Amos 2:7

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Amos 2:7

Crushing the head of the poor, and turning the steps of the gentle out of the way: and a man and his father go in to the same young woman, putting shame on my holy name:

Amos 5:12

For I have seen how your evil-doing is increased and how strong are your sins, you troublers of the upright, who take rewards and do wrong to the cause of the poor in the public place.

Isaiah 10:2

Who do wrong to the poor in their cause, and take away the right of the crushed among my people, so that they may have the property of widows, and get under their power those who have no father.

Ezekiel 22:11

And in you one man has done what was disgusting with his neighbour's wife; and another has made his daughter-in-law unclean; and another has done wrong to his sister, his father's daughter.

Micah 2:2

They have a desire for fields and take them by force; and for houses and take them away: they are cruel to a man and his family, even to a man and his heritage.

Micah 2:9

The women of my people you have been driving away from their dearly loved children; from their young ones you are taking my glory for ever.

1 Corinthians 5:1

It is said, in fact, that there is among you a sin of the flesh, such as is not seen even among the Gentiles, that one of you has his father's wife.

Leviticus 18:8

And you may not have sex relations with your father's wife: she is your father's.

Leviticus 18:15

Or with your daughter-in-law, for she is your son's wife, and you may not take her.

Leviticus 20:3

And my face will be turned against that man, and he will be cut off from his people; because he has given his offspring to Molech, making my holy place unclean, and making my holy name common.

2 Samuel 12:14

But still, because you have had no respect for the Lord, death will certainly overtake the child who has newly come to birth.

So Ahab came into his house bitter and angry because Naboth the Jezreelite had said to him, I will not give you the heritage of my fathers. And stretching himself on the bed with his face turned away, he would take no food.

Proverbs 28:21

It is not good to have respect for a man's position: for a man will do wrong for a bit of bread.

Ezekiel 36:20

And when they came among the nations, wherever they went, they made my holy name unclean, when it was said of them, These are the people of the Lord who have gone out from his land.

Amos 4:1

Give ear to this word, you cows of Bashan, who are in the hill of Samaria, by whom the poor are kept down, and those in need are crushed; who say to their lords, Get out the wine and give us drink.

Amos 8:4

Give ear to this, you who are crushing the poor, and whose purpose is to put an end to those who are in need in the land,

Micah 7:2-3

The good man is gone from the earth, there is no one upright among men: they are all waiting secretly for blood, every man is going after his brother with a net.

Zephaniah 3:3

Her rulers are like loud-voiced lions in her; her judges are wolves of the evening, crushing up the bones before the morning.

Romans 2:24

For the name of God is shamed among the Gentiles because of you, as it is said in the holy Writings.

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Summary

Amos 2:7

That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:

Pant

And turn

Amos 5:12

Isaiah 10:2

And a

Leviticus 18:8

Ezekiel 22:11

1 Corinthians 5:1

To profane

General references

Bible References

Pant

Give ear to this word, you cows of Bashan, who are in the hill of Samaria, by whom the poor are kept down, and those in need are crushed; who say to their lords, Get out the wine and give us drink.

It is not good to have respect for a man's position: for a man will do wrong for a bit of bread.

They have a desire for fields and take them by force; and for houses and take them away: they are cruel to a man and his family, even to a man and his heritage.

The good man is gone from the earth, there is no one upright among men: they are all waiting secretly for blood, every man is going after his brother with a net.

Her rulers are like loud-voiced lions in her; her judges are wolves of the evening, crushing up the bones before the morning.

And turn

For I have seen how your evil-doing is increased and how strong are your sins, you troublers of the upright, who take rewards and do wrong to the cause of the poor in the public place.

Who do wrong to the poor in their cause, and take away the right of the crushed among my people, so that they may have the property of widows, and get under their power those who have no father.

And a

And you may not have sex relations with your father's wife: she is your father's.

And in you one man has done what was disgusting with his neighbour's wife; and another has made his daughter-in-law unclean; and another has done wrong to his sister, his father's daughter.

It is said, in fact, that there is among you a sin of the flesh, such as is not seen even among the Gentiles, that one of you has his father's wife.

To profane

And my face will be turned against that man, and he will be cut off from his people; because he has given his offspring to Molech, making my holy place unclean, and making my holy name common.

But still, because you have had no respect for the Lord, death will certainly overtake the child who has newly come to birth.

And when they came among the nations, wherever they went, they made my holy name unclean, when it was said of them, These are the people of the Lord who have gone out from his land.

For the name of God is shamed among the Gentiles because of you, as it is said in the holy Writings.

General references

And you may not have sex relations with your father's wife: she is your father's.

And the man who has sex relations with his father's wife has put shame on his father: the two of them are to be put to death; their blood will be on them.

Do not be hard on a servant who is poor and in need, if he is one of your countrymen or a man from another nation living with you in your land.

Cursed is he who has sex relations with his father's wife, for he has put shame on his father. And let all the people say, So be it.