Amos 5:10

New Century Version

You hate those who speak in court against evil, and you can’t stand those who tell the truth.

Cross References

1 Kings 18:17

When he saw Elijah, he asked, “Is it you—the biggest troublemaker in Israel?”

1 Kings 21:20

When Ahab saw Elijah, he said, “So you have found me, my enemy!” Elijah answered, “Yes, I have found you. You have always chosen to do what the Lord says is wrong.

1 Kings 22:8

Then King Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “There is one other prophet. We could ask the Lord through him, but I hate him. He never prophesies anything good about me, but something bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” Jehoshaphat said, “King Ahab, you shouldn’t say that!”

2 Chronicles 25:16

As the prophet spoke, Amaziah said to him, “We never gave you the job of advising the king. Stop, or you will be killed.” The prophet stopped speaking except to say, “I know that God has decided to destroy you because you have done this. You did not listen to my advice.”

2 Chronicles 36:16

But they made fun of God’s prophets and hated God’s messages. They refused to listen to the prophets until, finally, the Lord became so angry with his people that he could not be stopped.

Proverbs 15:12

Those who make fun of wisdom don’t like to be corrected; they will not ask the wise for advice.

Isaiah 29:21

those who lie about others in court, those who trap people in court, those who lie and take justice from innocent people in court.

Isaiah 59:15

Truth cannot be found anywhere, and people who refuse to do evil are attacked. The Lord looked and could not find any justice, and he was displeased.

Jeremiah 38:7

But Ebed-Melech, a Cushite and a servant in the palace, heard that the officers had put Jeremiah into the well. As King Zedekiah was sitting at the Benjamin Gate,

Hosea 4:4

“No one should accuse or blame another person. Don’t blame the people, you priests, when they quarrel with you.

Leviticus 13:10

and the priest must look at him. If there is a white swelling in the skin, and the hair has become white, and the skin looks raw in the swelling,

Amos 5:15

Hate evil and love good; be fair in the courts. Maybe the Lord God All-Powerful will be kind to the people of Joseph who are left alive.

John 15:19

If you belonged to the world, it would love you as it loves its own. But I have chosen you out of the world, so you don’t belong to it. That is why the world hates you.

John 3:20

All who do evil hate the light and will not come to the light, because it will show all the evil things they do.

John 7:7

The world cannot hate you, but it hates me, because I tell it the evil things it does.

Galatians 4:16

Now am I your enemy because I tell you the truth?

Revelation 11:10

People who live on the earth will rejoice and be happy because these two are dead. They will send each other gifts, because these two prophets brought much suffering to those who live on the earth.