Amos 8:5

The English Standar Version

saying, "When will the new moon be over, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may offer wheat for sale, that we may make the ephah small and the shekel[4] great and deal deceitfully with false balances,

Cross References

2 Kings 4:23

And he said, "Why will you go to him today? It is neither new moon nor Sabbath." She said, "All is well."

Exodus 31:13

"You are to speak to the people of Israel and say, 'Above all you shall keep my Sabbaths, for this is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I, the LORD, sanctify you.

Proverbs 11:1

A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, but a just weight is his delight.

Proverbs 16:11

A just balance and scales are the LORD's; all the weights in the bag are his work.

Proverbs 20:23

Unequal weights are an abomination to the LORD, and false scales are not good.

Isaiah 1:13

Bring no more vain offerings; incense is an abomination to me. New moon and Sabbath and the calling of convocations -- I cannot endure iniquity and solemn assembly.

Isaiah 58:13

"If you turn back your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure[3] on my holy day, and call the Sabbath a delight and the holy day of the LORD honorable; if you honor it, not going your own ways, or seeking your own pleasure,[4] or talking idly;[5]

Hosea 12:7

A merchant, in whose hands are false balances, he loves to oppress.

Hosea 12:8

Ephraim has said, "Ah, but I am rich; I have found wealth for myself; in all my labors they cannot find in me iniquity or sin."

Leviticus 19:36

You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin:[4] I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

Zechariah 5:6

And I said, "What is it?" He said, "This is the basket[3] that is going out." And he said, "This is their iniquity[4] in all the land."

Zechariah 5:8

And he said, "This is Wickedness." And he thrust her back into the basket, and thrust down the leaden weight on its opening.

Malachi 1:13

But you say, 'What a weariness this is,' and you snort at it, says the LORD of hosts. You bring what has been taken by violence or is lame or sick, and this you bring as your offering! Shall I accept that from your hand? says the LORD.

Numbers 10:10

On the day of your gladness also, and at your appointed feasts and at the beginnings of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings. They shall be a reminder of you before your God: I am the LORD your God."

Colossians 2:16

Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath.

1 Samuel 20:5

David said to Jonathan, "Behold, tomorrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit at table with the king. But let me go, that I may hide myself in the field till the third day at evening.