Micah 6:8 (KJV)

Passage

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?

Nearby Context

Micah 6:6 Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?

Micah 6:7 Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

Micah 6:8 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 6:9 The LORD’s voice crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.

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

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "Will the LORD be pleased with thousands..." into verse 9's "The LORD s voice crieth unto the...", so "mercy" and "hath" 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 "hath" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.