Amos 8:6

King James 2000

That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?

Cross References

Nehemiah 5:8

And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, who were sold unto the nations; and will you even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer.

Ezekiel 22:12

In you have they taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken interest and increase, and you have greedily gained from your neighbors by extortion, and have forgotten me, says the Lord GOD.

Joel 3:3

And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.

Joel 3:6

The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have you sold unto the Greeks, that you might remove them far from their border.

Amos 2:6

Thus says the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;

Amos 3:9

Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in its midst, and the oppressed in its midst.

Amos 4:1

Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.

Amos 8:4

Hear this, O you that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,

Zechariah 5:6

And I said, What is it? And he said, This is the basket that goes forth. He said moreover, This is their resemblance through all the earth.