Amos 8:5

New American Bible - revised edition

“When will the new moon be over,” you ask, “that we may sell our grain, And the sabbath, that we may open the grain-bins? We will diminish the ephah, add to the shekel, and fix our scales for cheating!

Cross References

2 Kings 4:23

He asked, “Why are you going to him today? It is neither the new moon nor the sabbath.” But she said, “It is all right.”

Exodus 31:13

You must also tell the Israelites: Keep my sabbaths, for that is to be the sign between you and me throughout the generations, to show that it is I, the Lord, who make you holy.

Proverbs 11:1

False scales are an abomination to the Lord, but an honest weight, his delight.

Proverbs 16:11

Balance and scales belong to the Lord; every weight in the sack is his concern.

Proverbs 20:23

Varying weights are an abomination to the Lord, and false scales are not good.

Isaiah 1:13

Trample my courts no more! To bring offerings is useless; incense is an abomination to me. New moon and sabbath, calling assemblies— festive convocations with wickedness— these I cannot bear.

Isaiah 58:13

If you refrain from trampling the sabbath, from following your own pursuits on my holy day; If you call the sabbath a delight, the Lord’s holy day glorious; If you glorify it by not following your ways, seeking your own interests, or pursuing your own affairs—

Hosea 12:7

You must return to your God. Maintain loyalty and justice and always hope in your God.

Hosea 12:8

A merchant who holds a false balance, he loves to extort!

Leviticus 19:36

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

Zechariah 5:6

I said, “What is it?” And he answered, “This is the basket that is coming.” And he said, “This is their guilt in all the land.”

Zechariah 5:8

He said, “This is Wickedness,” and he thrust her inside the basket, pushing the leaden weight into the opening.

Malachi 1:13

You say, “See what a burden this is!” and you exasperate me, says the Lord of hosts; You bring in what is mutilated, or lame, or sick; you bring it as an offering! Will I accept it from your hands? says the Lord.

Numbers 10:10

And when you rejoice on your festivals, and your new-moon feasts, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and your communion sacrifices, so that this serves as a reminder of you before your God. I, the Lord, am your God. Departure from Sinai.

Colossians 2:16

Let no one, then, pass judgment on you in matters of food and drink or with regard to a festival or new moon or sabbath.

1 Samuel 20:5

David answered: “Tomorrow is the new moon, when I should in fact dine with the king. Let me go and hide in the open country until evening.