Mic 7:3, Hab 1:3-4, Act 7:51-52 | ESV | STEP | Their hands are on what is evil , to do it well; the prince and the judge ask for a bribe , and the great man utters the evil desire of his soul; thus they weave it together.

a[Zeph. 3:7]

b[Ps. 82:1, 2]

c ch. 3:11

dSee Jer. 9:2-6

e[See ver. 2 above]

f[Mic. 7:3]

g[Job 21:7; Jer. 12:1]

h Deut. 10:16; See Ex. 32:9

i Lev. 26:41; Jer. 6:10; 9:26; Ezek. 44:7, 9

j Mal. 3:7

k 1 Kgs. 19:10; 2 Chr. 36:16; Jer. 2:30; Matt. 23:31, 37; See Matt. 5:12; 21:35

lSee ch. 3:14

mSee ch. 5:28

Micah 7:3

3 ^aTheir hands are on what is evil, to do it well;
^bthe prince and ^cthe judge ask for a bribe,
and the great man utters the evil desire of his soul;
thus they weave it together.

Habakkuk 1:3-4

3 ^dWhy do you make me see iniquity,
and why do you idly look at wrong?
Destruction ^eand violence are before me;
strife and contention arise.
4 ^fSo the law is paralyzed,
and justice never goes forth.
^gFor the wicked surround the righteous;
so justice goes forth perverted.

Acts 7:51-52

51 ^h“You stiff-necked people, ⁱuncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. ^jAs your fathers did, so do you. 52 ^kWhich of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of ^lthe Righteous One, ^mwhom you have now betrayed and murdered,