Amos 2:6

Lighthouse Bible 2006

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

Cross References

2 Kings 18:11

And the king of Assyria took away Israel to Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes:

2 Kings 18:12

Because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed his covenant, and all the things that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded, and would not hear them, nor do them.

Isaiah 10:2

To turn aside the needy from obtaining justice, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!

Isaiah 29:21

That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproves in the gate, and turn aside the just for a worthless thing.

Ezekiel 22:13

Behold, therefore I have struck my hand at your dishonest gain which you have made, and at your blood which has been in the midst of you.

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 to the Greeks, that you might remove them far from their land.

Zechariah 11:5

Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and those who sell them say, Blessed be the LORD; for I am rich: and their own shepherds do not pity them.