Micah 6:8 (DRB)

Passage

I will shew thee, O man, what is good, and what the Lord requireth of thee: Verily to do judgment, and to love mercy, and to walk solicitous with thy God.

Nearby Context

Micah 6:6 What shall I offer to the Lord that is worthy? wherewith shall I kneel before the high God? shall I offer holocausts unto him, and calves of a year old?

Micah 6:7 May the Lord be appeased with thousands of rams, or with many thousands of fat he goats? shall I give my firstborn for my wickedness, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

Micah 6:8 I will shew thee, O man, what is good, and what the Lord requireth of thee: Verily to do judgment, and to love mercy, and to walk solicitous with thy God.

Micah 6:9 The voice of the Lord crieth to the city, and salvation shall be to them that fear thy name: hear O ye tribes, and who shall approve it?

Micah 6:10 As yet there is a fire in the house of the wicked, the treasures of iniquity, and a scant measure full of wrath.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "mercy", "shew", "thee", "good", "lord", "requireth", "verily", and "judgment". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "mercy" and "shew", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "May the Lord be appeased with thousands..." into verse 9's "The voice of the Lord crieth to...", so "mercy" and "shew" 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 "mercy" and "shew" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.