Micah 6:8
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
8 [a]You have been told, O mortal, what is good,
and what the Lord requires of you:
Only to do justice and to love goodness,
and to walk humbly with your God.(A)
Footnotes
- 6:8 To do justice refers to human behavior in relationship to others. To love goodness refers to the kind of love and concern which is at the heart of the covenant between the Lord and Israel; it is persistently faithful. To walk humbly with your God means to listen carefully to the revealed will of God.
Micah 6:8
EasyEnglish Bible
8 But God has told us what is good.[a] This is what the Lord wants from us:
‘You must be fair to other people,’ God says.
‘You must want to be kind.[b]
And you must be careful to do what I show you.’
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