Amos 5:10

Modern English Version

They hate the one who prosecutes at the gate, and abhor the one who speaks with integrity.

Cross References

1 Kings 18:17

When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, “Are you he that troubles Israel?”

1 Kings 21:20

Ahab said to Elijah, “Have you found me, my enemy?” And he answered, “I have found you, because you have sold yourself to work evil in the sight of the Lord.

1 Kings 22:8

And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we can inquire of the Lord. But I hate him because he never prophesies good for me, but always evil.” And Jehoshaphat said, “Let not the king say so.”

2 Chronicles 25:16

But while the prophet was speaking, the king said, “Have we made you a counselor to the king? Stop! Why should you be struck down?” The prophet refrained, but he said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you because you have done this and not heeded my advice.”

2 Chronicles 36:16

But they continued to jest regarding the messengers of God, despising His word and making fun of His prophets until the wrath of the Lord came up against His people, until there was no remedy.

Proverbs 15:12

A scoffer does not love one who reproves him, nor will he go to the wise.

Isaiah 29:21

those who cause a man to be indicted by a word, and lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate, and turn aside the righteous with meaningless arguments.

Isaiah 59:15

Truth is lacking, and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey. Then the Lord saw it, and it displeased Him that there was no justice.

Jeremiah 38:7

Now Ebed-melek the Cushite, one of the eunuchs who was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the cistern. Now the king was sitting in the Gate of Benjamin.

Hosea 4:4

Yet let no one contend, and let none reprove another, for your people are like those that contend with a priest.

Leviticus 13:10

And the priest shall examine him, and if there is a white swelling in the skin, and it has turned the hair white, and there is raw flesh in the swelling,

Amos 5:15

Hate evil and love good, and establish justice at the gate. It may then be that the Lord God of Hosts will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.

John 15:19

If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own. But because you are not of the world, since I chose you out of the world, the world therefore hates you.

John 3:20

For everyone who does evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.

John 7:7

The world cannot hate you. But it hates Me, because I testify concerning it, that its works are evil.

Galatians 4:16

Have I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?

Revelation 11:10

Those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and make merry and send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.