Amos 2:6

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.

Joel 3:3

and they cast lots for my people. They traded a boy for a prostitute; they sold a little girl for wine so they could drink.

2 Kings 18:12

This happened because they did not obey the Lord their God and broke his agreement with them. They did not pay attention to and obey all that Moses, the Lord's servant, had commanded.

Amos 5:11-12

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.

2 Kings 17:7-18

This happened because the Israelites sinned against the Lord their God, who brought them up from the land of Egypt and freed them from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They worshiped other gods;

Isaiah 5:22-23

Those who are champions at drinking wine are as good as dead, who display great courage when mixing strong drinks.

Isaiah 29:21

those who bear false testimony against a person, who entrap the one who arbitrates at the city gate and deprive the innocent of justice by making false charges.

Ezekiel 23:5-9

"Oholah engaged in prostitution while she was mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians -- warriors

Hosea 4:1-2

Hear the word of the Lord, you Israelites! For the Lord has a covenant lawsuit against the people of Israel. For there is neither faithfulness nor loyalty in the land, nor do they acknowledge God.

Hosea 4:11-14

Old and new wine take away the understanding of my people.

Hosea 7:7-10

All of them are blazing like an oven; they devour their rulers. All of their kings fall -- and none of them call on me!

Hosea 8:4-6

They enthroned kings without my consent! They appointed princes without my approval! They made idols out of their silver and gold, but they will be destroyed!

Hosea 13:2-3

Even now they persist in sin! They make metal images for themselves, idols that they skillfully fashion from their own silver; all of them are nothing but the work of craftsmen! There is a saying about them: "Those who sacrifice to the calf idol are calf kissers!"

Joel 3:6

You sold Judeans and Jerusalemites to the Greeks, removing them far from their own country.

Amos 6:3-7

You refuse to believe a day of disaster will come, but you establish a reign of violence.

Amos 8:4-6

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

Micah 3:2-3

yet you hate what is good, and love what is evil. You flay my people's skin and rip the flesh from their bones.

Micah 6:10-16

"I will not overlook, O sinful house, the dishonest gain you have hoarded away, or the smaller-than-standard measure I hate so much.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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;

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Because

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.
Amos 8:4
Listen to this, you who trample the needy, and do away with the destitute in the land.
Isaiah 5:22
Those who are champions at drinking wine are as good as dead, who display great courage when mixing strong drinks.
Isaiah 29:21
those who bear false testimony against a person, who entrap the one who arbitrates at the city gate and deprive the innocent of justice by making false charges.
Joel 3:3
and they cast lots for my people. They traded a boy for a prostitute; they sold a little girl for wine so they could drink.
Micah 3:2
yet you hate what is good, and love what is evil. You flay my people's skin and rip the flesh from their bones.

General references

Joel 3:3
and they cast lots for my people. They traded a boy for a prostitute; they sold a little girl for wine so they could drink.
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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