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Micah 2:2

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they covet: Exodus 20:17; 1 Kings 21:2-19; Job 31:38; Isaiah 5:8; Jeremiah 22:17; Amos 8:4; Habakkuk 2:5-9; 1 Timothy 6:10

so: Micah 3:9; Exodus 22:21-24; 2 Kings 9:26; Nehemiah 5:1-5; Job 24:2-12; Ezekiel 18:12, Ezekiel 22:12; Amos 8:4; Malachi 3:5; Matthew 23:14

oppress: or, defraud, 1 Samuel 12:3-4

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