Amos 8:5 Cross References

Amos 8:5

5: You can't wait for the Sabbath day to be over and the religious festivals to end so you can get back to cheating the helpless. You measure out your grain in false measures and weigh it out on dishonest scales.

Micah 6:10

  1. Will there be no end of your getting rich by cheating? The homes of the wicked are filled with treasures gained by dishonestly measuring out grain in short measures.
  2. And how can I tolerate all your merchants who use dishonest scales and weights?

Hosea 12:7

  1. But no, the people are like crafty merchants selling from dishonest scales--they love to cheat.

Deuteronomy 25:13

  1. "You must use accurate scales when you weigh out merchandise,
  2. and you must use full and honest measures.
  3. Yes, use honest weights and measures, so that you will enjoy a long life in the land the LORD your God is giving you.
  4. Those who cheat with dishonest weights and measures are detestable to the LORD your God.

Nehemiah 13:15

  1. One Sabbath day I saw some men of Judah treading their winepresses. They were also bringing in bundles of grain and loading them on their donkeys. And on that day they were bringing their wine, grapes, figs, and all sorts of produce to Jerusalem to sell. So I rebuked them for selling their produce on the Sabbath.
  2. There were also some men from Tyre bringing in fish and all kinds of merchandise. They were selling it on the Sabbath to the people of Judah--and in Jerusalem at that!
  3. So I confronted the leaders of Judah, "Why are you profaning the Sabbath in this evil way?
  4. Wasn't it enough that your ancestors did this sort of thing, so that our God brought the present troubles upon us and our city? Now you are bringing even more wrath upon the people of Israel by permitting the Sabbath to be desecrated in this way!"
  5. So I commanded that from then on the gates of the city should be shut as darkness fell every Friday evening, not to be opened until the Sabbath ended. I also sent some of my own servants to guard the gates so that no merchandise could be brought in on the Sabbath day.

Proverbs 11:1

  1. The LORD hates cheating, but he delights in honesty.

Isaiah 1:13

  1. The incense you bring me is a stench in my nostrils! Your celebrations of the new moon and the Sabbath day, and your special days for fasting--even your most pious meetings--are all sinful and false. I want nothing more to do with them.

Numbers 10:10

  1. Blow the trumpets in times of gladness, too, sounding them at your annual festivals and at the beginning of each month to rejoice over your burnt offerings and peace offerings. The trumpets will remind the LORD your God of his covenant with you. I am the LORD your God."

Proverbs 16:11

  1. The LORD demands fairness in every business deal; he sets the standard.

Exodus 20:8

  1. "Remember to observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.
  2. Six days a week are set apart for your daily duties and regular work,
  3. but the seventh day is a day of rest dedicated to the LORD your God. On that day no one in your household may do any kind of work. This includes you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, your livestock, and any foreigners living among you.

Psalms 81:3

  1. Sound the trumpet for a sacred feast when the moon is new, when the moon is full.
  2. For this is required by the laws of Israel; it is a law of the God of Jacob.

2 Kings 4:23

  1. "Why today?" he asked. "It is neither a new moon festival nor a Sabbath." But she said, "It's all right."

Leviticus 19:36

  1. Your scales and weights must be accurate. Your containers for measuring dry goods or liquids must be accurate. I, the LORD, am your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

Proverbs 20:23

  1. The LORD despises double standards; he is not pleased by dishonest scales.

Ezekiel 45:10

  1. You must use only honest weights and scales, honest dry volume measures, and honest liquid volume measures.
  2. The homer will be your standard unit for measuring volume. The ephah and the bath will each measure one-tenth of a homer.
  3. The standard unit for weight will be the silver shekel. One shekel consists of twenty gerahs, and sixty shekels are equal to one mina.

Isaiah 58:13

  1. "Keep the Sabbath day holy. Don't pursue your own interests on that day, but enjoy the Sabbath and speak of it with delight as the LORD's holy day. Honor the LORD in everything you do, and don't follow your own desires or talk idly. If you do this,

Numbers 28:11

  1. "On the first day of each month, present an extra burnt offering to the LORD of two young bulls, one ram, and seven one-year-old male lambs, all with no physical defects.
  2. These will be accompanied by grain offerings of choice flour mixed with olive oil--five quarts with each bull, three quarts with the ram,
  3. and two quarts with each lamb. This burnt offering must be presented by fire, and it will be very pleasing to the LORD.
  4. You must also give a drink offering with each sacrifice: two quarts of wine with each bull, two and a half pints for the ram, and one quart for each lamb. Present this monthly burnt offering on the first day of each month throughout the year.
  5. "Also, on the first day of each month you must offer one male goat for a sin offering to the LORD. This is in addition to the regular daily burnt offering and its accompanying drink offering.

Colossians 2:16

  1. So don't let anyone condemn you for what you eat or drink, or for not celebrating certain holy days or new-moon ceremonies or Sabbaths.

Malachi 1:13

  1. You say, `It's too hard to serve the LORD,' and you turn up your noses at his commands," says the LORD Almighty. "Think of it! Animals that are stolen and mutilated, crippled and sick--presented as offerings! Should I accept from you such offerings as these?" asks the LORD.

Romans 8:6

  1. If your sinful nature controls your mind, there is death. But if the Holy Spirit controls your mind, there is life and peace.
  2. For the sinful nature is always hostile to God. It never did obey God's laws, and it never will.
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