Passages

Micah 6:8

The Bible

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Divinity Atlas. "Micah 6:8." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/passages/micah-6-8.

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Divinity Atlas. (n.d.). Micah 6:8. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/passages/micah-6-8

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@misc{divinityatlas-micah-6-8,
  author = {Divinity Atlas},
  title = {Micah 6:8},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/passages/micah-6-8},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

The prophetic answer to a question about sacrifice: what God wants is not offerings. 'Kindness' renders chesed, covenant loyalty, a word with no single English equivalent.

Facts

Passage

Text

He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do justly, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with thy God? 1

Reference

Micah 6:8 1

Reference Scheme

Book, Chapter, Verse 1

Translation

The Holy Bible, American Standard Version 1

Translator

American Revision Committee 1

Meaning

Theme

ethics, justice 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Concerns

Christianity

Judaism

Religious duty consists in doing justice and loving mercy

The verse from which this belief is drawn nearly word for word.

Passage Of

The Bible

Source The Holy Bible, American Standard Version (1901), verse-per-line textAmerican Revision Committee

Sources

1. The Holy Bible, American Standard Version (1901), verse-per-line text

American Revision Committee, eBible.org (digital edition), 1901Micah 6:8View the Source

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