Amos 5:7

Bible in Basic English 1965

You who make the work of judging a bitter thing, crushing down righteousness to the earth;

Cross References

Psalm 125:5

But as for such as are turned out of the straight way, the Lord will take them away with the workers of evil. Let peace be on Israel.

Psalm 36:3

In the words of his mouth are evil and deceit; he has given up being wise and doing good.

Proverbs 21:7

By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.

Isaiah 1:23

Your chiefs have gone against the Lord, they have become friends of thieves; every one of them is looking for profit and going after rewards; they do not give right decisions for the child who has no father, and they do not let the cause of the widow come before them.

Isaiah 10:1

Cursed are those who make evil decisions, and the writers who make the records of their cruel acts:

Isaiah 46:12

Give ear to me, you feeble-hearted, who have no faith in my righteousness:

Isaiah 5:20

Cursed are those who give the name of good to evil, and of evil to what is good: who make light dark, and dark light: who make bitter sweet, and sweet bitter!

Isaiah 5:7

For the vine-garden of the Lord of armies is the people of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of his delight: and he was looking for upright judging, and there was blood; for righteousness, and there was a cry for help.

Ezekiel 18:24

But when the upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, like all the disgusting things which the evil man does, will he have life? Not one of his upright acts will be kept in memory: in the wrong which he has done and in his sin death will overtake him.

Ezekiel 3:20

Again, when an upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, and I put a cause of falling in his way, death will overtake him: because you have given him no word of his danger, death will overtake him in his evil-doing, and there will be no memory of the upright acts which he has done; but I will make you responsible for his blood.

Ezekiel 33:18

When the upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, death will overtake him in it.

Hosea 10:4

Their words are foolish; they make agreements with false oaths, so punishment will come up like a poison-plant in a ploughed field.

Amos 2:3

And I will have the judge cut off from among them, and all their captains I will put to death with him, says the Lord.

Amos 3:10

For they have no knowledge of how to do what is right, says the Lord, who are storing up violent acts and destruction in their great houses.

Amos 6:12

Is it possible for horses to go running on the rock? may the sea be ploughed with oxen? for the right to be turned by you into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into a bitter plant?

Micah 3:9

Then give ear to this, you heads of the children of Jacob, you rulers of the children of Israel, hating what is right, twisting what is straight.

Habakkuk 1:4

For this reason the law is feeble and decisions are not effected: for the upright man is circled round by evil-doers; because of which right is twisted.

Zephaniah 1:6

And those who are turned back from going after the Lord, and those who have not made prayer to the Lord or got directions from him.

Deuteronomy 29:18

So that there may not be among you any man or woman or family or tribe whose heart is turned away from the Lord our God today, to go after other gods and give them worship; or any root among you whose fruit is poison and bitter sorrow;