Amos 5:12

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

This is because I know about your many sins. You have done some very bad things: You hurt people who do right, you accept money to do wrong, and you keep the poor from receiving justice in court.

Cross References

Amos 5:10

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

Isaiah 1:23

Your rulers are rebels and friends of thieves. They demand bribes and accept money for doing wrong. They take money to cheat people, and they don’t speak up for widows and orphans. They will not even listen to their cries for help.

Malachi 3:5

Then I will bring you to justice. I will be an expert witness and testify about the evil things people do. I will speak out against those who do evil magic or commit adultery. I will speak out against those who make false promises and cheat their workers and don’t pay them the money they promised. I will testify against those who don’t help strangers, or widows and orphans. And I will testify against those who don’t respect me.” This is what the Lord All-Powerful said.

1 Samuel 8:3

But Samuel’s sons did not live the same way he did. Joel and Abijah accepted bribes. They took money secretly and changed their decisions in court. They cheated people in court.

James 5:6

You showed no mercy to good people. They were not against you, but you killed them.

James 5:4

People worked in your fields, but you did not pay them. They are crying out against you. They harvested your crops. Now the Lord All-Powerful has heard their cries.

Acts 7:52

They persecuted every prophet who ever lived. They even killed those who long ago said that the Righteous One would come. And now you have turned against that Righteous One and killed him.

Micah 7:3

People are good at doing bad things with both hands. Officials ask for bribes. Judges take money to change their decisions in court. “Important leaders” do whatever they want to do.

Micah 3:11

The judges in Jerusalem accept bribes to help them decide who wins in court. The priests in Jerusalem must be paid before they will teach the people. People must pay the prophets before they will look into the future. Then those leaders expect the Lord to help them. They say, “The Lord lives here with us, so nothing bad will happen to us.”

Amos 2:16

At that time even very brave soldiers will run away. They will not take the time to put their clothes on.” This is what the Lord said.

Lamentations 3:34

He does not like any prisoner on earth to be trampled down.

Jeremiah 29:23

They did very bad things among the people of Israel. They committed the sin of adultery with their neighbors’ wives. They also spoke lies and said those lies were a message from me. I did not tell them to do that. I know what they have done. I am a witness.” This message is from the Lord.

Isaiah 66:18

“They have evil thoughts and do evil things, so I am coming to punish them. I will gather all nations and all people. Everyone will be gathered together to see my Glory.

Isaiah 47:9

These two things will happen to you: First, you will lose your children and then your husband. And none of your magic spells will help you.

Isaiah 33:15

Good, honest people who refuse to hurt others for money will live through that fire. They refuse to take bribes or listen to plans to murder other people. They refuse to look at plans for doing bad things.

Isaiah 29:21

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

Isaiah 10:2

They are not fair to the poor. They take away the rights of the poor and allow people to steal from widows and orphans.

Isaiah 5:23

And if you pay them enough money, they will forgive a criminal. But they will not let good people be judged fairly.

Proverbs 22:22

It is easy to steal from the poor, but don’t do it. And don’t take advantage of them in court.

Job 31:21

I never threatened an orphan, even when I knew I had support in court.

Ruth 4:1

Boaz went to the place where people gather near the city gates. He sat there until the close relative he had told Ruth about passed by. Boaz called to him, “Come and sit here, friend.”

Deuteronomy 31:21

Then many terrible things will happen to them. They will have many troubles. At that time their descendants will still know this song, and it will show them how wrong they are. I have not yet taken them into the land I promised to give them. But I already know what they are planning to do there.”

Deuteronomy 16:18

“Choose men to be judges and officers in every town that the Lord your God gives you. Every tribe must do this. And these men must be fair in judging the people.

Psalm 127:5

The man who fills his quiver with sons will be very blessed. He will never be defeated when he opposes his enemy at the city gates.

Proverbs 17:8

Some people think a bribe is like a lucky charm—it seems to work wherever they go.

Ezekiel 13:22

“‘You prophets tell lies. Your lies hurt good people—I did not want to hurt them! You support the wicked and encourage them. You don’t tell them to change their lives. You don’t try to save their lives!

Hosea 5:3

I know Ephraim. I know what Israel has done. Ephraim, right now you act like a prostitute. Israel is dirty with sin.

Amos 2:3

So I will bring an end to the kings of Moab, and I will kill all the leaders of Moab.” This is what the Lord said.

Amos 5:7

You should go to the Lord for help. He is the one who made the Pleiades and Orion. He changes darkness into the morning light. He changes the day into the dark night. He calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out on the earth. His name is YAHWEH! He keeps one strong city safe, and he lets another strong city be destroyed.” You change justice to poison. You throw away fairness like trash.

Amos 8:4

Listen to me, you who trample on helpless people. You are trying to destroy the poor of this country.

Exodus 23:3

“In court, don’t treat a person in a special way simply because that person is poor.

Exodus 23:6

“In court, don’t let anyone take advantage of a person simply because that person is poor.

Job 20:19

because he hurt the poor and left them with nothing. He took houses he did not build.