Cross references

Amos 5:12

For I know that your transgressions are many

and your sins are numerous.

You oppress the righteous by taking bribes;

you deprive the poor of justice in the gate.

Amos 5:12 BSB

Amos 5:12 has 29 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 3 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Amos 2:6–7 (6 votes) and Amos 5:10 (5 votes). 38 other verses point back to it. It links with 23 other books, from Genesis 34 to James 5.

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Which verses does Amos 5:12 point to?

The 20 strongest of 29, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. This 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. They 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.

  2. Amos 5:105 votes

    There are those who hate the one who reproves in the gate and despise him who speaks with integrity.

  3. Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.

  4. But his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside toward dishonest gain, accepting bribes and perverting justice.

  5. Do not take my soul away with sinners, or my life with men of bloodshed, in whose hands are wicked schemes, whose right hands are full of bribes.

  6. “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.

  7. Acts 7:523 votes

    Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—

  8. James 5:43 votes

    Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.

  9. You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.

  10. And when many troubles and afflictions have come upon them, this song will testify against them, because it will not be forgotten from the lips of their descendants. For I know their inclination, even before I bring them into the land that I swore to give them.”

  11. Ruth 4:12 votes
  12. Job 31:212 votes
  13. those who indict a man with a word, who ensnare the mediator at the gate, and who with false charges deprive the innocent of justice.

Which verses point to Amos 5:12?

The 10 strongest of 38.