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Micah 7:2

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The good [man] is perished out of the earth: and [there is] none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.

The good {H2623} man is perished {H6} out of the earth {H776}: and there is none upright {H3477} among men {H120}: they all lie in wait {H693} for blood {H1818}; they hunt {H6679} every man {H376} his brother {H251} with a net {H2764}.

The godly have been destroyed from the land, there is no one upright among humankind. They all lie in wait for blood, each hunts his brother with a net.

The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net.

The godly man is perished out of the earth, and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.

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Cross-References

  • Psalms 12:1 (8 votes)

    ¶ To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David. Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.

  • Isaiah 57:1 (7 votes)

    ¶ The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth [it] to heart: and merciful men [are] taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil [to come].

  • Psalms 14:1 (6 votes)

    ¶ To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David. The fool hath said in his heart, [There is] no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, [there is] none that doeth good.

  • Psalms 14:3 (6 votes)

    They are all gone aside, they are [all] together become filthy: [there is] none that doeth good, no, not one.

  • Isaiah 59:7 (6 votes)

    Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts [are] thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction [are] in their paths.

  • Jeremiah 5:26 (6 votes)

    For among my people are found wicked [men]: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.

  • Proverbs 1:11 (5 votes)

    If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: