Amos 2:6

The Lord says:

I will not relent from punishing Israel
for three crimes, even four,
because they sell a righteous person for silver
and a needy person for a pair of sandals.

Joel 3:3

They cast lots for My people;
they bartered a boy for a prostitute
and sold a girl for wine to drink.

2 Kings 18:12

because they did not listen to the voice of the Lord their God but violated His covenant—all He had commanded Moses the servant of the Lord. They did not listen, and they did not obey.

Therefore, because you trample on the poor
and exact a grain tax from him,
you will never live in the houses of cut stone
you have built;
you will never drink the wine
from the lush vineyards
you have planted.

2 Kings 17:7-18

This disaster happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt and because they had worshiped other gods.

Isaiah 5:22-23

Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine,
who are fearless at mixing beer,

Isaiah 29:21

those who, with their speech,
accuse a person of wrongdoing,
who set a trap at the gate for the mediator,
and without cause deprive the righteous of justice.

Ezekiel 23:5-9

“Oholah acted like a prostitute even though she was Mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians: warriors

Hosea 4:1-2

Hear the word of the Lord, people of Israel,
for the Lord has a case
against the inhabitants of the land:
There is no truth, no faithful love,
and no knowledge of God in the land!

Hosea 4:11-14

Promiscuity, wine, and new wine
take away one’s understanding.

Hosea 7:7-10

All of them are as hot as an oven,
and they consume their rulers.
All their kings fall;
not one of them calls on Me.

Hosea 8:4-6

They have installed kings,
but not through Me.
They have appointed leaders,
but without My approval.
They make their silver and gold
into idols for themselves
for their own destruction.

Hosea 13:2-3

Now they continue to sin
and make themselves a cast image,
idols skillfully made from their silver,
all of them the work of craftsmen.
People say about them,
“Let the men who sacrifice kiss the calves.”

Joel 3:6

You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks to remove them far from their own territory.

Amos 6:3-7

You dismiss any thought of the evil day
and bring in a reign of violence.

Amos 8:4-6

Hear this, you who trample on the needy
and do away with the poor of the land,

Micah 3:2-3

You hate good and love evil.
You tear off people’s skin
and strip their flesh from their bones.

Micah 6:10-16

Are there still the treasures of wickedness
and the accursed short measure
in the house of the wicked?

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Summary

Amos 2:6

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;

Because

General references

Joel 3:3

Amos 8:6

Bible References

Because

Hear this, you who trample on the needy
and do away with the poor of the land,

Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine,
who are fearless at mixing beer,

those who, with their speech,
accuse a person of wrongdoing,
who set a trap at the gate for the mediator,
and without cause deprive the righteous of justice.

They cast lots for My people;
they bartered a boy for a prostitute
and sold a girl for wine to drink.

You hate good and love evil.
You tear off people’s skin
and strip their flesh from their bones.

General references

They cast lots for My people;
they bartered a boy for a prostitute
and sold a girl for wine to drink.

We can buy the poor with silver
and the needy for a pair of sandals
and even sell the chaff!”