Amos 8:6

Geneva Bible (1560)

That we may buy the poore for siluer, and the needie for shooes: yea, and sell the refuse of the wheate.

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Referenced Verses

  • Amos 2:6 : 6 Thus sayth the Lord, For three transgressions of Israel, and for foure, I will not turne to it, because they solde the righteous for siluer and the poore for shooes.
  • Amos 8:4 : 4 Heare this, O yee that swallowe vp the poore, that ye may make the needie of the lande to fayle,
  • Lev 25:39-42 : 39 If thy brother also that dwelleth by thee, be impouerished, and be sold vnto thee, thou shalt not compel him to serue as a bond seruant, 40 But as an hired seruant, and as a soiourner he shalbe with thee: he shall serue thee vnto the yeere of the Iubile. 41 Then shall he depart from thee, both hee, and his children with him, and shall returne vnto his familie, and vnto the possession of his fathers shall he returne: 42 For they are my seruants, whom I brought out of the lande of Egypt: they shall not be solde as bondmen are solde.
  • Neh 5:1-5 : 1 Nowe there was a great crie of the people, and of their wiues against their brethren the Iewes. 2 For there were that said, We, our sonnes & our daughters are many, therefore we take vp corne, that we may eate and liue. 3 And there were that saide, We must gage our landes, and our vineyardes, and our houses, and take vp corne for the famine. 4 There were also that said, We haue borowed money for the Kings tribute vpon our landes and our vineyardes. 5 And nowe our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, and our sonnes as their sonnes: and lo, we bring into subiection our sonnes and our daughters, as seruants, and there be of our daughters nowe in subiection, and there is no power in our handes: for other men haue our landes and our vineyardes.
  • Neh 5:8 : 8 And I said vnto them, We (according to our abilitie) haue redeemed our brethren the Iewes, which were solde vnto the heathen: and will you sell your brethren againe, or shall they be solde vnto vs? Then helde they their peace, and could not answere.
  • Joel 3:3 : 3 And they haue cast lottes for my people, and haue giuen the childe for the harlot, & sold the girle for wine, that they might drinke.
  • Joel 3:6 : 6 The children also of Iudah and the children of Ierusalem haue you solde vnto the Grecians, that ye might send them farre from their border.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Amos 8:4-5
    2 verses
    85%

    4Heare this, O yee that swallowe vp the poore, that ye may make the needie of the lande to fayle,

    5Saying, When will the newe moneth bee gone, that we may sell corne? and the Sabbath, that we may set forth wheate, and make the Ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifie the weights by deceit?

  • Amos 2:6-7
    2 verses
    76%

    6Thus sayth the Lord, For three transgressions of Israel, and for foure, I will not turne to it, because they solde the righteous for siluer and the poore for shooes.

    7They gape ouer the head of the poore, in the dust of the earth, and peruert the wayes of the meeke: and a man and his father will goe in to a mayde to dishonour mine holy Name.

  • Isa 10:2
    74%

    2To keepe backe ye poore from iudgement, and to take away the iudgement of the poore of my people, that widowes may be their pray, and that they may spoyle the fatherlesse.

  • Isa 3:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14The Lord shall enter into iudgement with the Ancients of his people & the princes thereof: for ye haue eaten vp the vineyarde: the spoyle of the poore is in your houses.

    15What haue ye to do, that ye beate my people to pieces, and grinde the faces of the poore, saith the Lord, euen tho Lord of hostes?

  • 2 Kgs 7:16
    72%

    16Then the people went out and spoyled the campe of the Aramites: so a measure of fine floure was at a shekel, and two measures of barley at a shekel according to the word of the Lorde.

  • Amos 5:11
    72%

    11Forasmuch then as your treading is vpon the poore, and yee take from him burdens of wheate, ye haue built houses of hewen stone, but ye shal not dwel in them: ye haue plated pleasant vineyards, but ye shal not drinke wine of them.

  • Lam 5:4
    72%

    4Wee haue drunke our water for money, and our wood is solde vnto vs.

  • Ps 44:12
    72%

    12Thou sellest thy people without gaine, and doest not increase their price.

  • Neh 5:8
    71%

    8And I said vnto them, We (according to our abilitie) haue redeemed our brethren the Iewes, which were solde vnto the heathen: and will you sell your brethren againe, or shall they be solde vnto vs? Then helde they their peace, and could not answere.

  • Joel 3:8
    71%

    8And I will send your sonnes & your daughters into the hande of the children of Iudah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people farre off: for the Lord hath spoken it.

  • Neh 5:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2For there were that said, We, our sonnes & our daughters are many, therefore we take vp corne, that we may eate and liue.

    3And there were that saide, We must gage our landes, and our vineyardes, and our houses, and take vp corne for the famine.

  • Deut 2:6
    70%

    6Ye shall buy meate of them for money to eate, and ye shall also procure water of them for money to drinke.

  • Isa 26:6
    70%

    6The foote shall treade it downe, euen the feete of the poore, and the steppes of the needie.

  • Ezek 13:19
    70%

    19And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barly, and for pieces of bread to slay the soules of them that shoulde not dye, and to giue life to the soules that should not liue in lying to my people, that heare your lies?

  • Job 24:10
    70%

    10They cause him to go naked without clothing, and take the glening from the hungrie.

  • Zech 11:5
    70%

    5They that possesse them, slay them and sinne not: and they that sell them, say, Blessed be the Lord: for I am riche, and their owne shepherds spare them not.

  • Mic 6:10-11
    2 verses
    70%

    10Are yet the treasures of wickednes in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure, that is abominable?

    11Shall I iustifie the wicked balances, and the bag of deceitfull weightes?

  • Amos 4:1
    70%

    1Heare this worde, ye kine of Bashan that are in the mountaine of Samaria, which oppresse the poore, & destroy the needie, and they say to their masters, Bring, and let vs drinke.

  • Joel 3:3-6
    4 verses
    70%

    3And they haue cast lottes for my people, and haue giuen the childe for the harlot, & sold the girle for wine, that they might drinke.

    4Yea, and what haue you to do with me, O Tyrus and Zidon and all the costes of Palestina? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompence mee, swiftly and speedily will I render your recompence vpon your head:

    5For ye haue taken my siluer and my golde, and haue caried into your temples my goodly and pleasant things.

    6The children also of Iudah and the children of Ierusalem haue you solde vnto the Grecians, that ye might send them farre from their border.

  • Hag 1:6
    70%

    6Ye haue sowen much, and bring in litle: ye eate, but ye haue not ynough: ye drinke, but ye are not filled: ye clothe you, but ye be not warme: and he that earneth wages, putteth the wages into a broken bagge.

  • Isa 58:7
    69%

    7Is it not to deale thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poore that wander, vnto thine house? when thou seest the naked, that thou couer him, and hide not thy selfe from thine owne flesh?

  • 2 Kgs 7:1
    69%

    1Then Elisha saide, Heare ye the worde of the Lorde: thus saith the Lorde, To morowe this time a measure of fine floure shalbe solde for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel in the gate of Samaria.

  • Rev 6:6
    69%

    6And I heard a voice in the mids of the foure beastes say, A measure of wheate for a penie, and three measures of barly for a peny, & oyle, and wine hurt thou not.

  • Ruth 4:8
    69%

    8Therefore the kinsman sayd to Boas, Buy it for thee: and he drew off his shooe.

  • Hos 12:7
    69%

    7He is Canaan: the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loueth to oppresse.

  • Zeph 1:11
    69%

    11Howle ye inhabitants of the lowe place: for the companie of the marchants is destroyed: all they that beare siluer, are cut off.

  • Job 22:6
    69%

    6For thou hast taken the pledge from thy brother for nought, and spoyled the clothes of the naked.

  • Neh 10:31
    69%

    31And if the people of the lande brought ware on the Sabbath, or any vitailes to sell, that we would not take it of them on the Sabbath and on the holy dayes: and that we would let the seuenth yeere be free, and the debtes of euery person.

  • Isa 52:3
    69%

    3For thus sayeth the Lorde, Yee were solde for naught: therefore shall ye be redeemed without money.

  • Job 24:4
    68%

    4They make the poore to turne out of the way, so that the poore of the earth hide themselues together.

  • Mic 3:11
    68%

    11The heads thereof iudge for rewardes, and the Priestes thereof teache for hyre, and the prophets thereof prophecie for money: yet wil they leane vpon the Lorde, and say, Is not the Lorde among vs? no euill can come vpon vs.

  • Neh 5:5
    68%

    5And nowe our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, and our sonnes as their sonnes: and lo, we bring into subiection our sonnes and our daughters, as seruants, and there be of our daughters nowe in subiection, and there is no power in our handes: for other men haue our landes and our vineyardes.

  • Ezek 7:12
    68%

    12The time is come, the day draweth neere: let not the byer reioyce, nor let him that selleth, mourne: for the wrath is vpon al the multitude thereof.

  • Prov 11:26
    68%

    26He that withdraweth the corne, the people will curse him: but blessing shalbe vpon the head of him that selleth corne.

  • Lam 5:6
    68%

    6We haue giuen our handes to the Egyptians, and to Asshur, to be satisfied with bread.

  • Job 6:27
    68%

    27Ye make your wrath to fall vpon the fatherlesse, and dig a pit for your friende.

  • Prov 28:8
    68%

    8He that increaseth his riches by vsurie and interest, gathereth them for him that will be mercifull vnto the poore.

  • Ezek 7:19
    68%

    19They shall cast their siluer in the streetes, and their golde shalbe cast farre off: their siluer and their gold can not deliuer them in the day of the wrath of the Lord: they shall not satisfie their soules, neither fill their bowels: for this ruine is for their iniquitie.

  • Mic 2:4
    68%

    4In that daye shall they take vp a parable against you, and lament with a dolefull lamentation, and say, We be vtterly wasted: hee hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he taken it away to restore it vnto mee? he hath deuided our fieldes.

  • Isa 46:6
    68%

    6They draw gold out of the bagge & weigh siluer in the balance, and hire a goldsmith to make a god of it, and they bowe downe, and worship it.

  • Isa 55:2
    68%

    2Wherefore doe ye lay out siluer and not for bread? and your labour without being satisfied? hearken diligently vnto me, and eate that which is good, and let your soule delite in fatnes.

  • Prov 1:13
    68%

    13We shall finde all precious riches, and fill our houses with spoyle: