Micah 3:2
Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
Cross-references
1 Kings 21:20 shows Ahab selling himself to do evil, exactly the 'love evil, hate good' behavior Micah 3:2 condemns.
2 Timothy 3:3 lists 'despisers of good' as a mark of last-days people — a precise parallel to Micah's 'hate the good'.
Romans 12:9 commands believers to abhor evil and hold fast to good — the direct opposite of Micah's leaders who love evil and hate good.
Romans 1:32 describes people who approve of evil, paralleling Micah's leaders who love evil.
In Acts 7:52, Stephen says the fathers persecuted and killed the prophets — directly paralleling Micah's leaders who violently tear God's people.
John 18:40 shows the crowd choosing Barabbas the robber over Jesus, loving evil and hating good.
In John 15:19, the world loves its own and hates those chosen out of it — directly paralleling Micah's leaders who love evil and hate good.
In John 7:7, the world hates Jesus because He exposes its evil works — mirroring how Micah's leaders hate good and love evil.
Zechariah 11:5 shows buyers and shepherds slaughtering the flock without remorse — a direct parallel to the violent exploitation in Micah.
Zephaniah 3:3 likens rulers to ravenous wolves and lions — a parallel image of leaders devouring the people instead of protecting them.
Amos 8:4-6 similarly condemns those who trample the needy through dishonest commerce — both prophets denounce exploitation of the poor.
Amos 5:10-14 directly parallels: 'hate the one who upholds justice', 'trample the poor'—identical indictment of perverting justice.
Ezekiel 22:27 depicts princes as wolves tearing prey, a vivid parallel to Micah's tearing skin and flesh.
1 Kings 22:6-8 reveals Ahab hating Micaiah's true prophecy because it is bad—displaying the love of evil denounced in Micah 3:2.
Psalm 53:4 asks if evildoers who devour God's people have no knowledge, directly matching Micah's imagery.
Isaiah 3:15 rebukes leaders for crushing the poor, the same oppression Micah condemns.
Proverbs 28:4 says those who forsake the law praise the wicked, exactly what Micah's leaders do.
Jeremiah 6:13 condemns all for greed and falsehood, from least to greatest—mirroring the corrupt leadership in Micah.
Psalm 14:4 says evildoers 'eat up my people as they eat bread' — same image of consuming God's people, reinforcing the oppression theme.
Psalm 52:3 says 'you love evil more than good' — almost identical phrasing to Micah's 'hate good and love evil', highlighting the same moral inversion.
Psalm 94:5 describes oppressors who 'break in pieces' God's people — a parallel to skinning, both showing violent affliction of the faithful.
Psalm 103:6 describes God doing justice for the oppressed—directly contrasting the leaders in Micah who oppress instead.
Luke 20:47 condemns scribes who 'devour widows' houses' — the same verb 'devour' used for leaders consuming the vulnerable.
Proverbs 21:10 describes the wicked who desire evil and show no mercy—echoing the leaders' love for evil in Micah.
Isaiah 1:21 mourns Jerusalem's fall from justice to murderers—same theme as Micah's leaders who hate good and love evil.
Ezekiel 24:4 uses the same pot metaphor of cutting up meat for judgment — echoing the imagery of chopping people into pieces.
Ezekiel 18:7 describes a righteous man who does not oppress — directly opposing the leaders who hate good here.
Ezekiel 11:7 uses a pot-and-meat metaphor for the slain—reminiscent of Micah's imagery of tearing flesh from bones.
Ezekiel 11:6 accuses leaders of filling Jerusalem with the slain—matching Micah's violent exploitation of the people.
Isaiah 58:6 defines true fasting as freeing the oppressed—contrasting the leaders who exploit and tear the people.
Amos 2:6 condemns selling the righteous for silver — a specific form of the oppression and love of evil denounced here.
Proverbs 1:12 uses violent imagery of swallowing people alive—matching the leaders' cruel tearing of flesh in Micah.
Hosea 4:2 lists widespread sins — swearing, lying, killing — similar to the 'love evil' described here, both condemning societal corruption.
John 15:18 shows the world's hatred for believers as it hated Jesus first — extending the same pattern of hating the righteous seen in Micah.
John 15:23 equates hating Jesus with hating the Father — connecting hatred of good (Micah) to hatred of God Himself.
John 15:24 reveals the world sees Jesus' works yet still hates Him and the Father — echoing the stubborn hatred of good in Micah.
Acts 7:51 accuses leaders of always resisting the Holy Spirit — a parallel to Micah's leaders who oppose goodness by hating good and loving evil.
Philippians 1:10 urges approving what is excellent — the exact opposite of 'hate good, love evil' described here.
2 Thessalonians 2:12 speaks of those who 'had pleasure in unrighteousness' — parallel to loving evil and being condemned.
Deuteronomy 25:1 describes proper justice acquitting innocent and condemning guilty — the very opposite of the corrupt leaders Micah condemns.