Amos 8:4
Hear this, you who trample down the needy, and do away with the poor of the land,
Psalm 14:4
Have all the workers of wickedness and injustice no knowledge,
Who eat up my people as they eat bread,
And do not call upon the Lord?
Proverbs 30:14
There is a generation (class of people) whose teeth are like swords
And whose jaw teeth are like knives,
To devour the afflicted from the earth
And the needy from among men.
Amos 5:11
Therefore, because you impose heavy rent on the poor
And demand a tribute (food-tax) of grain from them,
Though you have built [luxurious] houses of square stone,
You will not live in them;
You have planted beautiful vineyards, but you will not drink their wine.
1 Kings 22:19
Micaiah said, “Therefore, hear the word of the Lord. I saw the Lord sitting on His throne, and all the host (army) of heaven standing by Him on His right hand and on His left.
Psalm 12:5
“Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy,
Now I will arise,” says the Lord; “I will place him in the safety for which he longs.”
Psalm 56:1
All day long the adversary oppresses and torments me.
Psalm 140:12
I know [with confidence] that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted,
And [will secure] justice for the poor.
Isaiah 1:10
Hear the word of the Lord [rulers of Jerusalem],
You rulers of [another] Sodom,
Listen to the law and instruction of our God,
You people of [another] Gomorrah.
Isaiah 28:14
Therefore, hear the word of the Lord, you arrogant men
Who rule this people who are in Jerusalem!
Isaiah 32:6-7
For the fool speaks nonsense,
And his heart (mind) plans wickedness:
To practice ungodliness and to speak error concerning the Lord,
To keep the craving of the hungry unsatisfied
And to deprive the thirsty of drink.
Jeremiah 5:21
‘Now hear this, O foolish people without heart,
Who have eyes but do not see,
Who have ears but do not hear.
Jeremiah 28:15
Then the prophet Jeremiah said to Hananiah the prophet, “Listen now, Hananiah, the Lord has not sent you, and you have made this people trust in a lie.
Amos 2:6-7
Thus says the Lord,
“For three transgressions of Israel and for four (multiplied delinquencies)
I will not reverse its punishment or revoke My word concerning it,
Because they sell the righteous and innocent for silver
And the needy for the price of a pair of sandals.
Amos 7:16
Now therefore, listen to the word of the Lord: You say, ‘You shall not prophesy against Israel nor shall you speak against the house of Isaac.’
Matthew 23:13
James 5:6
You have condemned and have put to death the righteous man; he offers you no resistance.
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Hear
Hear the word of the Lord [rulers of Jerusalem],
You rulers of [another] Sodom,
Listen to the law and instruction of our God,
You people of [another] Gomorrah.
Therefore, hear the word of the Lord, you arrogant men
Who rule this people who are in Jerusalem!
‘Now hear this, O foolish people without heart,
Who have eyes but do not see,
Who have ears but do not hear.
General references
For they eat the bread of wickedness
And drink the wine of violence.
So that we may buy the poor [as slaves] for silver [since they are unable to support themselves]
And the
And that we may sell the leftovers of the wheat [as if it were a good grade of grain]?”