Micah 2:7

Micah challenges their objection: is the LORD's Spirit really impatient, or do His words not benefit the upright? It reaffirms that God's word blesses the obedient.

Cross-references · 29

• Ps 84:11For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
• Jer 15:16Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.
• Ps 15:2He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.
• Zech 4:6Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.
• Isa 50:2Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.
• Prov 28:18Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
• Ps 19:7–11The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
• Prov 10:29The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
• Hos 14:9Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.
• Prov 10:9He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
• Ps 119:99–103I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.
• Ps 119:92–93Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
• 2 Tim 3:5Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
• Ps 119:70–71Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.
• Isa 58:1Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
• Prov 14:2He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.
• Rom 9:6–13Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:
• Rom 7:13Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.
• Isa 48:1–2Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness.
• 2 Cor 6:12Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels.
• Matt 3:8Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:
• Prov 2:7He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
• Num 11:23And the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD’s hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.
• Isa 59:1–2Behold, the LORD’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
• Mic 3:9Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.
• Rom 2:28–29For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:
• Ps 119:65Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy word.
• Jer 2:4Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:
• John 8:39They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham’s children, ye would do the works of Abraham.

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