He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
Micah 6:8 · WEBRead the whole chapter →
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In parallel withIsaiah 1:17
Micah's summary in Isaiah's imperatives: learn to do well, seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
“Learn to do well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Judge the fatherless. Plead for the widow.””
The same thread1 Corinthians 10:31
The ordinary acts of eating and drinking belong to the walk humbly with your God.
“Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.”
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The same thread (this verse)Romans 12:1
The daily shape of the living sacrifice: act justly, love mercy, walk humbly with your God.
“Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.”
In parallel with (this verse)Amos 5:23-24
What God wanted instead of noise: to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
“Take away from me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps. But let justice roll on like rivers, and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
The same thread (this verse)1 Corinthians 10:31
Eating and drinking done justly, mercifully, humbly: what Yahweh requires of you.
“Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.”