Amos 6:12

New King James Version

Do horses run on rocks? Does one plow there with oxen? Yet you have turned justice into gall, And the fruit of righteousness into wormwood,

Cross References

Amos 5:7

You who turn justice to wormwood, And lay righteousness to rest in the earth!”

Hosea 10:4

They have spoken words, Swearing falsely in making a covenant. Thus judgment springs up like hemlock in the furrows of the field.

Isaiah 48:4

Because I knew that you were obstinate, And your neck was an iron sinew, And your brow bronze,

Micah 7:3

That they may successfully do evil with both hands— The prince asks for gifts, The judge seeks a bribe, And the great man utters his evil desire; So they scheme together.

Hosea 10:13

You have plowed wickedness; You have reaped iniquity. You have eaten the fruit of lies, Because you trusted in your own way, In the multitude of your mighty men.

Jeremiah 5:3

O Lord, are not Your eyes on the truth? You have stricken them, But they have not grieved; You have consumed them, But they have refused to receive correction. They have made their faces harder than rock; They have refused to return.

James 3:18

Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.

Amos 2:3

And I will cut off the judge from its midst, And slay all its princes with him,” Says the Lord.

Amos 3:10

For they do not know to do right,’ Says the Lord, ‘Who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.’ ”