Amos 3:10

New Living Translation

“My people have forgotten how to do right,” says the Lord. “Their fortresses are filled with wealth taken by theft and violence.

Cross References

Job 20:21

Nothing is left after they finish gorging themselves. Therefore, their prosperity will not endure.

Psalm 14:4

Will those who do evil never learn? They eat up my people like bread and wouldn’t think of praying to the Lord.

Proverbs 1:13

Think of the great things we’ll get! We’ll fill our houses with all the stuff we take.

Proverbs 11:16

A gracious woman gains respect, but ruthless men gain only wealth.

Proverbs 28:5

Evil people don’t understand justice, but those who follow the Lord understand completely.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Again, I observed all the oppression that takes place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, with no one to comfort them. The oppressors have great power, and their victims are helpless.

Jeremiah 4:22

“My people are foolish and do not know me,” says the Lord. “They are stupid children who have no understanding. They are clever enough at doing wrong, but they have no idea how to do right!”

Jeremiah 5:4

Then I said, “But what can we expect from the poor? They are ignorant. They don’t know the ways of the Lord. They don’t understand God’s laws.

Ezekiel 18:7

He is a merciful creditor, not keeping the items given as security by poor debtors. He does not rob the poor but instead gives food to the hungry and provides clothes for the needy.

Ezekiel 22:29

Even common people oppress the poor, rob the needy, and deprive foreigners of justice.

Ezekiel 8:17

“Have you seen this, son of man?” he asked. “Is it nothing to the people of Judah that they commit these detestable sins, leading the whole nation into violence, thumbing their noses at me, and provoking my anger?

Hosea 7:1

“I want to heal Israel, but its sins are too great. Samaria is filled with liars. Thieves are on the inside and bandits on the outside!

Amos 4:1

Listen to me, you fat cows living in Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, and who are always calling to your husbands, “Bring us another drink!”

Amos 5:7

You twist justice, making it a bitter pill for the oppressed. You treat the righteous like dirt.

Amos 6:12

Can horses gallop over boulders? Can oxen be used to plow them? But that’s how foolish you are when you turn justice into poison and the sweet fruit of righteousness into bitterness.

Amos 6:3

You push away every thought of coming disaster, but your actions only bring the day of judgment closer.

Amos 6:8

The Sovereign Lord has sworn by his own name, and this is what he, the Lord God of Heaven’s Armies, says: “I despise the arrogance of Israel, and I hate their fortresses. I will give this city and everything in it to their enemies.”

Micah 6:10

What shall I say about the homes of the wicked filled with treasures gained by cheating? What about the disgusting practice of measuring out grain with dishonest measures?

Zephaniah 1:9

Yes, I will punish those who participate in pagan worship ceremonies, and those who fill their masters’ houses with violence and deceit.

2 Peter 3:5

They deliberately forget that God made the heavens long ago by the word of his command, and he brought the earth out from the water and surrounded it with water.