Micah 6:10 (ASV)

Passage

Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a scant measure that is abominable?

Nearby Context

Micah 6:8 He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do justly, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with thy God?

Micah 6:9 The voice of Jehovah crieth unto the city, and [the man of] wisdom will see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.

Micah 6:10 Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a scant measure that is abominable?

Micah 6:11 Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?

Micah 6:12 For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "treasures", "wickedness", "house", "scant", "measure", and "abominable". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "treasures" and "wickedness", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "The voice of Jehovah crieth unto the..." into verse 11's "Shall I be pure with wicked balances...", so "treasures" and "wickedness" belong inside that flow. In Micah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "treasures" and "wickedness" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.