Micah 3:11

“The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us.”

"The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us." - Micah 3:11
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What does Micah 3:11 mean?

Micah 3:11 from the King James Version of the Bible states, "The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say, Is not the Lord among us? none evil can come upon us."…

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The Illusion of Security: A Devotional Reflection on Micah 3:11

Micah 3:11 (KJV) reads: "The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us." This passage presents a striking…

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A Prayer for Righteous Leadership and True Prophetic Guidance

Dear Heavenly Father, As I come before Your holy presence, I reflect upon the words of Micah 3:11, where it is written, "The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and…

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Micah 3:11 - "The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us."
Micah 3:10 - "They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity."
Micah 7:11 - "In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be far removed."
Micah 6:11 - "Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?"
Micah 5:11 - "And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds:"
Micah 3:7 - "Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God."
"They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity." - Micah 3:10
Micah 1:3 - "For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth."
Micah 4:11 - "¶ Now also many nations are gathered against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye look upon Zion."
Micah 3:12 - "Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest."
Micah 3:1 - "And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment?"
Micah 3:9 - "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."
Micah 2:11 - "If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people."
Micah 3:8 - "¶ But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin."
Micah 6:3 - "O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me."
"In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be far removed." - Micah 7:11
"Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?" - Micah 6:11
Micah 1:11 - "Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shame naked: the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Beth-ezel; he shall receive of you his standing."
Micah 3:4 - "Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings."
Micah 5:3 - "Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel."
Micah 7:3 - "¶ That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up."
Micah 3:5 - "¶ Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him."
"And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds:" - Micah 5:11
Micah 2:3 - "Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye go haughtily: for this time is evil."
Judges 18:3 - "When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite: and they turned in thither, and said unto him, Who brought thee hither? and what makest thou in this place? and what hast thou here?"
"Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God." - Micah 3:7
Micah 3:6 - "Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them."
Micah 1:3-4 - "For behold, the Lord is coming out of His place, And will come down and tread on the high places of the earth. The mountains will melt under Him, And the valleys will split, Like wax before the fire, Like waters poured down a steep place."
Micah 4:3 - "¶ And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more."