Amos 6:12

New Century Version

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.

Cross References

Isaiah 48:4

I knew you were stubborn; your neck was like an iron muscle, and your head was like bronze.

Jeremiah 5:3

Lord, don’t you look for truth in people? You struck the people of Judah, but they didn’t feel any pain. You crushed them, but they refused to learn what is right. They became more stubborn than a rock; they refused to turn back to God.

Hosea 10:13

But you have plowed evil and harvested trouble; you have eaten the fruit of your lies. Because you have trusted in your own power and your many soldiers,

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.

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.”

Amos 5:7

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

Micah 7:3

With both hands they are doing evil. Rulers ask for money, and judges’ decisions are bought for a price. Rich people tell what they want, and they get it.

James 3:18

People who work for peace in a peaceful way plant a good crop of right-living.