Micah 7:3-5

Expanded Bible

³ With both hands they are doing evil.
    Rulers ask for ·money [gifts],
    and judges’ decisions are bought for a ·price [bribe].
·Rich [Influential; Great] people ·tell what they want [make demands],
    and they get it.
⁴ Even the best of them is like a ·thornbush [brier];
    the most ·honest [upright] of them is worse than a ·prickly plant [thorn hedge].
The day ·that your watchmen warned you about [^Lof your watchmen; ^Cthe coming exile predicted by the prophets] has come.
    Now they will be confused [^Cwithout the guidance of the prophets].
⁵ Don’t ·believe [trust] your neighbor
    or ·trust [put confidence in] a friend.
·Don’t say anything [^LGuard the doors of your mouth],
    even to ·your wife [^Lthe one who lies on your bosom].