Amos 8:5

Good News Translation

You say to yourselves, “We can hardly wait for the holy days to be over so that we can sell our grain. When will the Sabbath end, so that we can start selling again? Then we can overcharge, use false measures, and fix the scales to cheat our customers.

Cross References

2 Kings 4:23

“Why do you have to go today?” her husband asked. “It's neither a Sabbath nor a New Moon Festival.” “Never mind,” she answered.

Exodus 31:13

to tell the people of Israel, “Keep the Sabbath, my day of rest, because it is a sign between you and me for all time to come, to show that I, the Lord, have made you my own people.

Proverbs 11:1

The Lord hates people who use dishonest scales. He is happy with honest weights.

Proverbs 16:11

The Lord wants weights and measures to be honest and every sale to be fair.

Proverbs 20:23

The Lord hates people who use dishonest scales and weights.

Isaiah 1:13

It's useless to bring your offerings. I am disgusted with the smell of the incense you burn. I cannot stand your New Moon Festivals, your Sabbaths, and your religious gatherings; they are all corrupted by your sins.

Isaiah 58:13

The Lord says, “If you treat the Sabbath as sacred and do not pursue your own interests on that day; if you value my holy day and honor it by not traveling, working, or talking idly on that day,

Hosea 12:7

The Lord says, “The people of Israel are as dishonest as the Canaanites; they love to cheat their customers with false scales.

Hosea 12:8

‘We are rich,’ they say. ‘We've made a fortune. And no one can accuse us of getting rich dishonestly.’

Leviticus 19:36

Use honest scales, honest weights, and honest measures. I am the Lord your God, and I brought you out of Egypt.

Zechariah 5:6

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

Zechariah 5:8

The angel said, “This represents wickedness.” Then he pushed her down into the basket and put the lid back down.

Malachi 1:13

You say, ‘How tired we are of all this!’ and you turn up your nose at me. As your offering to me you bring a stolen animal or one that is lame or sick. Do you think I will accept that from you?

Numbers 10:10

Also on joyful occasions—at your New Moon Festivals and your other religious festivals—you are to blow the trumpets when you present your burnt offerings and your fellowship offerings. Then I will help you. I am the Lord your God.”

Colossians 2:16

So let no one make rules about what you eat or drink or about holy days or the New Moon Festival or the Sabbath.

1 Samuel 20:5

“Tomorrow is the New Moon Festival,” David replied, “and I am supposed to eat with the king. But if it's all right with you, I will go and hide in the fields until the evening of the day after tomorrow.