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
Therefore, because you trample on [the] poor and you take a grain tax from them, you built houses of dressed stone, but you will not live in them. You built vineyards of delightfulness, but you will not drink their wine.
Amos 8:4
Hear this, those who trample on [the] poor and who annihilate the afflicted of [the] land,
Isaiah 5:22
Ah! Heroes at drinking wine, and men of capability at mixing strong drink!
Isaiah 29:21
those who mislead a person into sin with a word and set a trap for the {arbitrator} in the gate and guide away [the] righteous by emptiness.
Joel 3:3
For my people they cast lots, and {they traded} the male child for the prostitute, and the female child they sold for wine and they drank [it].
Micah 3:2
[Those of you who are] haters of good and lovers of evil, [who] tear their skin from them and their flesh from their bones,
General references
Joel 3:3
For my people they cast lots, and {they traded} the male child for the prostitute, and the female child they sold for wine and they drank [it].
Amos 8:6
{That we can} buy [the] powerless with silver and [the] poor for the sake of a pair of sandals, and we can sell the waste of the grain?"