Amos 5:12

Easy To Read Version

Why? Because I know about your many sins.\par You have done some really bad things:\par You hurt people that do right.\par You accept money to do wrong.\par You keep justice from the poor people in court.\par

Cross References

Job 20:19

Why? Because the evil person\par hurt poor people\par and treated them wrong.\par He didn’t care about them,\par and he took their things.\par He took houses someone else built.\par

Job 31:21

I never shook my fist at an orphan\par when I saw him at the gate\par asking for help. {\cf2\super [65]} \par

Psalm 127:5

A man that fills his arrow bag with sons\par will be very happy.\par

Exodus 23:3

“If a poor man is being judged, sometimes people will support him because they feel sorry for him. You must not do that. {Support him only if he is right.}

Exodus 23:6

“You must not let people be unfair to a poor man. He must be judged the same as any other person.

Proverbs 17:8

Some people think a bribe is like a lucky charm—wherever they go, it seems to work.

Proverbs 22:22

It is easy to steal from poor people, but don’t do it. And don’t take advantage of those poor people in court.

Isaiah 1:23

Your rulers are rebels and friends of thieves. All of your rulers demand bribes—they accept money for doing wrong things. All of your rulers take pay for cheating people. Your rulers don’t try to help the children that have no parents. And your rulers don’t listen to the needs of the women whose husbands are dead.”

Isaiah 10:2

Those lawmakers are not fair to the poor people. They take away the poor people’s rights. They allow people to steal from widows and orphans. {\cf2\super [112]}

Isaiah 29:21

(Those people lie about good people. They try to trap people in court. They try to destroy innocent people.)

Isaiah 33:15

Good, honest people that refuse to hurt others for money—\{they will live through that fire\}. Those people refuse to take bribes. They refuse to listen to plans to murder other people. They refuse to look at plans for doing bad things.

Isaiah 47:9

These two things will happen to you:\par First, you will lose your children.\par And then you will lose your husband.\par Yes, these things will really happen to you.\par And all of your magic\par and all of your powerful tricks\par will not save you.\par

Isaiah 5:23

And if you pay those people money, they will forgive a criminal. But they don’t allow good people to be judged fairly.

Isaiah 66:18

“Those people have evil thoughts and do evil things. So I am coming to punish them. I will gather all nations and all people. All people will come together and see my power.

Jeremiah 29:23

Those two prophets did very bad things among the people of Israel. They did the sin of adultery {\cf2\super [227]} with their neighbors’ wives. They also spoke lies and said those lies were a message from me, the Lord. I did not tell them to do those things. I know what they have done. I am a witness.” This message is from the Lord.

Lamentations 3:34

The Lord does not like these things:\par He does not like for someone to crush\par all the prisoners of the earth under his feet.\par

Hosea 5:3

I know Ephraim. {\cf2\super [53]} I know the things that Israel has done. Ephraim, right now you act like a prostitute {\cf2\super [54]} . Israel is dirty with sins.

Amos 2:3

So, I will bring an end to the kings {\cf2\super [34]} of Moab. And I will kill all the leaders of Moab.” The Lord said those things.

Amos 5:10

\{Prophets\} go to the public places\par and speak against \{the bad things\par that people are doing\}.\par And the people hate \{those prophets\}.\par \{The prophets\} teach good, simple truths.\par And the people hate those \{prophets\}.\par

Amos 8:4

Listen to me!\par You people walk on helpless people.\par You are trying to destroy the poor people of this country.\par

Micah 3:11

The judges in Jerusalem accept bribes\par to help them decide who wins in court.\par The priests in Jerusalem must be paid\par before they will teach the people.\par People must pay the prophets\par before they will look into the future.\par And then those leaders expect the Lord\par to help them. They say,\par “The Lord lives here with us.\par So nothing bad will happen to us.”\par

Micah 7:3

People are good at doing bad things\par with both hands.\par Officials ask for bribes.\par Judges take money\par to change their decisions in court.\par “Important leaders” \{don’t make\par good and fair decisions\}.\par They do whatever they want to do.\par

Malachi 3:5

Then I will come to you—and I will do the right thing. I will be like a person that is ready to tell the judge about the bad things people did. Some people do evil magic. Some people do the sin of adultery. {\cf2\super [19]} Some people make false promises. Some people cheat their workers—they don’t pay them the money they promised. People don’t help widows and orphans. {\cf2\super [20]} People don’t help strangers. People don’t respect me!” The Lord All-Powerful said these things.

Acts 7:52

Your ancestors persecuted {\cf2\super [148]} every prophet {\cf2\super [149]} that ever lived. Those prophets said long ago that the Righteous One (Christ {\cf2\super [150]})would come. But your ancestors killed those prophets. And now you have turned against the Righteous One and killed him.

Deuteronomy 16:18

“Choose men to be judges and officers in every town that the Lord your God gives you. Every family group must do this. And these men must be fair in judging the people.

Deuteronomy 31:21

Then many terrible things will happen to them. They will have many troubles. At that time, their people will still know this song, and it will show them how wrong they are. I have not yet taken them into the land I promised to give them. But I already know what they are planning to do there.”

James 5:4

People worked in your fields, but you did not pay them. Those people are crying out against you. Those people harvested your crops. Now the Lord (God) of heaven’s armies {\cf2\super [24]} has heard the things they are shouting.

James 5:6

You showed no mercy to good people. They were not against you, but you killed them.

Ruth 4:1

Boaz went to the place where people gather near the city gates. Boaz sat there until the close relative [24] Boaz had mentioned passed by. Boaz called to him, “Come here, friend! Sit here!”

1 Samuel 8:3

But Samuel’s sons did not live the same way he did. Joel and Abijah accepted bribes. They took money secretly and changed their decisions in court. They cheated people in court.