Amos 5:12
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12 For I know how many are your transgressions
and how great are your sins—
you who afflict the righteous, who take a bribe
and push aside the needy in the gate.(A)
Amos 2:6-7
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Judgment on Israel
6 Thus says the Lord:
For three transgressions of Israel,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,[a]
because they sell the righteous for silver
and the needy for a pair of sandals—(A)
7 they who trample the head of the poor into the dust of the earth
and push the afflicted out of the way;
father and son go in to the same young woman,
so that my holy name is profaned;(B)
Footnotes
- 2.6 Heb cause it to return
Amos 5:10
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10 They hate the one who reproves in the gate,
and they abhor the one who speaks the truth.(A)
Isaiah 1:23
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23 Your princes are rebels
and companions of thieves.
Everyone loves a bribe
and runs after gifts.
They do not defend the orphan,
and the widow’s cause does not come before them.(A)
Malachi 3:5
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5 Then I will draw near to you for judgment; I will be swift to bear witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired workers in their wages, the widow, and the orphan, against those who thrust aside the alien and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.(A)
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1 Samuel 8:3
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3 Yet his sons did not follow in his ways but turned aside after gain; they took bribes and perverted justice.(A)
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James 5:6
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6 You have condemned and murdered the righteous one, who does not resist you.
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James 5:4
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4 Listen! The wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.(A)
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Hebrews 4:12-13
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12 Indeed, the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing until it divides soul from spirit, joints from marrow; it is able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.(A) 13 And before him no creature is hidden, but all are naked and laid bare to the eyes of the one to whom we must render an account.(B)
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Acts 7:52
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52 Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, and now you have become his betrayers and murderers.(A)
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Acts 3:13-14
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13 The God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob,[a] the God of our ancestors, has glorified his servant[b] Jesus, whom you handed over and rejected in the presence of Pilate, though he had decided to release him.(A) 14 But you rejected the holy and righteous[c] one and asked to have a murderer given to you,(B)
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Micah 7:3
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3 Their hands are skilled to do evil;
the official and the judge ask for a bribe,
and the powerful dictate what they desire;
thus they pervert justice.[a](A)
Footnotes
- 7.3 Cn: Heb they weave it
Micah 3:11
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11 Its rulers give judgment for a bribe;
its priests teach for a price;
its prophets give oracles for money;
yet they lean upon the Lord and say,
“Surely the Lord is with us!
No harm shall come upon us.”(A)
Amos 2:16
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16 and those who are stout of heart among the mighty
shall flee away naked on that day,
says the Lord.(A)
Lamentations 3:34
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34 When all the prisoners of the land
are crushed under foot,
Jeremiah 29:23
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23 because they have perpetrated outrage in Israel and have committed adultery with their neighbors’ wives and have spoken in my name lying words that I did not command them; I am the one who knows and bears witness, says the Lord.(A)
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Isaiah 66:18
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18 for I know[a] their works and their thoughts.
I am[b] coming to gather all nations and tongues, and they shall come and shall see my glory,(A)
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Isaiah 47:9
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9 both these things shall come upon you
in a moment, in one day:
the loss of children and widowhood
shall come upon you in full measure,
in spite of your many sorceries
and the great power of your enchantments.(A)
Isaiah 33:15
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15 Those who walk righteously and speak uprightly,
who despise the gain of oppression,
who wave away a bribe instead of accepting it,
who stop their ears from hearing of bloodshed
and shut their eyes from looking on evil,
Isaiah 29:21
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21 those who cause a person to lose a lawsuit,
who set a trap for the arbiter in the gate
and undermine justice for the one in the right.(A)
Isaiah 10:2
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2 to turn aside the needy from justice
and to rob the poor of my people of their right,
to make widows their spoil
and to plunder orphans!(A)
Isaiah 5:23
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23 who acquit the guilty for a bribe
and deprive the innocent of their rights!(A)
Proverbs 22:22
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22 Do not rob the poor because they are poor
or crush the afflicted at the gate,(A)
Psalm 26:9-10
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9 Do not sweep me away with sinners
nor my life with the bloodthirsty,(A)
10 those in whose hands are evil devices
and whose right hands are full of bribes.(B)
Job 31:21
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21 if I have raised my hand against the orphan
because I saw I had supporters at the gate;(A)
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