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Amos 3:10

“For they know not how to do right,” declares the LORD. “They store up violence and destruction in their citadels.”

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ASV

For they know not to do right, saith Jehovah, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.

KJV

For they know not to do right, saith the Lord, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.

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10 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-and notH3808 →
יָדְע֥וּya.de.'Uthey knowH3045 →
עֲשׂוֹת־'a.sot-to doH6213 →
נְכֹחָ֖הne.kho.ChahstraightforwardnessH5229 →
נְאֻם־ne.'um-[the] utterance ofH5002 →
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
הָאֽוֹצְרִ֛יםha.'otz.Rimthose [who] store upH686 →
חָמָ֥סcha.MasviolenceH2555 →
וָשֹׁ֖דva.Shodand devastationH7701 →
בְּאַרְמְנֽוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃ פbe.'ar.me.No.tei.Hemin fortresses theirH759 →

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Jeremiah 4:22“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”Zephaniah 1:9On that day I will punish all who leap over the threshold, who fill the house of their master with violence and deceit.Micah 6:10Can I forget any longer, O house of the wicked, the treasures of wickedness and the short ephah, which is accursed?Exodus 20:15You shall not steal.Zechariah 5:3–4Then he told me, “This is the curse that is going out over the face of all the land, for according to one side of the scroll, every thief will be removed; and according to the other side, every perjurer will be removed.Psalms 14:4Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon the LORD.Amos 6:3You dismiss the day of calamity and bring near a reign of violence.Ezekiel 22:29The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy and have exploited the foreign resident without justice.Ezekiel 18:7He does not oppress another, but restores the pledge to the debtor. He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.Jeremiah 5:4Then I said, “They are only the poor; they have played the fool, for they do not know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.Amos 6:12“Do horses gallop on the cliffs? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—2 Peter 3:5But they deliberately overlook the fact that long ago by God’s word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water,Amos 5:7There are those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground.Habakkuk 2:8–11Because you have plundered many nations, the remnant of the people will plunder you—because of your bloodshed against man and your violence against the land, the city, and all their dwellers.James 5:3–4Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days.Leviticus 6:4once he has sinned and becomes guilty, he must return what he has stolen or taken by extortion, or the deposit entrusted to him, or the lost property he found,Romans 2:5But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.Ezekiel 8:17“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see this? Is it not enough for the house of Judah to commit the abominations they are practicing here, that they must also fill the land with violence and continually provoke Me to anger? Look, they are even putting the branch to their nose!

About Amos

The Prophet Amos — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Amos — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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