Micah 6:12 (WEB)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

Micah 6:10 Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a short ephah that is accursed?

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

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

Micah 6:13 Therefore I also have struck you with a grievous wound. I have made you desolate because of your sins.

Micah 6:14 You shall eat, but not be satisfied. Your humiliation will be within you. You will store up, but not save; and that which you save I will 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 dishonest scales..." into verse 13's "Therefore I also have struck you with...", 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.