Micah 6:12 (DBY)

Passage

For her rich men are full of violence, and her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

Nearby Context

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

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

Micah 6:12 For her rich men are full of violence, and her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

Micah 6:13 Therefore also will I make [thee] sick in smiting thee; I will make [thee] desolate because of thy sins.

Micah 6:14 Thou shalt eat, and not be satisfied, and thine emptiness [shall remain] in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take away, and not save; and what thou savest will I give up to the sword.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "rich", "full", "violence", "inhabitants", "speak", "lies", "tongue", and "deceitful". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "rich" and "full", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "Shall I be pure with the unjust..." into verse 13's "Therefore also will I make thee sick...", so "rich" and "full" 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 "rich" and "full" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.