Amos 2:7 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁷ they that trample the head of the poor into the dust of the earth, and turn aside the way of the afflicted; a man and his father go in to the same maiden, so that my holy name is profaned;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ that pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ They pant after [the sight of] the poor [reduced to such misery that they will be throwing] dust of the earth on their heads [in token of their grief]; they defraud and turn aside the humble [who are too meek to defend themselves]; and a man and his father will have sexual relations with the same maiden, so that My holy name is profaned.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ they that pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father go unto the same maiden, to profane my holy name:

Common English Bible

⁷ They crush the head of the poor into the dust of the earth, and push the afflicted out of the way. Father and son have intercourse with the same young woman, degrading my holy name.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ They grind the heads of the poor into the dust of the earth, and they divert the way of the humble. And the son, as well as his father, have gone to the same girl, so that they outrage my holy name.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ They bruise the heads of the poor upon the dust of the earth, and turn aside the way of the humble: and the son and his father have gone to the same young woman, to profane my holy name.

Amos 2:7 Cross References

2 Samuel 12:14

Nevertheless, because by this deed you have utterly scorned the Lord, the child that is born to you shall die.”

1 Kings 21:4

And Ahab went into his house vexed and sullen because of what Naboth the Jezreelite had said to him; for he had said, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” And he lay down on his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no food.

Proverbs 28:21

To show partiality is not good; but for a piece of bread a man will do wrong.

Isaiah 10:1

Woe to those who decree iniquitous decrees, and the writers who keep writing oppression,

Isaiah 10:2

to turn aside the needy from justice and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!

Isaiah 3:14

The Lord enters into judgment with the elders and princes of his people: “It is you who have devoured the vineyard, the spoil of the poor is in your houses.

Isaiah 3:15

What do you mean by crushing my people, by grinding the face of the poor?” says the Lord God of hosts.

Ezekiel 22:11

One commits abomination with his neighbor's wife; another lewdly defiles his daughter-in-law; another in you defiles his sister, his father's daughter.

Ezekiel 36:20

But when they came to the nations, wherever they came, they profaned my holy name, in that men said of them, ‘These are the people of the Lord, and yet they had to go out of his land.’

Hosea 4:14

I will not punish your daughters when they play the harlot, nor your brides when they commit adultery; for the men themselves go aside with harlots, and sacrifice with cult prostitutes, and a people without understanding shall come to ruin.

Leviticus 18:15

You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law; she is your son's wife, you shall not uncover her nakedness.

Leviticus 18:21

You shall not give any of your children to devote them by fire to Molech, and so profane the name of your God: I am the Lord.

Leviticus 18:8

You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's wife; it is your father's nakedness.

Leviticus 20:3

I myself will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people, because he has given one of his children to Molech, defiling my sanctuary and profaning my holy name.

Amos 4:1

“Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, who are in the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who say to their husbands, ‘Bring, that we may drink!’

Amos 5:11

Therefore because you trample upon the poor and take from him exactions of wheat, you have built houses of hewn stone, but you shall not dwell in them; you have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.

Amos 5:12

For I know how many are your transgressions, and how great are your sins— you who afflict the righteous, who take a bribe, and turn aside the needy in the gate.

Amos 8:4

Hear this, you who trample upon the needy, and bring the poor of the land to an end,

Micah 2:2

They covet fields, and seize them; and houses, and take them away; they oppress a man and his house, a man and his inheritance.

Micah 2:9

The women of my people you drive out from their pleasant houses; from their young children you take away my glory for ever.

Zephaniah 3:3

Her officials within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves that leave nothing till the morning.

Romans 2:24

For, as it is written, “The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”

1 Corinthians 5:1

It is actually reported that there is immorality among you, and of a kind that is not found even among pagans; for a man is living with his father's wife.