Amos 8:4

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Listen to this, you who trample the needy, and do away with the destitute in the land.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 14:4 : 4 All those who behave wickedly do not understand– those who devour my people as if they were eating bread, and do not call out to the LORD.
  • Prov 30:14 : 14 There is a generation whose teeth are like swords and whose molars are like knives to devour the poor from the earth and the needy from among the human race.
  • Amos 5:11 : 11 Therefore, because you make the poor pay taxes on their crops and exact a grain tax from them, you will not live in the houses you built with chiseled stone, nor will you drink the wine from the fine vineyards you planted.
  • Amos 7:16 : 16 So now listen to the LORD’s message! You say,‘Don’t prophesy against Israel! Don’t preach against the family of Isaac!’
  • Matt 23:13 : 13 “But woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You keep locking people out of the kingdom of heaven! For you neither enter nor permit those trying to enter to go in.
  • Jas 5:6 : 6 You have condemned and murdered the righteous person, although he does not resist you.
  • Isa 1:10 : 10 Listen to the LORD’s message, you leaders of Sodom! Pay attention to our God’s rebuke, people of Gomorrah!
  • Isa 28:14 : 14 The Lord Will Judge Jerusalem Therefore, listen to the LORD’s message, you who mock, you rulers of these people who reside in Jerusalem!
  • Isa 32:6-7 : 6 For a fool speaks disgraceful things; his mind plans out sinful deeds. He commits godless deeds and says misleading things about the LORD; he gives the hungry nothing to satisfy their appetite and gives the thirsty nothing to drink. 7 A deceiver’s methods are evil; he dreams up evil plans to ruin the poor with lies, even when the needy are in the right.
  • Jer 5:21 : 21 Tell them:‘Hear this, you foolish people who have no understanding, who have eyes but do not discern, who have ears but do not perceive:
  • Jer 28:15 : 15 Then the prophet Jeremiah told the prophet Hananiah,“Listen, Hananiah! The LORD did not send you! You are making these people trust in a lie!
  • Amos 2:6-7 : 6 God Will Judge Israel This is what the LORD says:“Because Israel has committed three covenant transgressions– make that four!– I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They sold the innocent for silver, the needy for a pair of sandals. 7 They trample on the dirt-covered heads of the poor; they push the destitute away. A man and his father go to the same girl; in this way they show disrespect for my moral purity.
  • Ps 56:1 : 1 For the music director; according to the yonath-elem-rekhoqim style; a prayer of David, written when the Philistines captured him in Gath. Have mercy on me, O God, for men are attacking me! All day long hostile enemies are tormenting me.
  • Ps 140:12 : 12 I know that the LORD defends the cause of the oppressed and vindicates the poor.
  • 1 Kgs 22:19 : 19 Micaiah said,“That being the case, listen to the LORD’s message. I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, with all the heavenly assembly standing beside him on his right and on his left.
  • Ps 12:5 : 5 “Because of the violence done to the oppressed, because of the painful cries of the needy, I will spring into action,” says the LORD.“I will provide the safety they so desperately desire.”

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    5You say,“When will the new moon festival be over, so we can sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, so we can open up the grain bins? We’re eager to sell less for a higher price, and to cheat the buyer with rigged scales!

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  • Isa 10:1-2
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    1Beware, those who enact unjust policies, those who are always instituting unfair regulations,

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  • Amos 4:1-2
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    1Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan who live on Mount Samaria! You oppress the poor; you crush the needy. You say to your husbands,“Bring us more to drink!”

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    3They drive away the orphan’s donkey; they take the widow’s ox as a pledge.

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  • Amos 5:11-12
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    11Therefore, because you make the poor pay taxes on their crops and exact a grain tax from them, you will not live in the houses you built with chiseled stone, nor will you drink the wine from the fine vineyards you planted.

    12Certainly I am aware of your many rebellious acts and your numerous sins. You torment the innocent, you take bribes, and you deny justice to the needy at the city gate.

  • Isa 3:14-15
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    15Why do you crush my people and grind the faces of the poor?” The Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies has spoken.

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    29The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have wronged the poor and needy; they have oppressed the resident foreigner and denied them justice.

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    16The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich– both end up only in poverty.

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    3A poor person who oppresses the weak is like a driving rain without food.

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    9The fatherless child is snatched from the breast, the infant of the poor is taken as a pledge.

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    5The hungry eat up his harvest, and take it even from behind the thorns, and the thirsty pant for their wealth.

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    7They trample on the dirt-covered heads of the poor; they push the destitute away. A man and his father go to the same girl; in this way they show disrespect for my moral purity.

  • Prov 22:22
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    22Do not exploit a poor person because he is poor and do not crush the needy in court,

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    9Listen to this, you leaders of the family of Jacob, you rulers of the nation of Israel! You hate justice and pervert all that is right.

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    6For a fool speaks disgraceful things; his mind plans out sinful deeds. He commits godless deeds and says misleading things about the LORD; he gives the hungry nothing to satisfy their appetite and gives the thirsty nothing to drink.

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    13The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too will cry out and will not be answered.

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    27Yes, you would gamble for the fatherless, and auction off your friend.

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    11Wail, you who live in the market district, for all the merchants will disappear and those who count money will be removed.

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    12They take bribes within you to shed blood. You engage in usury and charge interest; you extort money from your neighbors. You have forgotten me, declares the Sovereign LORD.

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    4The LORD my God says this:“Shepherd the flock set aside for slaughter.

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