Amos 8:4

"Hear this, you who are swallowing up the needy, who intend to make the poor of the land fail,

Psalm 14:4

Will those who do evil ever learn? They devour my people like they devour bread, and never call on the LORD.

Proverbs 30:14

Some people have swords for teeth and knives for fangs to devour the afflicted from the earth and the needy from among mankind.

Amos 5:11

"Therefore, since you trample the poor continuously, taxing his grain, building houses of stone in which you won't live and planting fine vineyards from which you won't drink

But Micaiah responded, "Therefore, listen to what the LORD has to say. I saw the LORD, sitting on his throne, and the entire Heavenly Army was standing around him on his right hand and on his left hand.

Psalm 12:5

"Because the poor are being oppressed, because the needy are sighing, I will now arise," says the LORD, "I will establish in safety those who yearn for it."

Psalm 56:1

Have mercy on me, God, because men have harassed me. Those who oppress me have fought against me all day long.

Psalm 140:12

I know that the LORD will act on behalf of the tormented, providing justice for the needy.

Isaiah 1:10

"Listen to what the LORD says, you rulers of Sodom, and pay attention to the teaching of our God, you people of Gomorrah!

Isaiah 28:14

"Therefore hear the message from the LORD, you scoffers who rule this people that are in Jerusalem.

Isaiah 32:6-7

For fools utter contempt, and their minds plot wrong things: practicing ungodliness, spreading lies about the LORD, leaving the pangs of hungry people unsatisfied, and depriving thirsty people of drink.

Jeremiah 5:21

"Hear this, you foolish and stupid people: They have eyes, but don't see; they have ears, but don't hear.

Jeremiah 28:15

The prophet Jeremiah told the prophet Hananiah, "Listen, Hananiah! The LORD didn't send you, and you are causing these people to trust in a lie.

Amos 2:6-7

This is what the LORD says: "For three transgressions of Israel and now for a fourth I will not turn away; because they sold the righteous for money, and the poor for sandals,

Amos 7:16

"Very well then, hear this message from the LORD: "You are saying, "Don't prophesy against Israel, and don't preach against the house of Isaac."

Matthew 23:13

"How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the door to the kingdom from heaven in people's faces. You don't go in yourselves, and you don't allow those who are trying to enter to go in.

James 5:6

You have condemned and murdered the one who is righteous, even though he did not rebel against you.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Amos 8:4

Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,

Hear

General references

Amos 8:6

Bible References

Hear

"Very well then, hear this message from the LORD: "You are saying, "Don't prophesy against Israel, and don't preach against the house of Isaac."

"Listen to what the LORD says, you rulers of Sodom, and pay attention to the teaching of our God, you people of Gomorrah!

"Therefore hear the message from the LORD, you scoffers who rule this people that are in Jerusalem.

"Hear this, you foolish and stupid people: They have eyes, but don't see; they have ears, but don't hear.

The prophet Jeremiah told the prophet Hananiah, "Listen, Hananiah! The LORD didn't send you, and you are causing these people to trust in a lie.

General references

"You are not to steal.

So if you had sold property to a neighbor or had acquired land from your neighbor, you are not to cheat one another.

Don't take advantage of a hired person who is poor and needy, whether he's your fellow citizen or a foreigner who lives in your city.

For they eat the bread of wickedness, and they drink the wine of violence.

"""You have despised my sacred things and profaned my Sabbaths.

"You're to use an honest scale, an honest dry measure, and an honest liquid measure!

buying the poor for cash, and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling chaff mixed in with the wheat.'