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
So, because of your trampling on the poor, and you take tribute of grain from him; you have built houses of carved stone, but you shall not dwell in them; you have planted desirable vineyards, but you shall not drink wine from them.
Amos 8:4
Hear this, you who trample the poor, even to make the humble of the land to fail,
Isaiah 5:22
Woe to those mighty to drink wine, and brave men to mix strong drink;
Isaiah 29:21
those who make a man guilty by a word, and lay a trap for the reprover in the gate, and turn aside the just for a worthless thing.
Joel 3:3
And they have cast lots for My people, and have given a boy for a prostitute, and sold a girl for wine, so that they might drink.
Micah 3:2
You who hate the good and love the evil; who pull their skin off them, and their flesh from their bones;