Amos 8:4

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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

Now therefore hear thou the word of Jehovah: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac;

And Micaiah'said, Therefore hear thou the word of Jehovah: I saw Jehovah sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.

Hear the word of Jehovah, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.

Wherefore hear the word of Jehovah, ye scoffers, that rule this people that is in Jerusalem:

Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; that have eyes, and see not; that have ears, and hear not:

Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah: Jehovah hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust in a lie.

General references

Thou shalt not steal.

And if thou sell aught unto thy neighbor, or buy of thy neighbor's hand, ye shall not wrong one another.

Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy sojourners that are in thy land within thy gates:

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

Thou hast despised my holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.

Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.

that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the refuse of the wheat?