Amos 5:10

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There are those who hate the one who upholds justice in court and detest the one who tells the truth.

Cross References

1 Kings 18:17

When he saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is that you, you troubler of Israel?”

1 Kings 21:20

Ahab said to Elijah, “So you have found me, my enemy!” “I have found you,” he answered, “because you have sold yourself to do evil in the eyes of the Lord.

1 Kings 22:8

The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat, “There is still one prophet through whom we can inquire of the Lord, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good about me, but always bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” “The king should not say such a thing,” Jehoshaphat replied.

2 Chronicles 25:16

While he was still speaking, the king said to him, “Have we appointed you an adviser to the king? Stop! Why be struck down?” So the prophet stopped but said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel.”

2 Chronicles 36:16

But they mocked God’s messengers, despised his words and scoffed at his prophets until the wrath of the Lord was aroused against his people and there was no remedy.

Proverbs 15:12

Mockers resent correction, so they avoid the wise.

Isaiah 29:21

those who with a word make someone out to be guilty, who ensnare the defender in court and with false testimony deprive the innocent of justice.

Isaiah 59:15

Truth is nowhere to be found, and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey. The Lord looked and was displeased that there was no justice.

Jeremiah 38:7

But Ebed-Melek, a Cushite, an official in the royal palace, heard that they had put Jeremiah into the cistern. While the king was sitting in the Benjamin Gate,

Hosea 4:4

“But let no one bring a charge, let no one accuse another, for your people are like those who bring charges against a priest.

Leviticus 13:10

The priest is to examine them, and if there is a white swelling in the skin that has turned the hair white and if there is raw flesh in the swelling,

Amos 5:15

Hate evil, love good; maintain justice in the courts. Perhaps the Lord God Almighty will have mercy on the remnant of Joseph.

John 15:19

If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.

John 3:20

Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed.

John 7:7

The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify that its works are evil.

Galatians 4:16

Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?

Revelation 11:10

The inhabitants of the earth will gloat over them and will celebrate by sending each other gifts, because these two prophets had tormented those who live on the earth.