Amos 5:7

New Century Version

You turn justice upside down, and you throw on the ground what is right.

Cross References

Amos 6:12

Horses do not run on rocks, and people do not plow rocks with oxen. But you have changed fairness into poison; you have changed what is right into a bitter taste.

Zephaniah 1:6

and those who turned away from the Lord, and those who quit following the Lord and praying to him for direction.

Hosea 10:4

They make many false promises and agreements which they don’t keep. So people sue each other in court; they are like poisonous weeds growing in a plowed field.

Ezekiel 3:20

“Again, those who do right may turn away from doing good and do evil. If I make something bad happen to them, they will die. Because you have not warned them, they will die because of their sin, and the good they did will not be remembered. But I will hold you responsible for their deaths.

Deuteronomy 29:18

Make sure no man, woman, family group, or tribe among you leaves the Lord our God to go and serve the gods of those nations. They would be to you like a plant that grows bitter, poisonous fruit.

Ezekiel 33:18

When the good people stop doing good and do evil, they will die for their evil.

Ezekiel 18:24

“But suppose good people stop doing good and do wrong and do the same hateful things the wicked do. Will they live? All their good acts will be forgotten, because they became unfaithful. They have sinned, so they will die because of their sins.

Isaiah 10:1

How terrible it will be for those who make unfair laws, and those who write laws that make life hard for people.

Isaiah 5:7

The vineyard belonging to the Lord All-Powerful is the nation of Israel; the garden that he loves is the people of Judah. He looked for justice, but there was only killing. He hoped for right living, but there were only cries of pain.

Isaiah 1:23

Your rulers are rebels and friends of thieves. They all accept money for doing wrong, and they are paid to cheat people. They don’t seek justice for the orphans or listen to the widows’ needs.

Psalm 125:5

But, Lord, when you remove those who do evil, also remove those who stop following you. Let there be peace in Israel.

Psalm 36:3

Their words are wicked lies; they are no longer wise or good.

Proverbs 21:7

The violence of the wicked will destroy them, because they refuse to do what is right.

Isaiah 5:20

How terrible it will be for people who call good things bad and bad things good, who think darkness is light and light is darkness, who think sour is sweet and sweet is sour.

Amos 2:3

So I will bring an end to the king of Moab, and I will kill all its leaders with him,” says the Lord.

Amos 3:10

“The people don’t know how to do what is right,” says the Lord. “Their strong buildings are filled with treasures they took by force from others.”

Isaiah 46:12

Listen to me, you stubborn people, who are far from what is right.

Micah 3:9

Leaders of Jacob and rulers of Israel, listen to me, you who hate fairness and twist what is right.

Habakkuk 1:4

So the teachings are weak, and justice never comes. Evil people gain while good people lose; the judges no longer make fair decisions.