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 you the word of the LORD: you say, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not your word against the house of Isaac.

And he said, Hear you therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD 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 the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah.

Therefore hear the word of the LORD, you scornful men, that rule this people who are in Jerusalem.

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

Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; The LORD has not sent you; but you make this people to trust in a lie.

General references

You shall not steal.

And if you sell anything unto your neighbor, or buy anything of your neighbor's hand, you shall not oppress one another:

You shall not oppress a hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of your brethren, or of your strangers that are in your land within your gates:

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

You have despised my holy things, and have profaned my sabbaths.

You 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; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?