Amos 5:12

Good News Translation

I know how terrible your sins are and how many crimes you have committed. You persecute good people, take bribes, and prevent the poor from getting justice in the courts.

Cross References

Job 20:19

because they oppressed and neglected the poor and seized houses someone else had built.

Job 31:21

If I have ever cheated an orphan, knowing I could win in court,

Psalm 127:5

Happy is the man who has many such arrows. He will never be defeated when he meets his enemies in the place of judgment.

Exodus 23:3

Do not show partiality to a poor person at his trial.

Exodus 23:6

“Do not deny justice to a poor person when he appears in court.

Proverbs 17:8

Some people think a bribe works like magic; they believe it can do anything.

Proverbs 22:22

Don't take advantage of the poor just because you can; don't take advantage of those who stand helpless in court.

Isaiah 1:23

Your leaders are rebels and friends of thieves; they are always accepting gifts and bribes. They never defend orphans in court or listen when widows present their case.

Isaiah 10:2

That is how you keep the poor from having their rights and from getting justice. That is how you take the property that belongs to widows and orphans.

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 33:15

You can survive if you say and do what is right. Don't use your power to cheat the poor and don't accept bribes. Don't join with those who plan to commit murder or to do other evil things.

Isaiah 47:9

But in a moment, in a single day, both of these things will happen. In spite of all the magic you use, you will lose your husband and children.

Isaiah 5:23

But for just a bribe you let the guilty go free, and you keep the innocent from getting justice.

Isaiah 66:18

I know their thoughts and their deeds. I am coming to gather the people of all the nations. When they come together, they will see what my power can do

Jeremiah 29:23

This will be their fate because they are guilty of terrible sins—they have committed adultery and have told lies in the Lord's name. This was against the Lord's will; he knows what they have done, and he is a witness against them. The Lord has spoken.”

Lamentations 3:34

The Lord knows when our spirits are crushed in prison;

Ezekiel 13:22

“By your lies you discourage good people, whom I do not wish to hurt. You prevent evil people from giving up evil and saving their lives.

Hosea 5:3

I know what Israel is like—she cannot hide from me. She has been unfaithful, and her people are unfit to worship me.”

Amos 2:16

On that day even the bravest soldiers will drop their weapons and run.” The Lord has spoken.

Amos 2:3

I will kill the ruler of Moab and all the leaders of the land.”

Amos 5:10

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

Amos 5:7

You are doomed, you that twist justice and cheat people out of their rights!

Amos 8:4

Listen to this, you that trample on the needy and try to destroy the poor of the country.

Micah 3:11

The city's rulers govern for bribes, the priests interpret the Law for pay, the prophets give their revelations for money—and they all claim that the Lord is with them. “No harm will come to us,” they say. “The Lord is with us.”

Micah 7:3

They are all experts at doing evil. Officials and judges ask for bribes. The influential people tell them what they want, and so they scheme together.

Malachi 3:5

The Lord Almighty says, “I will appear among you to judge, and I will testify at once against those who practice magic, against adulterers, against those who give false testimony, those who cheat employees out of their wages, and those who take advantage of widows, orphans, and foreigners—against all who do not respect me.

Acts 7:52

Was there any prophet that your ancestors did not persecute? They killed God's messengers, who long ago announced the coming of his righteous Servant. And now you have betrayed and murdered him.

Deuteronomy 16:18

“Appoint judges and other officials in every town that the Lord your God gives you. These men are to judge the people impartially.

Deuteronomy 31:21

and many terrible disasters will come on them. But this song will still be sung, and it will stand as evidence against them. Even now, before I take them into the land that I promised to give them, I know what they are thinking.”

James 5:4

You have not paid any wages to those who work in your fields. Listen to their complaints! The cries of those who gather in your crops have reached the ears of God, the Lord Almighty.

James 5:6

You have condemned and murdered innocent people, and they do not resist you.

Ruth 4:1

Boaz went to the meeting place at the town gate and sat down there. Then Elimelech's nearest relative, the man whom Boaz had mentioned, came by, and Boaz called to him, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went over and sat down.

1 Samuel 8:3

But they did not follow their father's example; they were interested only in making money, so they accepted bribes and did not decide cases honestly.