Amos 3:10

New International Version

“They do not know how to do right,” declares the Lord, “who store up in their fortresses what they have plundered and looted.”

Cross References

Job 20:21

Nothing is left for him to devour; his prosperity will not endure.

Psalm 14:4

Do all these evildoers know nothing? They devour my people as though eating bread; they never call on the Lord.

Proverbs 1:13

we will get all sorts of valuable things and fill our houses with plunder;

Proverbs 11:16

A kindhearted woman gains honor, but ruthless men gain only wealth.

Proverbs 28:5

Evildoers do not understand what is right, but those who seek the Lord understand it fully.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Again I looked and saw all the oppression that was taking place under the sun: I saw the tears of the oppressed— and they have no comforter; power was on the side of their oppressors— and they have no comforter.

Jeremiah 4:22

“My people are fools; they do not know me. They are senseless children; they have no understanding. They are skilled in doing evil; they know not how to do good.”

Jeremiah 5:4

I thought, “These are only the poor; they are foolish, for they do not know the way of the Lord, the requirements of their God.

Ezekiel 18:7

He does not oppress anyone, but returns what he took in pledge for a loan. He does not commit robbery but gives his food to the hungry and provides clothing for the naked.

Ezekiel 22:29

The people of the land practice extortion and commit robbery; they oppress the poor and needy and mistreat the foreigner, denying them justice.

Ezekiel 8:17

He said to me, “Have you seen this, son of man? Is it a trivial matter for the people of Judah to do the detestable things they are doing here? Must they also fill the land with violence and continually arouse my anger? Look at them putting the branch to their nose!

Hosea 7:1

whenever I would heal Israel, the sins of Ephraim are exposed and the crimes of Samaria revealed. They practice deceit, thieves break into houses, bandits rob in the streets;

Amos 4:1

Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy and say to your husbands, “Bring us some drinks!”

Amos 5:7

There are those who turn justice into bitterness and cast righteousness to the ground.

Amos 6:12

Do horses run on the rocky crags? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness—

Amos 6:3

You put off the day of disaster and bring near a reign of terror.

Amos 6:8

The Sovereign Lord has sworn by himself—the Lord God Almighty declares: “I abhor the pride of Jacob and detest his fortresses; I will deliver up the city and everything in it.”

Micah 6:10

Am I still to forget your ill-gotten treasures, you wicked house, and the short ephah, which is accursed?

Zephaniah 1:9

On that day I will punish all who avoid stepping on the threshold, who fill the temple of their gods with violence and deceit.

2 Peter 3:5

But they deliberately forget that long ago by God’s word the heavens came into being and the earth was formed out of water and by water.