Amos 8:5

Bible in Basic English 1965

Saying, When will the new moon be gone, so that we may do trade in grain? and the Sabbath, so that we may put out in the market the produce of our fields? making the measure small and the price great, and trading falsely with scales of deceit;

Cross References

2 Kings 4:23

And he said, Why are you going to him today? it is not a new moon or a Sabbath. But she said, It is well.

Exodus 31:13

Say to the children of Israel that they are to keep my Sabbaths; for the Sabbath day is a sign between me and you through all your generations; so that you may see that I am the Lord who makes you holy.

Proverbs 11:1

Scales of deceit are hated by the Lord, but a true weight is his delight.

Proverbs 16:11

True measures and scales are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag are his work.

Proverbs 20:23

Unequal weights are disgusting to the Lord, and false scales are not good.

Isaiah 1:13

Give me no more false offerings; the smoke of burning flesh is disgusting to me, so are your new moons and Sabbaths and your holy meetings.

Isaiah 58:13

If you keep the Sabbath with care, not doing your business on my holy day; and if the Sabbath seems to you a delight, and the new moon of the Lord a thing to be honoured; and if you give respect to him by not doing your business, or going after your pleasure, or saying unholy words;

Hosea 12:7

As for Canaan, the scales of deceit are in his hands; he takes pleasure in twisted ways.

Hosea 12:8

And Ephraim said, Now I have got wealth and much property; in all my works no sin may be seen in me.

Leviticus 19:36

Have true scales, true weights and measures for all things: I am the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt;

Zechariah 5:6

And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah which is going out. And he said further, This is their evil-doing in all the land.

Zechariah 5:8

And he said, This is Sin; and pushing her down into the ephah, he put the weight of lead on the mouth of it.

Malachi 1:13

And you say, See, what a weariness it is! and you let out your breath at it, says the Lord of armies; and you have given what has been cut about by beasts, and what is damaged in its feet and ill; this is the offering you give: will this be pleasing to me from your hands? says the Lord.

Numbers 10:10

And on days of joy and on your regular feasts and on the first day of every month, let the horns be sounded over your burned offerings and your peace-offerings; and they will put the Lord in mind of you: I am the Lord your God.

Colossians 2:16

For this reason let no man be your judge in any question of food or drink or feast days or new moons or Sabbaths:

1 Samuel 20:5

And David said to Jonathan, Tomorrow is the new moon, and I will not be seated with the king at his table: but let me go to a safe place in the country till the evening.