Micah 6:8

He has told you, O man, what is good, and what the Lord really wants from you: ¹  He wants you to ²  promote ³  justice, to be faithful, ⁴  and to live obediently before ⁵  your God.

Ge 5:22; Ge 18:19; Le 26:41; De 10:12,13; 1Sa 12:23; 1Sa 15:22; 2Ch 30:11; 2Ch 32:26; 2Ch 33:12,13,19,23; 2Ch 34:27; Ne 9:13; Ps 37:26; Ps 73:28; Ps 112:4,9; Pr 21:3; Ec 12:13; Isa 1:16-19; Isa 57:1,2; Isa 57:15; Isa 58:6-11; Isa 66:2; Jer 7:3-6; La 3:26; Eze 16:63; Da 4:37; Ho 6:6; Ho 12:6; Am 5:24; Zep 2:3; Mt 3:8-10; Mt 5:3; Mt 5:7; Mt 18:32-35; Mr 12:30-34; Lu 6:36; Lu 10:42; Lu 11:42; Lu 18:13-17; Ro 7:16; Ro 9:20; Ro 10:1-3; 1Co 7:16; Eph 4:32; Col 3:12; 2Th 2:16; Tit 2:11,12; Jas 2:20; Jas 4:6-10; 1Pe 3:8; 1Pe 5:5,6; 2Pe 1:5-8

¹ sn What the Lord really wants from you. Now the prophet switches roles and answers the hypothetical worshiper’s question. He makes it clear that the Lord desires proper attitudes more than ritual and sacrifice.

² tn Heb “except.” This statement is actually linked with what precedes, “What does he want from you except….”

³ tn Heb “to do,” in the sense of “promote.”

⁴ tn Heb “to love faithfulness.”

⁵ tn Heb “to walk humbly [or perhaps, “carefully”] with.”