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Micah 7:6

For a son dishonors his father, a daughter rises against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. A man’s enemies are the members of his own household.

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ASV

For the son dishonoreth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man’s enemies are the men of his own house.

KJV

For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man’s enemies are the men of his own house.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
בֵן֙vena sonH1121 →
מְנַבֵּ֣לme.na.Bel[is] treating with contemptH5034 →
אָ֔ב'Ava fatherH1 →
בַּ֚תbata daughterH1323 →
קָמָ֣הka.Mah[is] arisingH6965 →
בְאִמָּ֔הּve.'i.Mahon mother herH517 →
כַּלָּ֖הka.Laha daughter-in-lawH3618 →
בַּחֲמֹתָ֑הּba.cha.mo.Tahon mother-in-law herH2545 →
אֹיְבֵ֥י'o.ye.Vei[are the] enemies ofH341 →
אִ֖ישׁ'isha personH376 →
אַנְשֵׁ֥י'an.Shei[the] people ofH582 →
בֵיתֽוֹ׃vei.Toown household hisH1004 →

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Matthew 10:35–36For I have come to turn ‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.Matthew 10:36A man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’Luke 12:53They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”Matthew 10:21Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.Psalms 41:9Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.2 Timothy 3:2–3For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,Psalms 55:12–14For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide.Ezekiel 22:7Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the widow are oppressed.Matthew 26:23Jesus answered, “The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with Me will betray Me.Matthew 26:49–50Going directly to Jesus, he said, “Greetings, Rabbi!” and kissed Him.Luke 21:16You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and some of you will be put to death.Jeremiah 12:6Even your brothers—your own father’s household—even they have betrayed you; even they have cried aloud against you. Do not trust them, though they speak well of you.John 13:18I am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the Scripture: ‘The one who shares My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’Obadiah 1:7All the men allied with you will drive you to the border; the men at peace with you will deceive and overpower you. Those who eat your bread will set a trap for you without your awareness of it.Proverbs 30:11There is a generation of those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.Genesis 9:22–24And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father’s nakedness and told his two brothers outside.2 Samuel 16:21–23Ahithophel replied, “Sleep with your father’s concubines, whom he has left to keep the palace. When all Israel hears that you have become a stench to your father, then the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.”Genesis 49:4Uncontrolled as the waters, you will no longer excel, because you went up to your father’s bed, onto my couch, and defiled it.

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Micah Exhorts the Israelites to Repent — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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