Amos 8:4

Good News Translation

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

Cross References

1 Kings 22:19

Micaiah went on: “Now listen to what the Lord says! I saw the Lord sitting on his throne in heaven, with all his angels standing beside him.

Job 24:4

They prevent the poor from getting their rights and force the needy to run and hide.

Psalm 10:7

Their speech is filled with curses, lies, and threats; they are quick to speak hateful, evil words.

Psalm 12:5

“But now I will come,” says the Lord, “because the needy are oppressed and the persecuted groan in pain. I will give them the security they long for.”

Psalm 14:4

“Don't they know?” asks the Lord. “Are all these evildoers ignorant? They live by robbing my people, and they never pray to me.”

Psalm 140:12

Lord, I know that you defend the cause of the poor and the rights of the needy.

Psalm 56:1

Be merciful to me, O God, because I am under attack; my enemies persecute me all the time.

Proverbs 30:14

There are people who take cruel advantage of the poor and needy; that is the way they make their living.

Isaiah 1:10

Jerusalem, your rulers and your people are like those of Sodom and Gomorrah. Listen to what the Lord is saying to you. Pay attention to what our God is teaching you.

Isaiah 28:14

Now you arrogant leaders who rule here in Jerusalem over this people, listen to what the Lord is saying.

Jeremiah 28:15

Then I told Hananiah this, and added, “Listen, Hananiah! The Lord did not send you, and you are making these people believe a lie.

Jeremiah 5:21

Pay attention, you foolish and stupid people, who have eyes, but cannot see, and have ears, but cannot hear.

Ezekiel 22:12

Some of your people murder for pay. Some charge interest on the loans they make to other Israelites and get rich by taking advantage of them. They have forgotten me.” The Sovereign Lord has spoken.

Ezekiel 45:10

“Everyone must use honest weights and measures:

Amos 5:11

You have oppressed the poor and robbed them of their grain. And so you will not live in the fine stone houses you build or drink wine from the beautiful vineyards you plant.

Amos 5:12

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.

Amos 7:16

So now listen to what the Lord says. You tell me to stop prophesying, to stop raving against the people of Israel.

Micah 2:2

When they want fields, they seize them; when they want houses, they take them. No one's family or property is safe.

Micah 3:3

You eat my people up. You strip off their skin, break their bones, and chop them up like meat for the pot.

Zechariah 5:6

“What is it?” I asked. He replied, “It is a basket, and it stands for the sin of the whole land.”

Matthew 23:13

“How terrible for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees! You hypocrites! You lock the door to the Kingdom of heaven in people's faces, but you yourselves don't go in, nor do you allow in those who are trying to enter!

James 5:6

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