Amos 8:4

God's Word

Listen to this, those who trample on the needy and ruin those who are oppressed in the world.

Cross References

1 Kings 22:19

Micaiah added, “Then hear the Lord’s word. I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and the entire army of heaven was standing near him on his right and his left.

Job 24:4

They force needy people off the road. All the poor people of the country go into hiding.

Psalm 10:7

His mouth is full of cursing, deception, and oppression. Trouble and wrongdoing are on the tip of his tongue.

Psalm 12:5

“Because oppressed people are robbed and needy people groan, I will now arise,” says the Lord. “I will provide safety for those who long for it.”

Psalm 14:4

Are all those troublemakers, those who devour my people as if they were devouring food, so ignorant that they do not call on the Lord?

Psalm 140:12

I know that the Lord will defend the rights of those who are oppressed and the cause of those who are needy.

Psalm 56:1

Have pity on me, O God, because people are harassing me. All day long warriors oppress me.

Proverbs 30:14

A certain kind of person, whose teeth are like swords and whose jaws are ⌞like⌟ knives, devours oppressed people from the earth and people from among humanity.

Isaiah 1:10

Listen to the Lord’s word, you rulers of Sodom! Pay attention to the teachings from our God, you people of Gomorrah!

Isaiah 28:14

So hear the Lord’s word, you foolish talkers who rule the people in Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 28:15

Then Jeremiah told the prophet Hananiah, “Now listen, Hananiah, the Lord hasn’t sent you. You have made these people believe a lie.

Jeremiah 5:21

Hear this, you stupid and senseless people! You have eyes, but you cannot see. You have ears, but you cannot hear.

Ezekiel 22:12

Other people take bribes to murder people. You collect interest and make excessive profits. You make profits by mistreating your neighbors. You have forgotten me, declares the Almighty Lord.

Ezekiel 45:10

You must have honest scales and honest dry and liquid measures.

Amos 5:11

You trample on the poor and take their wheat from them for taxes. That is why you build houses from hand-cut stones, but you will not live in them. You plant beautiful vineyards, but you will not drink their wine.

Amos 5:12

I know that your crimes are numerous and your sins are many. You oppress the righteous by taking bribes. You deny the needy access to the courts.

Amos 7:16

“Now listen to the Lord’s word: You said, ‘Stop prophesying against Israel, and stop preaching against the descendants of Isaac.’

Micah 2:2

They desire ⌞other people’s⌟ fields, so they seize them. They desire ⌞people’s⌟ houses, so they take them. They cheat a man and his family, a man and his inheritance.

Micah 3:3

You eat my people’s flesh. You strip off their skin. You break their bones to pieces. You chop them up like meat for a pot, like stew meat for a kettle.

Zechariah 5:6

“What is it?” I asked. “A basket is coming,” he said. Then he added, “This is what the people’s sins look like all over the earth.”

Matthew 23:13

“How horrible it will be for you, experts in Moses’ Teachings and Pharisees! You hypocrites! You lock people out of the kingdom of heaven. You don’t enter it yourselves, and you don’t permit others to enter when they try.

James 5:6

You have condemned and murdered people who have God’s approval, even though they didn’t resist you.