Amos 8:6

Catholic Public Domain Version

in order that we may possess the destitute with money, and the poor for a pair of shoes, and may sell even the refuse of the grain?"

Cross References

Nehemiah 5:8

And I said to them: "As you know, in accord with what was possible for us, we have redeemed our brothers, the Jews, who had been sold to the Gentiles. And yet you now sell your brothers, and we must redeem them?" And they were silent, nor did they find anything to answer.

Ezekiel 22:12

They have accepted bribes among you to shed blood. You have received usury and superabundance, and in avarice you have oppressed your neighbors. And you have forgotten me, says the Lord God.

Joel 3:3

And they have cast lots over my people; and the boy they have placed in the brothel, and the girl they have sold for wine, so that they might drink.

Joel 3:6

And you, sons of Judah and sons of Jerusalem, you have sold the sons of the Greeks, so that you might drive them far from their own territory.

Amos 2:6

Thus says the Lord: For three wicked deeds of Israel, and for four, I will not convert him, in so far as he has sold the just for silver and the poor for shoes.

Amos 3:9

Let it be heard in the buildings of Ashdod and in the buildings of the land of Egypt, and say: Gather together across the mountains of Samaria, and see the many absurdities in its midst, and those who are suffering false accusations in its inner most places.

Amos 4:1

Listen to this word, you fat cows that are on the mountain of Samaria, you who make false accusations against the destitute and crush the poor, who say to your nobles, "Bring, and we will drink."

Amos 8:4

Hear this, you who crush the poor and who make those in need of land to do without.

Zechariah 5:6

And I said, "What, then, is it?" And he said, "This is a container going forth." And he said, "This is their eye in all the earth."