Isa 1:16 — Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;