Mic 2:7
O {thou that art} named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD straitened? {are} these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly? {straitened: or, shortened?} {uprightly: Heb. upright?}
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For 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.
He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.
Thy 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. {I am...: Heb. thy name is called upon me}
Wherefore, 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.
Who {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.
I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies {are} my meditation.
Then 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. {might: or, army}
Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but {he that is} perverse {in his} ways shall fall at once.
The way of the LORD {is} strength to the upright: but destruction {shall be} to the workers of iniquity.
The law of the LORD {is} perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD {is} sure, making wise the simple. {law: or, doctrine} {converting: or, restoring}
He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
Unless thy law {had been} my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
Behold, the LORD'S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither {is that} circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:
And 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.
Hear 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.
Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:
Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they {are} not all Israel, which are of Israel:
Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels.
Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins. {aloud: Heb. with the throat}
Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance: {meet...: or, answerable to amendment of life}
He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but {he that is} perverse in his ways despiseth him.
Was 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.
They 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.
He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: {he is} a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
TETH. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy word.
Their heart is as fat as grease; {but} I delight in thy law.
Hear 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.
For 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.
All scripture {is} given by inspiration of God, and {is} profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
And 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.
He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.
And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, {There is} yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, {There is} yet one man, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he never prophesied good unto me, but always evil: the same {is} Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels.
They {are} all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
For the word of the LORD {is} right; and all his works {are done} in truth.
And he said, What {is} the thing that {the LORD} hath said unto thee? I pray thee hide {it} not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide {any} thing from me of all the things that he said unto thee. {more also: Heb. so add} {thing: or, word}