Amos 8:4

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

Psalm 14:4

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.

Proverbs 30:14

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

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.

1 Kings 22:19

Micaiah said, "That being the case, hear the word of the Lord. I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, with all the heavenly assembly standing on his right and on his left.

Psalm 12:5

"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."

Psalm 56:1

For the music director; according to the yonath-elem-rechovim 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.

Psalm 140:12

I know that the Lord defends the cause of the oppressed and vindicates the poor.

Isaiah 1:10

Listen to the Lord's word, you leaders of Sodom! Pay attention to our God's rebuke, people of Gomorrah!

Isaiah 28:14

Therefore, listen to the Lord's word, you who mock, you rulers of these people who reside in Jerusalem!

Isaiah 32:6-7

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.

Jeremiah 5:21

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:

Jeremiah 28:15

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

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.

Amos 7:16

So now listen to the Lord's message! You say, 'Don't prophesy against Israel! Don't preach against the family of Isaac!'

Matthew 23:13

"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.

James 5:6

You have condemned and murdered the righteous person, although he does not resist you.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,

Bible References

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Amos 7:16
So now listen to the Lord's message! You say, 'Don't prophesy against Israel! Don't preach against the family of Isaac!'
1 Kings 22:19
Micaiah said, "That being the case, hear the word of the Lord. I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, with all the heavenly assembly standing on his right and on his left.
Isaiah 1:10
Listen to the Lord's word, you leaders of Sodom! Pay attention to our God's rebuke, people of Gomorrah!
Isaiah 28:14
Therefore, listen to the Lord's word, you who mock, you rulers of these people who reside in Jerusalem!
Jeremiah 5:21
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:
Jeremiah 28:15
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!

General references

Exodus 20:15
"You shall not steal.
Leviticus 25:14
If you make a sale to your fellow citizen or buy from your fellow citizen, no one is to wrong his brother.
Deuteronomy 24:14
You must not oppress a lowly and poor servant, whether one from among your fellow Israelites or from the resident foreigners who are living in your land and villages.
Proverbs 4:17
For they eat bread gained from wickedness and drink wine obtained from violence.
Ezekiel 22:8
You have despised my holy things and desecrated my Sabbaths!
Ezekiel 45:10
You must use just balances, a just dry measure (an ephah), and a just liquid measure (a bath).
Amos 8:6
We're eager to trade silver for the poor, a pair of sandals for the needy! We want to mix in some chaff with the grain!"

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