Micah 7:3-5

New International Reader's Version

³ They are very good at doing what is evil.
    Rulers require gifts.
Judges accept money from people
    who want special favors.
Those who are powerful
    always get what they want.
    All of them make evil plans together.
⁴ The best of these people are as harmful as thorns.
    The most honest of them are even worse.
    God has come to punish you.
The time your prophets warned you about has come.
    Panic has taken hold of you.
⁵ Don’t trust your neighbors.
    Don’t put your faith in your friends.
Be careful what you say
    even to your own wife.