Amos 8:6

King James Version 1611 (Original)

That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?

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  • Amos 2:6 : 6 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;
  • Amos 8:4 : 4 Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
  • Lev 25:39-42 : 39 And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant: 40 But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubile: 41 And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return. 42 For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.
  • Neh 5:1-5 : 1 And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews. 2 For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live. 3 Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth. 4 There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards. 5 Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.
  • Neh 5:8 : 8 And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer.
  • Joel 3:3 : 3 And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.
  • Joel 3:6 : 6 The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Amos 8:4-5
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    4Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,

    5Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?

  • Amos 2:6-7
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    76%

    6Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;

    7That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:

  • Isa 10:2
    74%

    2To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!

  • Isa 3:14-15
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    72%

    14The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses.

    15What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.

  • 2 Kgs 7:16
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    16And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.

  • Amos 5:11
    72%

    11Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.

  • Lam 5:4
    72%

    4We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.

  • Ps 44:12
    72%

    12Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.

  • Neh 5:8
    71%

    8And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer.

  • Joel 3:8
    71%

    8And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for the LORD hath spoken it.

  • Neh 5:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live.

    3Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.

  • Deut 2:6
    70%

    6Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink.

  • Isa 26:6
    70%

    6The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.

  • Ezek 13:19
    70%

    19And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear your lies?

  • Job 24:10
    70%

    10They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;

  • Zech 11:5
    70%

    5Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be the LORD; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not.

  • Mic 6:10-11
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    70%

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

    11Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?

  • Amos 4:1
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    1Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.

  • Joel 3:3-6
    4 verses
    70%

    3And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.

    4Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head;

    5Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things:

    6The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border.

  • Hag 1:6
    70%

    6Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.

  • Isa 58:7
    69%

    7Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?

  • 2 Kgs 7:1
    69%

    1Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold 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 midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.

  • Ruth 4:8
    69%

    8Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he drew off his shoe.

  • Hos 12:7
    69%

    7He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.

  • Zeph 1:11
    69%

    11Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.

  • Job 22:6
    69%

    6For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

  • Neh 10:31
    69%

    31And if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day: and that we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.

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    69%

    3For thus saith the LORD, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money.

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    68%

    4They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.

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    68%

    11The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us.

  • Neh 5:5
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    5Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.

  • Ezek 7:12
    68%

    12The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn: for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.

  • Prov 11:26
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    26He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.

  • Lam 5:6
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    6We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.

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    27Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.

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    68%

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    68%

    19They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.

  • Mic 2:4
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    4In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath divided our fields.

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    68%

    6They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.

  • Isa 55:2
    68%

    2Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

  • Prov 1:13
    68%

    13We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil: