Amos 8:4

New Living Translation

Listen to this, you who rob the poor and trample down the needy!

Cross References

1 Kings 22:19

Then Micaiah continued, “Listen to what the Lord says! I saw the Lord sitting on his throne with all the armies of heaven around him, on his right and on his left.

Job 24:4

The poor are pushed off the path; the needy must hide together for safety.

Psalm 10:7

Their mouths are full of cursing, lies, and threats. Trouble and evil are on the tips of their tongues.

Psalm 12:5

The Lord replies, “I have seen violence done to the helpless, and I have heard the groans of the poor. Now I will rise up to rescue them, as they have longed for me to do.”

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.

Psalm 140:12

But I know the Lord will help those they persecute; he will give justice to the poor.

Psalm 56:1

O God, have mercy on me, for people are hounding me. My foes attack me all day long.

Proverbs 30:14

They have teeth like swords and fangs like knives. They devour the poor from the earth and the needy from among humanity.

Isaiah 1:10

Listen to the Lord, you leaders of “Sodom.” Listen to the law of our God, people of “Gomorrah.”

Isaiah 28:14

Therefore, listen to this message from the Lord, you scoffing rulers in Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 28:15

Then Jeremiah the prophet said to Hananiah, “Listen, Hananiah! The Lord has not sent you, but the people believe your lies.

Jeremiah 5:21

Listen, you foolish and senseless people, with eyes that do not see and ears that do not hear.

Ezekiel 22:12

There are hired murderers, loan racketeers, and extortioners everywhere. They never even think of me and my commands, says the Sovereign Lord.

Ezekiel 45:10

Use only honest weights and scales and honest measures, both dry and liquid.

Amos 5:11

You trample the poor, stealing their grain through taxes and unfair rent. Therefore, though you build beautiful stone houses, you will never live in them. Though you plant lush vineyards, you will never drink wine from them.

Amos 5:12

For I know the vast number of your sins and the depth of your rebellions. You oppress good people by taking bribes and deprive the poor of justice in the courts.

Amos 7:16

Now then, listen to this message from the Lord: “You say, ‘Don’t prophesy against Israel. Stop preaching against my people.’

Micah 2:2

When you want a piece of land, you find a way to seize it. When you want someone’s house, you take it by fraud and violence. You cheat a man of his property, stealing his family’s inheritance.

Micah 3:3

Yes, you eat my people’s flesh, strip off their skin, and break their bones. You chop them up like meat for the cooking pot.

Zechariah 5:6

“What is it?” I asked. He replied, “It is a basket for measuring grain, and it’s filled with the sins of everyone throughout the land.”

Matthew 23:13

“What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you shut the door of the Kingdom of Heaven in people’s faces. You won’t go in yourselves, and you don’t let others enter either.

James 5:6

You have condemned and killed innocent people, who do not resist you.