Amos 5:7

New English Translation

The Israelites turn justice into bitterness; they throw what is fair and right to the ground.

Cross References

Psalm 125:5

As for those who are bent on traveling a sinful path, may the Lord remove them, along with those who behave wickedly! May Israel experience peace!

Psalm 36:3

The words he speaks are sinful and deceitful; he does not care about doing what is wise and right.

Proverbs 21:7

The violence done by the wicked will drag them away because they refuse to do what is right.

Isaiah 1:23

Your officials are rebels, they associate with thieves. All of them love bribery, and look for payoffs. They do not take up the cause of the orphan, or defend the rights of the widow.

Isaiah 10:1

Those who enact unjust policies are as good as dead, those who are always instituting unfair regulations,

Isaiah 46:12

Listen to me, you stubborn people, you who distance yourself from doing what is right.

Isaiah 5:20

Those who call evil good and good evil are as good as dead, who turn darkness into light and light into darkness, who turn bitter into sweet and sweet into bitter.

Isaiah 5:7

Indeed Israel is the vineyard of the Lord who commands armies, the people of Judah are the cultivated place in which he took delight. He waited for justice, but look what he got – disobedience! He waited for fairness, but look what he got – cries for help!

Ezekiel 18:24

“But if a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and practices wrongdoing according to all the abominable practices the wicked carry out, will he live? All his righteous acts will not be remembered; because of the unfaithful acts he has done and the sin he has committed, he will die.

Ezekiel 3:20

“When a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I set an obstacle before him, he will die. If you have not warned him, he will die for his sin. The righteous deeds he performed will not be considered, but I will hold you accountable for his death.

Ezekiel 33:18

When a righteous man turns from his godliness and commits iniquity, he will die for it.

Hosea 10:4

They utter empty words, taking false oaths and making empty agreements. Therefore legal disputes sprout up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a plowed field.

Amos 2:3

I will remove Moab’s leader; I will kill all Moab’s officials with him.” The Lord has spoken!

Amos 3:10

“They do not know how to do what is right.” (The Lord is speaking.) “They store up the spoils of destructive violence in their fortresses.

Amos 6:12

Can horses run on rocky cliffs? Can one plow the sea with oxen? Yet you have turned justice into a poisonous plant, and the fruit of righteous actions into a bitter plant.

Micah 3:9

Listen to this, you leaders of the family of Jacob, you rulers of the nation of Israel! You hate justice and pervert all that is right.

Habakkuk 1:4

For this reason the law lacks power, and justice is never carried out. Indeed, the wicked intimidate the innocent. For this reason justice is perverted.

Zephaniah 1:6

and those who turn their backs on the Lord and do not want the Lord’s help or guidance.”

Deuteronomy 29:18

Beware that the heart of no man, woman, clan, or tribe among you turns away from the Lord our God today to pursue and serve the gods of those nations; beware that there is among you no root producing poisonous and bitter fruit.