Micah 7:13
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then the earth will become desolate because of its inhabitants, as the fruit of their deeds.”
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“Then the earth will become desolate because of its inhabitants, as the fruit of their deeds.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Yet shall the land be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And the land hath been for a desolation, Because of its inhabitants, Because of the fruit of their doings.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Micah 7:13 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 26:33But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.
- Job 4:8As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.
- Proverbs 1:31So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
- Proverbs 5:22The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.
- Proverbs 31:31Give her the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her at the gates.
- Isaiah 3:10Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.
- Isaiah 6:11Then I asked: “How long, O Lord?” And He replied: “Until the cities lie ruined and without inhabitant, until the houses are left unoccupied and the land is desolate and ravaged,
- Isaiah 17:9In that day their strong cities will be like forsaken thickets and summits, abandoned to the Israelites and to utter desolation.
- Isaiah 24:3The earth will be utterly laid waste and thoroughly plundered. For the LORD has spoken this word.
- Jeremiah 17:10I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.
- Jeremiah 21:14I will punish you as your deeds deserve, declares the LORD. I will kindle a fire in your forest that will consume everything around you.’”
- Jeremiah 25:11And this whole land will become a desolate wasteland, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.
- Jeremiah 32:19the One great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are on all the ways of the sons of men, to reward each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds.
- Ezekiel 12:19Then tell the people of the land that this is what the Lord GOD says about those living in Jerusalem and in the land of Israel: ‘They will eat their bread with anxiety and drink their water in dread, for their land will be stripped of everything in it because of the violence of all who dwell in it.
- Daniel 4:26As for the command to leave the stump of the tree with its roots, your kingdom will be restored to you as soon as you acknowledge that Heaven rules.
- Micah 3:12Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.
- Micah 6:13Therefore I am striking you severely, to ruin you because of your sins.
- Luke 21:20But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that her desolation is near.
- Galatians 6:7Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.
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