Micah 6:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The voice of the LORD calls out to the city (and it is sound wisdom to fear Your name): “Heed the rod and the One who ordained it.”
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“The voice of the LORD calls out to the city (and it is sound wisdom to fear Your name): “Heed the rod and the One who ordained it.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“The Lord’s voice crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.”
King James Version · Public Domain“The voice of Jehovah crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom will see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“A voice of Jehovah to the city calleth, And wisdom doth fear Thy name, Hear ye the rod, and Him who appointed it.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Micah 6:9 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 34:5And the LORD descended in a cloud, stood with him there, and proclaimed His name, the LORD.
- 2 Samuel 21:1During the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family, because he killed the Gibeonites.”
- 2 Kings 22:11When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, he tore his clothes
- Job 5:6For distress does not spring from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the ground.
- Job 5:17Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
- Job 10:2I will say to God: Do not condemn me! Let me know why You prosecute me.
- Job 23:14For He carries out His decree against me, and He has many such plans.
- Psalms 9:16The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah
- Psalms 48:10Your name, O God, like Your praise, reaches to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness.
- Psalms 83:18May they know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are Most High over all the earth.
- Psalms 107:43Let him who is wise pay heed to these things and consider the loving devotion of the LORD.
- Proverbs 22:3The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.
- Isaiah 9:13But the people did not return to Him who struck them; they did not seek the LORD of Hosts.
- Isaiah 10:5Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath.
- Isaiah 24:10The city of chaos is shattered; every house is closed to entry.
- Isaiah 26:11O LORD, Your hand is upraised, but they do not see it. They will see Your zeal for Your people and be put to shame. The fire set for Your enemies will consume them!
- Isaiah 27:10For the fortified city lies deserted— a homestead abandoned, a wilderness forsaken. There the calves graze, and there they lie down; they strip its branches bare.
- Isaiah 30:27Behold, the Name of the LORD comes from afar, with burning anger and dense smoke. His lips are full of fury, and His tongue is like a consuming fire.
- Isaiah 32:13and for the land of my people, overgrown with thorns and briers— even for every house of merriment in this city of revelry.
- Isaiah 40:6A voice says, “Cry out!” And I asked, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field.
- Isaiah 66:6Hear the uproar from the city; listen to the voice from the temple! It is the voice of the LORD, repaying His enemies what they deserve!
- Jeremiah 14:18If I go out to the country, I see those slain by the sword; if I enter the city, I see those ravaged by famine! For both prophet and priest travel to a land they do not know.’”
- Jeremiah 19:11and you are to proclaim to them that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I will shatter this nation and this city, like one shatters a potter’s jar that can never again be repaired. They will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room to bury them.
- Jeremiah 26:6then I will make this house like Shiloh, and I will make this city an object of cursing among all the nations of the earth.’”
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