Amos 8:4

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

You people crush those in need and wipe out the poor.

Cross References

1 Kings 22:19

Micaiah replied: Listen to this! I also saw the LORD seated on his throne with every creature in heaven gathered around him.

Job 24:4

The poor are trampled and forced to hide

Psalm 10:7

They curse and tell lies, and all they talk about is how to be cruel or how to do wrong.

Psalm 12:5

But you, LORD, tell them, “I will do something! The poor are ill-treated and helpless people moan. I'll rescue all who suffer.”

Psalm 14:4

Won't you evil people learn? You refuse to pray, and you gobble up the LORD's people.

Psalm 140:12

Our LORD, I know that you defend the homeless and see that the poor are given justice.

Psalm 56:1

Have pity, God Most High! My enemies chase me all day.

Proverbs 30:14

others are so greedy that they gobble up the poor and homeless.

Isaiah 1:10

You are no better than the leaders and people of Sodom and Gomorrah! So listen to the LORD God:

Isaiah 28:14

You rulers of Jerusalem do nothing but sneer; now you must listen to what the LORD says.

Jeremiah 28:15

Hananiah, I have never sent you to speak for me. And yet you have talked my people into believing your lies and rebelling against me. So now I will send you—I'll send you right off the face of the earth! You will die before this year is over.

Jeremiah 5:21

You fools! Why don't you listen when I speak? Why can't you understand

Ezekiel 22:12

Others of you accept money to murder someone. Your own people charge high interest when making a loan to other Israelites, and they get rich by cheating. Worst of all, you have forgotten me, the LORD God.

Ezekiel 45:10

So from now on, you must use honest weights and measures.

Amos 5:11

you abuse the poor and demand heavy taxes from them. You have built expensive homes, but you won't enjoy them; you have planted vineyards, but you will get no wine.

Amos 5:12

I am the LORD, and I know your terrible sins. You cheat honest people and take bribes; you rob the poor of justice.

Amos 7:16

And here you are, telling me not to preach!

Micah 2:2

You grab any field or house that you want; you cheat families out of homes and land.

Micah 3:3

break their bones, cook it all in a pot, and gulp it down.

Zechariah 5:6

“I don't know what it is,” was my reply. “It's a big basket,” he said. “And it shows what everyone in the land has in mind.”

Matthew 23:13

You Pharisees and teachers of the Law of Moses are in for trouble! You're nothing but show-offs. You lock people out of the kingdom of heaven. You won't go in yourselves, and you keep others from going in.

James 5:6

You have condemned and murdered innocent people, who couldn't even fight back.