Micah 7:3-5

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³ They know very well how to work together to do bad things.
Rulers demand gifts and judges ask for money.^[a]
Powerful bad people always get what they want.
All these people work together to do what is bad.
⁴ The best of them are dangerous like wild plants with thorns.^[b]
The most honest of them are worse than thorn bushes.
The bad time that your prophets told you about is coming.
Soon God will punish you,
and you will be confused.
⁵ Do not believe anyone, even somebody that you know well.
You cannot be sure that your friend will always be honest with you.
Be careful what you say to your wife.
Be careful even when you are hugging her.