Micah 7:8

Speaking for the faithful remnant, the prophet warns the enemy not to gloat, for though fallen, they will rise and God will be their light. It expresses confident hope of restoration after judgment.

Cross-references · 38

• John 8:12Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
• Ps 27:1Of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life—whom shall I dread?
• Isa 9:2The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.
• Ps 112:4Light dawns in the darkness for the upright—for the gracious, compassionate, and righteous.
• Ps 107:10–15Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains,
• Prov 24:16–18For though a righteous man may fall seven times, he still gets up; but the wicked stumble in bad times.
• Obad 1:12But you should not gloat in that day, your brother’s day of misfortune, nor rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their destruction, nor boast proudly in the day of their distress.
• 2 Cor 4:6For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
• Ps 84:11For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
• Ps 97:11Light shines on the righteous, gladness on the upright in heart.
• Ps 41:10–12But You, O LORD, be gracious to me and raise me up, that I may repay them.
• Ps 38:16For I said, “Let them not gloat over me—those who taunt me when my foot slips.”
• Rev 22:5There will be no more night in the city, and they will have no need for the light of a lamp or of the sun. For the Lord God will shine on them, and they will reign forever and ever.
• Job 31:29If I have rejoiced in my enemy’s ruin, or exulted when evil befell him—
• Isa 60:1–3Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.
• Ezek 35:15As you rejoiced when the inheritance of the house of Israel became desolate, so will I do to you. You will become a desolation, O Mount Seir, and so will all of Edom. Then they will know that I am the LORD.
• Mic 7:10Then my enemy will see and will be covered with shame—she who said to me, “Where is the LORD your God?” My eyes will see her; at that time she will be trampled like mud in the streets.
• Ps 35:19Let not my enemies gloat over me without cause, nor those who hate me without reason wink in malice.
• Mal 4:2“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.
• John 16:20Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.
• Ezek 25:6For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you clapped your hands and stomped your feet and rejoiced over the land of Israel with a heart full of contempt,
• Ps 13:4–6lest my enemy say, “I have overcome him,” and my foes rejoice when I fall.
• Acts 26:18to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’
• Ps 35:24–26Vindicate me by Your righteousness, O LORD my God, and do not let them gloat over me.
• Rev 11:10–12And those who dwell on the earth will gloat over them, and will celebrate and send one another gifts, because these two prophets had tormented them.
• Isa 2:5Come, O house of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the LORD.
• Isa 49:9to say to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’ They will feed along the pathways, and find pasture on every barren hill.
• Amos 9:11“In that day I will restore the fallen tent of David. I will repair its gaps, restore its ruins, and rebuild it as in the days of old,
• Luke 1:78–79because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high,
• Ps 37:21The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous are gracious and giving.
• Ps 37:24Though he falls, he will not be overwhelmed, for the LORD is holding his hand.
• Matt 4:16the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.”
• Jer 50:11“Because you rejoice, because you sing in triumph—you who plunder My inheritance—because you frolic like a heifer treading grain and neigh like stallions,
• Isa 50:10Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the voice of His Servant? Who among you walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the LORD; let him lean on his God.
• Isa 60:19–20No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your splendor.
• Ps 35:15–16But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing.
• Lam 4:21–22So rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz. Yet the cup will pass to you as well; you will get drunk and expose yourself.
• Rev 21:23And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp.

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