Amos 6:12

New International Version

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—

Cross References

Isaiah 48:4

For I knew how stubborn you were; your neck muscles were iron, your forehead was bronze.

Jeremiah 5:3

Lord, do not your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain; you crushed them, but they refused correction. They made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.

Hosea 10:13

But you have planted wickedness, you have reaped evil, you have eaten the fruit of deception. Because you have depended on your own strength and on your many warriors,

Hosea 10:4

They make many promises, take false oaths and make agreements; therefore lawsuits spring up like poisonous weeds in a plowed field.

Amos 2:3

I will destroy her ruler and kill all her officials with him,” says the Lord.

Amos 3:10

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

Amos 5:7

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

Micah 7:3

Both hands are skilled in doing evil; the ruler demands gifts, the judge accepts bribes, the powerful dictate what they desire— they all conspire together.

James 3:18

Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness.