Amos 5:10

Good News Translation

You people hate anyone who challenges injustice and speaks the whole truth in court.

Cross References

1 Kings 18:17

When Ahab saw him, he said, “So there you are—the worst troublemaker in Israel!”

1 Kings 21:20

When Ahab saw Elijah, he said, “Have you caught up with me, my enemy?” “Yes, I have,” Elijah answered. “You have devoted yourself completely to doing what is wrong in the Lord's sight.

1 Kings 22:8

Ahab answered, “There is one more, Micaiah son of Imlah. But I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me; it's always something bad.” “You shouldn't say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.

2 Chronicles 25:16

“Since when,” Amaziah interrupted, “have we made you adviser to the king? Stop talking, or I'll have you killed!” The prophet stopped, but not before saying, “Now I know that God has decided to destroy you because you have done all this and have ignored my advice.”

2 Chronicles 36:16

But they made fun of God's messengers, ignoring his words and laughing at his prophets, until at last the Lord's anger against his people was so great that there was no escape.

Proverbs 15:12

Conceited people do not like to be corrected; they never ask for advice from those who are wiser.

Isaiah 29:21

God will destroy those who slander others, those who prevent the punishment of criminals, and those who tell lies to keep honest people from getting justice.

Isaiah 59:15

There is so little honesty that those who stop doing evil find themselves the victims of crime.” The Lord has seen this, and he is displeased that there is no justice.

Jeremiah 38:7

However, Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, a eunuch who worked in the royal palace, heard that they had put me in the well. At that time the king was holding court at the Benjamin Gate.

Hosea 4:4

The Lord says, “Let no one accuse the people or reprimand them—my complaint is against you priests.

Leviticus 13:10

who will examine you. If there is a white sore on your skin which turns the hairs white and is full of pus,

Amos 5:15

Hate what is evil, love what is right, and see that justice prevails in the courts. Perhaps the Lord will be merciful to the people of this nation who are still left alive.

John 15:19

If you belonged to the world, then the world would love you as its own. But I chose you from this world, and you do not belong to it; that is why the world hates you.

John 3:20

Those who do evil things hate the light and will not come to the light, because they do not want their evil deeds to be shown up.

John 7:7

The world cannot hate you, but it hates me, because I keep telling it that its ways are bad.

Galatians 4:16

Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?

Revelation 11:10

The people of the earth will be happy because of the death of these two. They will celebrate and send presents to each other, because those two prophets brought much suffering upon the whole human race.