Amos 5:10

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

You hate those prophets, who go to public places and speak against evil, even though they teach good, simple truths.

Cross References

Isaiah 29:21

(They lie about good people. They try to trap people in court. They try to destroy innocent people.)

1 Kings 22:8

King Ahab answered, “Yes, there is another prophet. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah. But I hate him because he will not say anything good about me when he speaks for the Lord. He always says things that I don’t like.” Jehoshaphat said, “The king should not say that!”

Revelation 11:10

Everyone on the earth will be happy because these two are dead. They will have parties and send each other gifts. They will do this because these two prophets brought much suffering to the people living on earth.

John 15:19

If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as it loves its own people. But I have chosen you to be different from those in the world. So you don’t belong to the world, and that is why the world hates you.

John 7:7

The world cannot hate you. But the world hates me, because I tell the people in the world that they do evil things.

John 3:20

Everyone who does evil hates the light. They will not come to the light, because the light will show all the bad things they have done.

2 Chronicles 36:16

But they made fun of God’s prophets and refused to listen to them. They hated God’s messages. Finally, the Lord could not hold his anger any longer. He became angry with his people and there was nothing that could be done to stop it.

2 Chronicles 25:16

When the prophet spoke, Amaziah said to the prophet, “We never made you an advisor to the king. Be quiet! If you don’t be quiet, you will be killed.” The prophet became quiet, but then said, “God has decided to destroy you because you did this and didn’t listen to my advice.”

1 Kings 21:20

So Elijah went to Ahab. When Ahab saw him, he said, “Well, my enemy has found me again!” Elijah answered, “Yes, I found you, because you have again sold yourself out to do what the Lord says is evil.

1 Kings 18:17

When Ahab saw Elijah he said, “Is that really you, the troublemaker of Israel?”

Galatians 4:16

Am I now your enemy because I tell you the truth?

Proverbs 15:12

Fools hate to be told they are wrong, so they refuse to ask wise people for advice.

Isaiah 59:15

Loyalty is gone, and people who try to do good are robbed. The Lord looked and saw there was no justice. He did not like what he saw.

Jeremiah 38:7

But a man named Ebed Melech heard that the officials had put Jeremiah into the cistern. Ebed Melech was from Ethiopia, and he was a eunuch in the king’s palace. King Zedekiah was sitting at the Benjamin Gate, so Ebed Melech left the king’s palace and went to talk to the king at the gate.

Hosea 4:4

No one should argue or blame another person. Priests, my argument is with you!

Amos 5:15

Hate evil and love goodness. Bring justice back into the courts. Maybe then the Lord God All-Powerful will be kind to the survivors from Joseph’s family.

Leviticus 13:10

He must look at that person. If there is a white swelling on the skin, if the hair has become white, and if the skin looks raw in the swelling,