Amos 5:10

The English Standar Version

They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks the truth.

Cross References

1 Kings 18:17

When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, "Is it you, you troubler of Israel?"

1 Kings 21:20

Ahab said to Elijah, "Have you found me, O my enemy?" He answered, "I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do what is evil in the sight of the LORD.

1 Kings 22:8

And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the LORD, Micaiah the son of Imlah, but I hate him, for he never prophesies good concerning me, but evil." And Jehoshaphat said, "Let not the king say so."

2 Chronicles 25:16

But as he was speaking, the king said to him, "Have we made you a royal counselor? Stop! Why should you 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 kept mocking the messengers of God, despising his words and scoffing at his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD rose against his people, until there was no remedy.

Proverbs 15:12

A scoffer does not like to be reproved; he will not go to the wise.

Isaiah 29:21

who by a word make a man out to be an offender, and lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate, and with an empty plea turn aside him who is in the right.

Isaiah 59:15

Truth is lacking, and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey. The Lord saw it, and it displeased him that there was no justice.

Jeremiah 38:7

When Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, a eunuch who was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah into the cistern -- the king was sitting in the Benjamin Gate --

Hosea 4:4

Yet let no one contend, and let none accuse, for with you is my contention, O priest.[1]

Leviticus 13:10

and the priest shall look. And if there is a white swelling in the skin that has turned the hair white, and there is raw flesh in the swelling,

Amos 5:15

Hate evil, and love good, and establish justice in the gate; it may be that the LORD, the God of hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.

John 15:19

If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

John 3:20

For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.

John 7:7

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

Galatians 4:16

Have I then become your enemy by telling you the truth?[4]

Revelation 11:10

and those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and make merry and exchange presents, because these two prophets had been a torment to those who dwell on the earth.