Amos 8:5

Modern English Version

saying, “When will the New Moon be over, so that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may open the wheat sales, making the ephah too small, and the shekel too heavy, cheating with dishonest scales,

Cross References

2 Kings 4:23

He said, “Why are you going to him today? It is neither New Moon nor Sabbath.” She said, “It will be all right.”

Exodus 31:13

Speak also to the Israelites, saying, “You must surely keep My Sabbaths, for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the Lord who sanctifies you.

Proverbs 11:1

A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, but a just weight is His delight.

Proverbs 16:11

A just weight and balance belong to the Lord; all the weights of the bag are His concern.

Proverbs 20:23

Unequal weights are an abomination to the Lord, and scales of deceit are not good.

Isaiah 1:13

Bring no more vain offerings; incense is an abomination to Me. New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations — I cannot bear with evil assemblies.

Isaiah 58:13

If because of the Sabbath you turn away your foot from doing your pleasure on My holy day, and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy day of the Lord honorable, and honor it, not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking your own words,

Hosea 12:7

A merchant, in whose hands are deceitful balances, he loves to oppress.

Hosea 12:8

Ephraim said, “Yet I am rich, I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they shall find no offense in me that would be sin.”

Leviticus 19:36

You shall have honest balances, honest weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin: I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

Zechariah 5:6

And I asked, “What is it?” He said, “This is the ephah basket going forth. This represents their iniquity throughout all the land.”

Zechariah 5:8

And he said, “This is wickedness.” And he threw her back into the basket and then thrust back the lead stone over its opening.

Malachi 1:13

You also say, “What a weariness it is,” and you snort at it, says the Lord of Hosts. You bring in what is stolen, the lame, or the sick; thus you bring an offering! Should I accept this from your hand? says the Lord.

Numbers 10:10

Also in the day of your gladness, and at your appointed days, and in the beginnings of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings that they may be a memorial for you before your God. I am the Lord your God.

Colossians 2:16

Therefore let no one judge you regarding food, or drink, or in respect of a holy day or new moon or sabbath days.

1 Samuel 20:5

David said to Jonathan, “Behold, tomorrow is the New Moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king to eat. But let me go that I may hide myself in the field until the evening of the third day.