Amos 2:8

Good News Translation

At every place of worship people sleep on clothing that they have taken from the poor as security for debts. In the temple of their God they drink wine which they have taken from those who owe them money.

Cross References

Exodus 22:25

“If you lend money to any of my people who are poor, do not act like a moneylender and require him to pay interest.

Isaiah 57:7

You go to the high mountains to offer sacrifices and have sex.

Ezekiel 18:12

He cheats the poor, he robs, he keeps what a borrower gives him as security. He goes to pagan shrines, worships disgusting idols,

Ezekiel 18:7

He doesn't cheat or rob anyone. He returns what a borrower gives him as security; he feeds the hungry and gives clothing to the naked.

Ezekiel 23:41

They would sit on a beautiful couch, and in front of them they would have a table covered with good things, including the incense and the olive oil that I had given them.

Hosea 4:8

You grow rich from the sins of my people, and so you want them to sin more and more.

Hosea 7:14

They have not prayed to me sincerely, but instead they throw themselves down and wail as the heathen do. When they pray for grain and wine, they gash themselves like pagans. What rebels they are!

Amos 3:14

“On the day when I punish the people of Israel for their sins, I will destroy the altars of Bethel. The corners of every altar will be broken off and will fall to the ground.

Amos 4:1

Listen to this, you women of Samaria, who grow fat like the well-fed cows of Bashan, who mistreat the weak, oppress the poor, and demand that your husbands keep you supplied with liquor!

Amos 6:4

How terrible it will be for you that stretch out on your luxurious couches, feasting on veal and lamb!

Amos 6:6

You drink wine by the bowlful and use the finest perfumes, but you do not mourn over the ruin of Israel.

1 Corinthians 10:21

You cannot drink from the Lord's cup and also from the cup of demons; you cannot eat at the Lord's table and also at the table of demons.

1 Corinthians 10:7

nor to worship idols, as some of them did. As the scripture says, “The people sat down to a feast which turned into an orgy of drinking and sex.”

1 Corinthians 8:10

Suppose a person whose conscience is weak in this matter sees you, who have so-called “knowledge,” eating in the temple of an idol; will not this encourage him to eat food offered to idols?

Judges 9:27

They all went out into their vineyards and picked the grapes, made wine from them, and held a festival. They went into the temple of their god, where they ate and drank and made fun of Abimelech.