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Micah 7:5-7 KJV
Micah · chapter 7 · verses 5–7
5Trust 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. 6For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man’s enemies are the men of his own house. 7Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.Micah 7:5-7 · King James Version
Micah 7:5-7 in context
3That 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.
4The 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.
5Trust 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.
6For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man’s enemies are the men of his own house.
7Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
8Rejoice 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.
9I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
Commentary
Cross references
- Jeremiah 9:4
- Psalms 118:8-9
- Matthew 10:16
- Job 6:14-15
- Judges 16:5-20
- Matthew 10:35-36
- Luke 12:53
- Matthew 10:21
- Psalms 41:9
- Lamentations 3:25-26
- Psalms 37:7
- 1 John 5:14-15
Key words (Strong's)
- dishonourethnâbêlto wiltH5034 →
- confidencebâṭachfiguratively, to trust, be confident or sureH982 →
- salvationyeshaʻliberty, deliverance, prosperityH3468 →
- daughterbatha daughterH1323 →
- enemiesʼôyêbhatingH341 →
- friendrêaʻan associateH7453 →
- fatherʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- motherʼêma motherH517 →
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This is such a description of bad times as, some think, could scarcely agree to the times of Hezekiah, when this prophet prophesied; and therefore they rather take it as a prediction of what should be in the reign of Manasseh.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-6