Amos 5:12

New American Bible - revised edition

Yes, I know how many are your crimes, how grievous your sins: Oppressing the just, accepting bribes, turning away the needy at the gate.

Cross References

Job 20:19

Because he has oppressed and neglected the poor, and stolen a house he did not build;

Job 31:21

If I have raised my hand against the innocent because I saw that I had supporters at the gate—

Psalm 127:5

Blessed is the man who has filled his quiver with them. He will never be shamed for he will destroy his foes at the gate.

Exodus 23:3

You shall not favor the poor in a lawsuit.

Exodus 23:6

You shall not pervert justice for the needy among you in a lawsuit.

Proverbs 17:8

A bribe seems a charm to its user; at every turn it brings success.

Proverbs 22:22

Do not rob the poor because they are poor, nor crush the needy at the gate;

Isaiah 1:23

Your princes are rebels and comrades of thieves; Each one of them loves a bribe and looks for gifts. The fatherless they do not defend, the widow’s plea does not reach them.

Isaiah 10:2

Depriving the needy of judgment, robbing my people’s poor of justice, Making widows their plunder, and orphans their prey!

Isaiah 29:21

those who condemn with a mere word, Who ensnare the defender at the gate, and leave the just with an empty claim.

Isaiah 33:15

Whoever walks righteously and speaks honestly, who spurns what is gained by oppression, Who waves off contact with a bribe, who stops his ears so as not to hear of bloodshed, who closes his eyes so as not to look on evil—

Isaiah 47:9

Both these things shall come to you suddenly, in a single day: Complete bereavement and widowhood shall come upon you Despite your many sorceries and the full power of your spells;

Isaiah 5:23

Those who acquit the guilty for bribes, and deprive the innocent of justice!

Isaiah 66:18

I am coming to gather all nations and tongues; they shall come and see my glory.

Jeremiah 29:23

because they have committed an outrage in Israel, committing adultery with their neighbors’ wives, and alleging in my name things I did not command. I know, I am witness—oracle of the Lord. The False Prophet Shemaiah.

Lamentations 3:34

That someone tramples underfoot all the prisoners in the land,

Ezekiel 13:22

Because you discourage the righteous with lies when I did not want them to be distressed, and encourage the wicked so they do not turn from their evil ways and save their lives,

Hosea 5:3

I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from me: Now, Ephraim, you have practiced prostitution, Israel is defiled.

Amos 2:16

And the most stouthearted of warriors shall flee naked on that day— oracle of the Lord.

Amos 2:3

I will cut off the ruler from its midst, and all the princes I will slay with him, says the Lord.

Amos 5:10

They hate those who reprove at the gate and abhor those who speak with integrity;

Amos 5:7

Woe to those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground,

Amos 8:4

Hear this, you who trample upon the needy and destroy the poor of the land:

Micah 3:11

Its leaders render judgment for a bribe, the priests teach for pay, the prophets divine for money, While they rely on the Lord, saying, “Is not the Lord in the midst of us? No evil can come upon us!”

Micah 7:3

Their hands succeed at evil; the prince makes demands, The judge is bought for a price, the powerful speak as they please.

Malachi 3:5

I will draw near to you for judgment, and I will be swift to bear witness Against sorcerers, adulterers, and perjurers, those who deprive a laborer of wages, Oppress a widow or an orphan, or turn aside a resident alien, without fearing me, says the Lord of hosts.

Acts 7:52

Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They put to death those who foretold the coming of the righteous one, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become.

Deuteronomy 16:18

In all the communities which the Lord, your God, is giving you, you shall appoint judges and officials throughout your tribes to administer true justice for the people.

Deuteronomy 31:21

then, when great evil and distress befall them, this song will speak to them as a witness, for it will not be forgotten if their descendants recite it. For I know what they are inclined to do even at the present time, before I have brought them into the land which I promised on oath.

James 5:4

Behold, the wages you withheld from the workers who harvested your fields are crying aloud, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.

James 5:6

You have condemned; you have murdered the righteous one; he offers you no resistance. Patience and Oaths.

Ruth 4:1

Boaz went to the gate and took a seat there. Along came the other redeemer of whom he had spoken. Boaz called to him by name, “Come, sit here.” And he did so.

1 Samuel 8:3

His sons did not follow his example, but looked to their own gain, accepting bribes and perverting justice.