Amos 5:7

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

You people are doomed! You twist the truth and trample on justice.

Cross References

Psalm 125:5

When the LORD punishes the wicked, he will punish everyone else who lives a crooked life. Pray for peace in Israel!

Psalm 36:3

They tell deceitful lies, and they don't have the sense to live right.

Proverbs 21:7

You destroy yourself by being cruel and violent and refusing to live right.

Isaiah 1:23

Your leaders have rejected me to become friends of crooks; your rulers are looking for gifts and bribes. Widows and orphans never get a fair trial.

Isaiah 10:1

You people are in for trouble! You have made cruel and unfair laws

Isaiah 46:12

You people are stubborn and far from being safe, so listen to me.

Isaiah 5:20

You are headed for trouble! You say wrong is right, darkness is light, and bitter is sweet.

Isaiah 5:7

I am the LORD All-Powerful! Israel is the vineyard, and Judah is the garden I tended with care. I had hoped for honesty and for justice, but dishonesty and cries for mercy were all I found.

Ezekiel 18:24

But when good people start sinning and doing disgusting things, will they live? No! All their good deeds will be forgotten, and they will be put to death because of their sins.

Ezekiel 3:20

Now suppose faithful people start sinning, and I decide to put stumbling blocks in their paths to make them fall. They deserve to die because of their sins. So if you refuse to warn them, I will forget about the times they were faithful, and I will hold you responsible for their death.

Ezekiel 33:18

If good people start doing evil, they will be put to death, because they have sinned.

Hosea 10:4

Israel, you break treaties and don't keep promises; you turn justice into poisonous weeds where healthy plants should grow.

Amos 2:3

with its king and leaders. I, the LORD, have spoken!

Amos 3:10

The LORD has said that they don't even know how to do right. They have become rich from violence and robbery.

Amos 6:12

Horses can't gallop on rocks; oceans can't be ploughed. But you have turned justice and fairness into bitter poison.

Micah 3:9

So listen to my message, you rulers of Israel! You hate justice and twist the truth.

Habakkuk 1:4

Laws cannot be enforced; justice is always the loser; criminals crowd out honest people and twist the laws around.

Zephaniah 1:6

Nothing will remain of anyone who has turned away and rejected me.

Deuteronomy 29:18

So make sure that everyone in your tribe remains faithful to the LORD and never starts worshipping gods of other nations. If even one of you worships idols, you will be like the root of a plant that produces bitter, poisonous fruit.