Quotes from Micah

8 notable lines from Micah · c. 735 BCE

He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

Micah 6:8 (KJV)

Quotations follow the King James Version translation (Oxford University Press, 1611) — our recommended edition.

  1. And they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

    Micah 4:3 (KJV)

  2. But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.

    Micah 5:2 (KJV)

  3. 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 4:4 (KJV)

  4. 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 are the men of his own house.

    Micah 7:6 (KJV)

  5. 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.

    Micah 7:8 (KJV)

  6. He will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.

    Micah 7:19 (KJV)

  7. He retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.

    Micah 7:18 (KJV)