Micah 7:6 (WEB)
For the son dishonors the father, the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man’s enemies are the men of his own house.
Fathers and councils · 4
John Chrysostom
“Wherefore the prophet admonishes, saying, “Trust ye not in friends, have not hope in guides; yea, even of her that lieth in thy bosom beware, in respect of communicating aught to her:” and, “A man’s enemies are the men that are in his own house.”” — editor's note: Micah vii. 5, 6.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- JeromeCatena Aurea on Matthew
“These are almost the words of the Prophet Micah. [Mic 7:6] We should always take note when a passage is cited out of the Old Testament, whether the sense only, or the very words are given.” — the author cites it
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“The cutting of the Word, which separates the worse from the better, and makes a division between the faithful and the unbeliever; and stirs up the son and the daughter and the bride against the father and the mother and the mother in law, the young and fresh against the old and shadowy.” — editor's note: Micah vii. 6.
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Tertullian
“Since this battle among the relatives was sung by the prophet’s trumpet in the very words, I fear that Micah must have predicted it to Marcion’s Christ!” — editor's note: Mic. vii. 6.
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Cross-references · 7
Cited together with
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 10:34–36 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 10:34–36 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 10:34–36 (3) (Catena Aurea).
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Quoted in
Matthew 10:35 takes up the words of Micah 7:6 (8 words in common).
Luke 12:53 takes up the words of Micah 7:6 (12 words in common).