Amos 8:4

American Standard Version 2015

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

Cross References

Amos 5:11

Forasmuch therefore as ye trample upon the poor, and take exactions from him of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink the wine thereof.

Proverbs 30:14

There is a generation whose teeth are {\i as} swords, and their jaw teeth {\i as} knives,\par\tab To devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.\par

Psalm 14:4

Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge,\par\tab Who eat up my people {\i as} they eat bread,\par\tab And call not upon Jehovah?

Psalm 140:12

I know that Jehovah will maintain the cause of the afflicted,\par\tab And justice for the needy.

Psalm 12:5

Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy,\par\tab Now will I arise, saith Jehovah;\par\tab I will set him in the safety he panteth for.

James 5:6

Ye have condemned, ye have killed the righteous {\i one}; he doth not resist you.\par

Matthew 23:13

But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye enter not in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering in to enter.\par

Jeremiah 5:21

Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; that have eyes, and see not; that have ears, and hear not:

1 Kings 22:19

And Micaiah said, Therefore hear thou the word of Jehovah: I saw Jehovah sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.

Amos 7:16

Now therefore hear thou the word of Jehovah: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not {\i thy word} against the house of Isaac;

Jeremiah 28:15

Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah: Jehovah hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust in a lie.

Isaiah 28:14

Wherefore hear the word of Jehovah, ye scoffers, that rule this people that is in Jerusalem:

Isaiah 1:10

Hear the word of Jehovah, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.

Psalm 56:1

{\b For the Chief Musician; set to Jonath elem rehokim. {\i A Psalm} of David. Michtam; when the Philistines took him in Gath.}\par\par\tab Be merciful unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up:\par\tab All the day long he fighting oppresseth me.

Job 24:4

They turn the needy out of the way:\par\tab The poor of the earth all hide themselves.

Ezekiel 45:10

Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.

Amos 5:12

For I know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins—ye that afflict the just, that take a bribe, and that turn aside the needy in the gate {\i from their right}.

Micah 2:2

And they covet fields, and seize them; and houses, and take them away: and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.

Psalm 10:7

His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression:\par\tab Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

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.\par

Micah 3:3

who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them, and break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.

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