Micah 6

Micah 6 in full

King James Version, 16 verses. Tap a reference to link straight to a single verse.

1. Mic 6:1

   Hear ye now what the Lord saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.

2. Mic 6:2

   Hear ye, O mountains, the Lord’s controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the Lord hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.

3. Mic 6:3

   O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.

4. Mic 6:4

   For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

5. Mic 6:5

   O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the Lord.

6. Mic 6:6

   Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?

7. Mic 6:7

   Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

8. Mic 6:8

   He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

9. Mic 6:9

   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.

10. Mic 6:10

    Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?

11. Mic 6:11

    Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?

12. Mic 6:12

    For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

13. Mic 6:13

    Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, in making thee desolate because of thy sins.

14. Mic 6:14

    Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy casting down shall be in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take hold, but shalt not deliver; and that which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword.

15. Mic 6:15

    Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine.

16. Mic 6:16

    For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.

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Micah 6 is part of Micah, book 33 of the 66 in the King James Bible. Read the 7 chapters straight through, or search any word across all 66 books.