Amos 8:5

Young's Literal Translation 1898

Saying, When doth the new moon pass, And we sell ground corn? And the sabbath, and we open out pure corn? To make little the ephah, And to make great the shekel, And to use perversely balances of deceit.

Cross References

2 Kings 4:23

And he saith, ‘Wherefore art thou going unto him to-day? — neither new moon nor sabbath!’ and she saith, ‘Peace [to thee]!’

Exodus 31:13

‘And thou, speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, Only, My sabbaths ye do keep, for it [is] a sign between Me and you, to your generations, to know that I, Jehovah, am sanctifying you;

Proverbs 11:1

Balances of deceit [are] an abomination to Jehovah, And a perfect weight [is] His delight.

Proverbs 16:11

A just beam and balances [are] Jehovah's, His work [are] all the stones of the bag.

Proverbs 20:23

An abomination to Jehovah [are] a stone and a stone, And balances of deceit [are] not good.

Isaiah 1:13

Add not to bring in a vain present, Incense — an abomination it [is] to Me, New moon, and sabbath, calling of convocation! Rendure not iniquity — and a restraint!

Isaiah 58:13

If thou dost turn from the sabbath thy foot, Doing thine own pleasure on My holy day, And hast cried to the sabbath, ‘A delight,’ To the holy of Jehovah, ‘Honoured,’ And hast honoured it, without doing thine own ways, Without finding thine own pleasure, And speaking a word.

Hosea 12:7

Canaan! in his hand [are] balances of deceit! To oppress he hath loved.

Hosea 12:8

And Ephraim saith: ‘Surely I have become rich, I have found wealth for myself, All my labours — they find not against me iniquity that [is] sin.’

Leviticus 19:36

righteous balances, righteous weights, a righteous ephah, and a righteous hin ye have; I [am] Jehovah your God, who hath brought you out from the land of Egypt;

Zechariah 5:6

And I say, ‘What [is] it?’ And he saith, ‘This — the ephah that is coming forth.’ And he saith, ‘This [is] their aspect in all the land.

Zechariah 5:8

And he saith, ‘This [is] the wicked woman.’ And he casteth her unto the midst of the ephah, and casteth the weight of lead on its mouth.

Malachi 1:13

And ye have said, ‘Lo, what a weariness,’ And ye have puffed at it, said Jehovah of Hosts, And ye have brought in plunder, And the lame and the sick, And ye have brought in the present! Do I accept it from your hand? said Jehovah.

Numbers 10:10

‘And in the day of your gladness, and in your appointed seasons, and in the beginnings of your months, ye have blown also with the trumpets over your burnt-offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace-offerings, and they have been to you for a memorial before your God; I, Jehovah, [am] your God.’

Colossians 2:16

Let no one, then, judge you in eating or in drinking, or in respect of a feast, or of a new moon, or of sabbaths,

1 Samuel 20:5

And David saith unto Jonathan, ‘Lo, the new moon [is] to-morrow; and I do certainly sit with the king to eat; and thou hast sent me away, and I have been hidden in a field till the third evening;