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Amos 8:4

Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land,

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ASV

Hear this, O ye that would swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,

KJV

Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,

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7 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
שִׁמְעוּ־shim.'u-hearH8085 →
זֹ֕אתzotthisH2063 →
הַשֹּׁאֲפִ֖יםha.sho.'a.FimO those [who] trample onH7602 →
אֶבְי֑וֹן'ev.Yon[the] needyH34 →
וְלַשְׁבִּ֖יתve.lash.Bitand to put an end toH7673 →
עֲנִיֵּיan.vei-[the] afflicted [people] ofH6041 →
אָֽרֶץ׃'A.retz[the] landH776 →

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Proverbs 30:14there is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from among men.Amos 5:11Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted.Psalms 14:4Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon the LORD.Isaiah 32:6–7For a fool speaks foolishness; his mind plots iniquity. He practices ungodliness and speaks falsely about the LORD; he leaves the hungry empty and deprives the thirsty of drink.Micah 2:2They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance.Psalms 12:5“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”Deuteronomy 24:14Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.Psalms 140:12I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.Amos 2:6–7This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Israel, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals.Jeremiah 51:34“Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me. He has set me aside like an empty vessel; he has swallowed me like a monster; he filled his belly with my delicacies and vomited me out.Matthew 23:13Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.James 5:6You have condemned and murdered the righteous, who did not resist you.Job 20:18He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading.Amos 8:6Let us buy the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the chaff with the wheat!”Amos 2:7They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the earth; they push the needy out of their way. A man and his father have relations with the same girl and so profane My holy name.Proverbs 22:7The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.Jeremiah 5:21“Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.1 Kings 22:19Micaiah continued, “Therefore hear 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 and on His left.

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