Micah 7:4

“The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.”

"The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity." - Micah 7:4
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What does Micah 7:4 mean?

Micah 7:4 (KJV) says, "The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity." This verse comes from the book of Micah, which is one of the twelve minor prophets in the Old…

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Navigating Through the Thorns: A Reflection on Micah 7:4

In the heart of Micah 7:4, we encounter a poignant reflection on the state of humanity—and indeed, a microcosm of the collective struggles we face in our own spiritual journey. The verse reads: "The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the…

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Prayer for Divine Guidance and Resilience Amidst Perplexity

O Heavenly Father, Creator of the heavens and the earth, I come before You today with a heart full of reverence and awe, acknowledging Your boundless wisdom and infinite love for Your creation. As I contemplate the profound words found in Micah 7:4, "The best of them is as a…

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Micah 7:4 - "The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity."
Micah 7:17
Micah 4:7 - "And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation: and the LORD shall reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth, even for ever."
Micah 7:7 - "Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me."
Micah 7:11 - "In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be far removed."
Micah 7:13 - "Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings."
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."
Micah 7:15 - "According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt will I shew unto him marvellous things."
Micah 7:16 - "¶ The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf."
Micah 4:4 - "But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the LORD of hosts hath spoken it."
Micah 4:12 - "But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor."
Micah 4:4 [4]Everyone will sit under their own vine     and under their own fig tree, and no one will make them afraid,     for the Lord Almighty has spoken.
Micah 7:5 - "¶ Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom."
Micah 4:6 - "In that day, saith the LORD, will I assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted;"
Micah 1:4 - "And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place."
Micah 7:20 - "Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old."
Micah 5:7 - "And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men."
Micah 7:1 - "Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit."
Judges 18:4 - "And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest."
Micah 4:5 - "For all people will walk every one in the name of his god, and we will walk in the name of the LORD our God for ever and ever."
Micah 7:2 - "The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net."
Micah 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?"
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 7:19 - "He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea."
"He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea." - Micah 7:19
Micah 4:9 - "Now why dost thou cry out aloud? is there no king in thee? is thy counsellor perished? for pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail."
"In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be far removed." - Micah 7:11
"Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me." - Micah 7:7
Micah 7:8 - "¶ Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me."