Micah 6:8 BSB — MannaFest

Micah 6:8

He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

BSB

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ASV

He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do justly, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with thy God?

KJV

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?

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Commentary

8 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

He hath shewed thee - Micah does not tell them now, as for the first time; which would have excused them. He says, “He hath shewed thee;” He, about whose mind and will and pleasure they were pretending to enquire, the Lord their God. He had shewn it to them. The law was full of it. He shewed it to them, when He said, “And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all His ways, and to love Him and to serve the Lord, thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, to keep the commandments of the Lord and His statutes which I command thee this day for thy good?” Deu 10:12-13. They had asked, “with what outward thing shall I come before the Lord;” the prophet tells them, “what thing is good,” the inward man of the heart, righteousness, love, humility. And what doth the Lord require (search, seek) of thee? - The very word implies an earnest search within. He would say (Rup.), “Trouble not thyself as to any of these things, burnt-offerings, rams, calves, without thee. For God seeketh not thine, but thee; not thy substance, but thy spirit; not ram or goat, but thy heart.” : “Thou askest, what thou shouldest offer for thee? Other thyself. For what else doth the Lord seek of thee, but thee? Because, of all earthly creatures, He hath made nothing better than thee, He seeketh thyself from thyself, because thou hadst lost thyself.” To do judgment - are chiefly all acts of equity; “to love mercy,” all deeds of love. Judgment, is what right requires; mercy, what love. Yet, secondarily, “to do judgment” is to pass righteous judgments in all cases; and so, as to others, “judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment” Joh 7:24; and as to one’s self also. Judge equitably and kindly of others, humbly of thyself. […]

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

(2.) We must love mercy; we must delight in it, as our God does, must be glad of an opportunity to do good, and do it cheerfully. Justice is put before mercy, for we must not give that in alms which is wrongfully got, or with which our debts should be paid.

Augustine of Hippo

SERMON 48:2 (430)

You ask what you should offer: offer yourself. For what else does the Lord seek of you but you? Because of all earthly creatures he has made nothing better than you, he seeks yourself from yourself, because you have lost yourself.

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The Church Fathers1 voice

Ambrose of Milan

FLIGHT FROM THE WORLD 6:33 (397)

"You have been told, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, to love mercy and to be prepared to walk with your Lord?" Accordingly, the gospel says to you, "Arise, let us go from here," while the law says to you, "You shall walk after the Lord your God." You have learned the method of your flight from here—why do you delay?

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הִגִּ֥יד	hi.Gid	he has told	H5046 →
לְךָ֛	le.Kha	to you
אָדָ֖ם	'a.Dam	O humankind	H120 →
מַה־	mah-	what?	H4100 →
טּ֑וֹב	Tov	[is] good	H2896 →
וּמָֽה־	u.mah-	and what?	H4100 →
יְהוָ֞ה	Yah.weh	[is] Yahweh	H3068 →
דּוֹרֵ֣שׁ	do.Resh	requiring	H1875 →
מִמְּךָ֗	mi.me.Kha	from you	H4480 →
כִּ֣י	ki	that	H3588 →
אִם־	'im-	except	H518 →
עֲשׂ֤וֹת	a.Sot	to do	H6213 →
מִשְׁפָּט֙	mish.Pat	justice	H4941 →
וְאַ֣הֲבַת	ve.'A.ha.vat	and to love	H157 →
חֶ֔סֶד	Che.sed	covenant loyalty	H2617 →
וְהַצְנֵ֥עַ	ve.hatz.Ne.a'	and to be modest	H6800 →
לֶ֖כֶת	Le.khet	to walk	H1980 →
עִם־	'im-	with	H5973 →
אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃ פ	'e.lo.Hei.kha	God your	H430 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Colossians 3:12
Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with hearts of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.
leads to
- Ephesians 4:32
  Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.
- Ephesians 4:2
  with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,
- 1 John 4:19
  We love because He first loved us.
- 2 Peter 1:5–8
  For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge;
- Galatians 5:22–23
  But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Through
Hosea 6:6
For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
leads to
- 1 Samuel 15:22
  But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Matthew 9:13
  But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
- Matthew 12:7
  If only you had known the meaning of ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.

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About Micah

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

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Justice
the three-part summary: do justly, love mercy, walk humbly — justice held together with mercy, not against it.
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Mercy paired with justice as a required practice — 'love mercy' — not a private feeling but a covenant ethic.

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Micah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Micah