{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/kjv/micah/7","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T22:21:12.457Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","book":"Micah","bookSlug":"micah","chapter":7,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":6,"nextChapter":null,"totalChapters":7,"totalVerses":20},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: <i>there is</i> no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"The good <i>man</i> is perished out of the earth: and <i>there is</i> none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge <i>asketh</i> for a reward; and the great <i>man</i>, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"The best of them <i>is</i> as a brier: the most upright <i>is sharper</i> than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen <i>and</i> thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"For 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 <i>are</i> the men of his own house."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD <i>shall be</i> a light unto me."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"I 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, <i>and</i> I shall behold his righteousness."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Then <i>she that is</i> mine enemy shall see <i>it</i>, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the LORD thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"<i>In</i> the day that thy walls are to be built, <i>in</i> that day shall the decree be far removed."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"<i>In</i> that day <i>also</i> he shall come even to thee from Assyria, and <i>from</i> the fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river, and from sea to sea, and <i>from</i> mountain to mountain."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily <i>in</i> the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed <i>in</i> Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt will I shew unto him marvellous <i>things</i>."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay <i>their</i> hand upon <i>their</i> mouth, their ears shall be deaf."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shall fear because of thee."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Who <i>is</i> a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth <i>in</i> mercy."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, <i>and</i> the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old."}],"citation":{"inline":"Micah 7 (KJV)","markdown":"[Micah 7](https://primebible.com/kjv/micah/7)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/micah/7 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}