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;
Bible References
Because
Amos 5:11
Forasmuch 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.
Amos 8:4
Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, and cut off the poor of the land,
Isaiah 5:22
Woe unto those that are mighty to drink wine and men of strength to mingle strong drink;
Isaiah 29:21
Those that made men to sin in word; those that laid a snare for him that reproved in the gate, and turned that which is just into vanity.
Joel 3:3
And they have cast lots for my people and have given a boy for a harlot and sold a girl for wine that they might drink.
Micah 3:2
Who hate the good, and love the evil, who steal their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;