Micah 2:2
They covet fields and seize them, and they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance.
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they covet.

Exodus 20:17
You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.

1 Kings 21:2-19
So Ahab said to Naboth, "Give me your vineyard to use as a vegetable garden, since it is next to my palace. I will give you a better vineyard in its place--or if you prefer, I will give you its value in silver." . . .

Job 31:38
If my land cries out against me and its furrows weep together,

Isaiah 5:8
Woe to those who add house to house and join field to field until there is no room and you dwell alone in the land.

Jeremiah 22:17
"But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, on practicing extortion and oppression."

Amos 8:4
Hear this, you who trample on the needy, who do away with the poor of the land,

Habakkuk 2:5-9
furthermore, wine betrays; an arrogant man is never at rest. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, and like Death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all nations to himself and collects all the peoples as his own. . . .

1 Timothy 6:10
For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.

so.

Micah 3:9
Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who despise justice and pervert all that is right,

Exodus 22:21-24
You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt. . . .

2 Kings 9:26
As surely as I saw the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons yesterday, declares the LORD, so will I repay you on this plot of land, declares the LORD.' Now then, according to the word of the LORD, pick him up and throw him on the plot of land."

Nehemiah 5:1-5
About this time there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews. . . .

Job 24:2-12
Men move boundary stones; they pasture stolen flocks. . . .

Ezekiel 18:12
He oppresses the poor and needy, he commits robbery and does not restore a pledge. He lifts his eyes to idols; he commits abominations.

Ezekiel 22:12
In you they take bribes to shed blood. You engage in usury, take excess interest, and extort your neighbors. But Me you have forgotten, declares the Lord GOD.

Amos 8:4
Hear this, you who trample on the needy, who do away with the poor of the land,

Malachi 3:5
"Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me, " says the LORD of Hosts.

Matthew 23:14
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.

oppress.

1 Samuel 12:3, 4
Here I am. Bear witness against me before the LORD and before His anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken? Whom have I wronged or oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe and closed my eyes? Tell me, and I will restore it to you. . . .

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
They covet fields and then seize them, And houses, and take them away. They rob a man and his house, A man and his inheritance.

King James Bible
And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They covet fields and seize them; they also take houses. They deprive a man of his home, a person of his inheritance.

International Standard Version
They covet fields and seize them; they covet houses, and grab them, too. They harass the valiant man, along with his household, an individual and his estate.

NET Bible
They confiscate the fields they desire, and seize the houses they want. They defraud people of their homes, and deprive people of the land they have inherited.
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