Amos 8:5

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Amos 8:5

saying,
“When will the new moon be over,
So that we may sell grain,
And the sabbath, that we may open the wheat market,
To make the bushel smaller and the shekel bigger,
And to cheat with dishonest scales,

Hosea 12:7

A merchant, in whose hands are false balances,
He loves to oppress.

2 Kings 4:23

He said, “Why will you go to him today? It is neither new moon nor sabbath.” And she said, “It will be well.”

Micah 6:10-11

“Is there yet a man in the wicked house,
Along with treasures of wickedness
And a short measure that is cursed?

Exodus 20:8-10

“Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

Leviticus 19:36

You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin; I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt.

Numbers 10:10

Also in the day of your gladness and in your appointed feasts, and on the first days of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; and they shall be as a reminder of you before your God. I am the Lord your God.”

Numbers 28:11-15

‘Then at the beginning of each of your months you shall present a burnt offering to the Lord: two bulls and one ram, seven male lambs one year old without defect;

Deuteronomy 25:13-16

“You shall not have in your bag differing weights, a large and a small.

Nehemiah 13:15-21

In those days I saw in Judah some who were treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sacks of grain and loading them on donkeys, as well as wine, grapes, figs and all kinds of loads, and they brought them into Jerusalem on the sabbath day. So I admonished them on the day they sold food.

Psalm 81:3-4

Blow the trumpet at the new moon,
At the full moon, on our feast day.

Proverbs 11:1

A false balance is an abomination to the Lord,
But a just weight is His delight.

Proverbs 16:11

A just balance and scales belong to the Lord;
All the weights of the bag are His concern.

Proverbs 20:23

Differing weights are an abomination to the Lord,
And a false scale is not good.

Isaiah 1:13

“Bring your worthless offerings no longer,
Incense is an abomination to Me.
New moon and sabbath, the calling of assemblies—
I cannot endure iniquity and the solemn assembly.

Isaiah 58:13

“If because of the sabbath, you turn your foot
From doing your own pleasure on My holy day,
And call the sabbath a delight, the holy day of the Lord honorable,
And honor it, desisting from your own ways,
From seeking your own pleasure
And speaking your own word,

Ezekiel 45:10-12

“You shall have just balances, a just ephah and a just bath.

Malachi 1:13

You also say, ‘My, how tiresome it is!’ And you disdainfully sniff at it,” says the Lord of hosts, “and you bring what was taken by robbery and what is lame or sick; so you bring the offering! Should I receive that from your hand?” says the Lord.

Romans 8:6-7

For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace,

Colossians 2:16

Therefore no one is to act as your judge in regard to food or drink or in respect to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day—

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Summary

Amos 8:5

Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?

When

Be gone

Malachi 1:13

And the

Making

Micah 6:10

Falsifying the balances by deceit

Hosea 12:7

General references

Ezekiel 45:10

Bible References

When

‘Then at the beginning of each of your months you shall present a burnt offering to the Lord: two bulls and one ram, seven male lambs one year old without defect;

He said, “Why will you go to him today? It is neither new moon nor sabbath.” And she said, “It will be well.”

Blow the trumpet at the new moon,
At the full moon, on our feast day.

“Bring your worthless offerings no longer,

Incense is an abomination to Me.

New moon and sabbath, the calling of assemblies—

I cannot endure iniquity and the solemn assembly.

Therefore no one is to

act as your judge in regard to food or drink or in respect to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day—

Be gone

And the

“Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace,

Making

You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin; I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt.

“You shall not have in your bag differing weights, a large and a small.

A false balance is an abomination to the Lord,
But a just weight is His delight.

A just balance and scales belong to the Lord;
All the weights of the bag are His concern.

Differing weights are an abomination to the Lord,

And a

false scale is not good.

“You shall have just balances, a just ephah and a just bath.

“Is there yet a man in the wicked house,
Along with treasures of wickedness
And a

short measure that is cursed?

Falsifying the balances by deceit

A merchant, in whose hands are false balances,
He loves to oppress.

General references

“You shall not steal.

If you make a sale, moreover, to your friend or buy from your friend’s hand, you shall not wrong one another.

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

You have despised My holy things and profaned My sabbaths.

“You shall have just balances, a just ephah and a just bath.