Amos 8:6

American Standard Version (1901)

that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the refuse of the wheat?

Cross References

Amos 2:6

Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Israel, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes—

Amos 8:4

Hear this, O ye that would swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,

Joel 3:6

and have sold the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem unto the sons of the Grecians, that ye may remove them far from their border;

Joel 3:3

and have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.

Nehemiah 5:8

And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, that were sold unto the nations; and would ye even sell your brethren, and should they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found never a word.

Amos 3:9

Publish ye in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold what great tumults are therein, and what oppressions in the midst thereof.

Amos 4:1

Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, that oppress the poor, that crush the needy, that say unto their lords, Bring, and let us drink.

Ezekiel 22:12

In thee have they taken bribes to shed blood; thou hast taken interest and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbors by oppression, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Zechariah 5:6

And I said, What is it? And he said, This is the ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This is their appearance in all the land