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Mic. 3:11 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach form hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the Lord, δand say, Iso not the Lord among us? none evil can come upon us.

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Mal. 1:10• ¹⁰Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? Neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith Jehovah of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand. (Mal. 1:10)

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1 Peter 5:2• ²Tend the flock of God that [is] among you, exercising oversight, not by necessity but willingly, not for base gain, but readily, (1 Peter 5:2)

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saying.

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Matt. 3:9• ⁹{i}And do not think to say within yourselves, We have Abraham for [our] father; for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.{/i} (Matt. 3:9)

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Rom. 2:17• ¹⁷But if thou art named a Jew, and restest on law, and boastest in God, (Rom. 2:17)

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Divination,

gain, hire, price, sold, worth,

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Priest; Priesthood,

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heads.

Mic. 7:3• ³{i}Both hands are for evil, to do it well. The prince asketh, and the judge is there for a reward; and the great man uttereth his soul's greed: and together they combine it.{/i} (Mic. 7:3)

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Num. 16:15• ¹⁵{i}Then Moses was very wroth, and said to Jehovah, Have no regard to their oblation: not one ass have I taken from them, neither have I hurt one of them.{/i} (Num. 16:15)

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1 Sam. 8:3• ³{i}And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.{/i} (1 Sam. 8:3)

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1 Sam. 12:3‑4• ³{i}Here I am: testify against me before Jehovah, and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I injured? or of whose hand have I received any ransom and blinded mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it to you.{/i}
⁴{i}And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, and thou hast not injured us, neither hast thou taken aught of any man's hand{/i}. (1 Sam. 12:3‑4)

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Isa. 1:23• ²³Thy princes [are] rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them. (Isa. 1:23)

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Ezek. 22:12,27• ¹²{i}In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast overreached thy neighbours by oppression, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord Jehovah.{/i}
²⁷Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain. (Ezek. 22:12,27)

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Hos. 4:18• ¹⁸Their drink is turned; her rulers greatly love infamy; {i}her great men passionately love their shame.{/i} (Hos. 4:18)

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Zeph. 3:3• ³Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow. (Zeph. 3:3)

and the priests.

Jer. 6:13• ¹³{i}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.{/i} (Jer. 6:13)

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Jer. 8:10• ¹⁰{i}Therefore will I give their wives unto others, their fields to those that shall possess them; for every one, from the least even unto the greatest, is given to covetousness; from the prophet even unto the priest, every one dealeth falsely.{/i} (Jer. 8:10)

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Mal. 1:10• ¹⁰Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? Neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith Jehovah of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand. (Mal. 1:10)

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1 Tim. 3:3• ³not given to wine, no striker, but gentle, not contentious, not fond of money, (1 Tim. 3:3)

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Titus 1:11• ¹¹whose mouths must be stopped, who are such as overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not for filthy lucre's sake. (Titus 1:11)

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1 Peter 5:2• ²Tend the flock of God that [is] among you, exercising oversight, not by necessity but willingly, not for base gain, but readily, (1 Peter 5:2)

and the prophets.

Mic. 3:5• ⁵Thus saith Jehovah concerning the prophets that make my people err{i}, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace! but whoso putteth not into their mouths they prepare war against him:{/i} (Mic. 3:5)

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Isa. 56:11• ¹¹Yea, the dogs [are] greedy, they can never have enough; and these [are] shepherds [that] cannot understand: they have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter. (Isa. 56:11)

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Acts 8:18‑20• ¹⁸Now Simon, when he saw that through the laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Spirit was given,
¹⁹saying, Give me also this power that, on whomsoever I lay my hands, he may receive [the] Holy Spirit.
²⁰But Peter said to him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou thoughtest to obtain the gift of God through money. (Acts 8:18‑20)

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2 Peter 2:1‑3,14‑15• ¹But there were false prophets also among the people, as there shall be also false teachers among you, such as shall bring in by-the-bye sects of perdition, denying even the Sovereign Master that bought them, bringing on themselves swift perdition;
²and many shall follow their dissolutenesses; because of whom the way of the truth shall be blasphemed.
³And in covetousness with feigned words, they shall make merchandise of you: for whom judgment from of old is not idle, and their perdition slumbereth not.
¹⁴having eyes full of an adulteress and without cessation from sin; setting baits for unstable souls; having a heart practiced in covetousness, children of curse;
¹⁵abandoning as they did a straight way, they went astray, following out in the way of Balaam [son] of Beor, who loved wages of unrighteousness, (2 Peter 2:1‑3,14‑15)

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Jude 11• ¹¹Woe unto them! because they went in the way of Cain, and rushed greedily into the error of Balaam's hire, and perished in the gainsaying of Korah. (Jude 11)

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1 Sam. 4:3‑6• ³{i}And the people came into the camp; and the elders of Israel said, Why has Jehovah smitten us today before the Philistines? Let us fetch ourselves the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of Shiloh, that it may come among us, and save us out of the hand of our enemies.{/i}
⁴So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of Jehovah of hosts, which dwelleth between the cherubims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
⁵{i}And it came to pass when the ark of the covenant of Jehovah came into the camp, that all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth shook{/i}.
⁶And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What meaneth the noise of this great shout in. the camp of the Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of Jehovah was come into the camp. (1 Sam. 4:3‑6)

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Isa. 48:2• ²For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; Jehovah of hosts [is] his name. (Isa. 48:2)

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Jer. 7:4,8‑12• ⁴Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of Jehovah, The temple of Jehovah, The temple of Jehovah, are these.
⁸Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.
⁹Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;
¹⁰and come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?
¹¹Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith Jehovah.
¹²But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel. (Jer. 7:4,8‑12)

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Matt. 3:9• ⁹{i}And do not think to say within yourselves, We have Abraham for [our] father; for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.{/i} (Matt. 3:9)

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Rom. 2:17‑29• ¹⁷But if thou art named a Jew, and restest on law, and boastest in God,
¹⁸and knowest the will, and provest the things that differ, being instructed out of the law,
¹⁹and hast confidence that thou thyself art a guide of blind, a light of those in darkness,
²⁰an instructor of foolish, a teacher of babes, having the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law:
²¹thou then that teachest another, dost thou not teach thyself? thou that preachest not to steal, dost thou steal?
²²thou that sayest not to commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?
²³Thou who boastest in law, through the transgression of the law dost thou dishonour God?
²⁴For the name of God on your account is blasphemed among the Gentiles, even as it is written.
²⁵For circumcision indeed profiteth if thou do law; but if thou be a transgressor of law, thy circumcision is become uncircumcision.
²⁶If then the uncircumcision keep the requirements of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be reckoned for circumcision,
²⁷and the natural uncircumcision, fulfilling the law, judge thee that in the way of letter and circumcision transgressest law?
²⁸For he that is outwardly a Jew is not [one], nor [is] that which is outward in flesh circumcision,
²⁹but he that [is so] hiddenly [is] a Jew, and circumcision of heart in spirit, not in letter, the praise of whom [is] not of men but of God. (Rom. 2:17‑29)

and say.

Heb. saying.

none evil can come.

Amos 9:10• ¹⁰All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us. (Amos 9:10)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money; yet do they lean upon Jehovah, and say, Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? no evil shall come upon us.

W. Kelly Translation

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The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money; yet do they lean upon Jehovah, and say, Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? no evil shall come upon us.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)