Amos 8:4

New Century Version

Listen to me, you who walk on helpless people, you who are trying to destroy the poor people of this country, saying,

Cross References

1 Kings 22:19

But Micaiah said, “Hear the message from the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne with his heavenly army standing near him on his right and on his left.

Job 24:4

They push needy people off the path; all the poor of the land hide from them.

Psalm 10:7

Their mouths are full of curses, lies, and threats; they use their tongues for sin and evil.

Psalm 12:5

But the Lord says, “I will now rise up, because the poor are being hurt. Because of the moans of the helpless, I will give them the help they want.”

Psalm 14:4

Don’t the wicked understand? They destroy my people as if they were eating bread. They do not ask the Lord for help.

Psalm 140:12

I know the Lord will get justice for the poor and will defend the needy in court.

Psalm 56:1

God, be merciful to me because people are chasing me; the battle has pressed me all day long.

Proverbs 30:14

Some people have teeth like swords; their jaws seem full of knives. They want to remove the poor from the earth and the needy from the land.

Isaiah 1:10

Jerusalem, your rulers are like those of Sodom, and your people are like those of Gomorrah. Hear the word of the Lord; listen to the teaching of our God!

Isaiah 28:14

So listen to the Lord’s message, you who brag, you leaders in Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 28:15

Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah, “Listen, Hananiah! The Lord did not send you, and you have made the people of Judah trust in lies.

Jeremiah 5:21

Hear this message, you foolish people who have no sense. They have eyes, but they don’t really see. They have ears, but they don’t really listen.

Ezekiel 22:12

The people in you take money to kill others. You take unfair interest and profits and make profits by mistreating your neighbor. And you have forgotten me, says the Lord God.

Ezekiel 45:10

You must have honest scales, an honest dry measurement and an honest liquid measurement.

Amos 5:11

You walk on poor people, forcing them to give you grain. You have built fancy houses of cut stone, but you will not live in them. You have planted beautiful vineyards, but you will not drink the wine from them.

Amos 5:12

I know your many crimes, your terrible sins. You hurt people who do right, you take money to do wrong, and you keep the poor from getting justice in court.

Amos 7:16

So listen to the Lord’s word. You tell me, ‘Don’t prophesy against Israel, and stop prophesying against the descendants of Isaac.’

Micah 2:2

They want fields, so they take them; they want houses, so they take them away. They cheat people to get their houses; they rob them even of their property.

Micah 3:3

You eat my people’s flesh and skin them and break their bones; you chop them up like meat for the pot, like meat in a cooking pan.

Zechariah 5:6

“What is it?” I asked. He answered, “It is a measuring basket going out.” He also said, “It is a symbol of the people’s sins in all the land.”

Matthew 23:13

“How terrible for you, teachers of the law and Pharisees! You are hypocrites! You close the door for people to enter the kingdom of heaven. You yourselves don’t enter, and you stop others who are trying to enter. [

James 5:6

You have judged guilty and then murdered innocent people, who were not against you.