Cross references
Amos 8:5
asking, “When will the New Moon be over,
that we may sell grain?
When will the Sabbath end,
that we may market wheat?
Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel;
let us cheat with dishonest scales.
- a Or Let us reduce the measure and increase the price
Amos 8:5 has 19 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 10 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Nehemiah 13:15–21 (8 votes) and Hosea 12:7 (7 votes). 42 other verses point back to it. It links with 27 other books, from Exodus 20 to James 2.
Which verses does Amos 8:5 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Nehemiah 13:15–218 votes
In those days I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing in grain and loading it on donkeys, along with wine, grapes, and figs. All kinds of goods were being brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So I warned them against selling food on that day. Additionally, men of Tyre who lived there were importing fish and all kinds of merchandise and selling them on the Sabbath to the people of Judah in Jerusalem. …
- Hosea 12:77 votes
A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.
- Micah 6:10–117 votes
Can I forget any longer, O house of the wicked, the treasures of wickedness and the short ephah, which is accursed? Can I excuse dishonest scales or bags of false weights?
- Leviticus 19:365 votes
You shall maintain honest scales and weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
- Deuteronomy 25:13–165 votes
You shall not have two differing weights in your bag, one heavy and one light. You shall not have two differing measures in your house, one large and one small. …
- Exodus 20:8–104 votes
Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, …
- Proverbs 11:14 votes
Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.
- Proverbs 16:114 votes
Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; all the weights in the bag are His concern.
- Proverbs 20:234 votes
Unequal weights are detestable to the LORD, and dishonest scales are no good.
- Isaiah 1:134 votes
Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me. New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations—I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly.
- Numbers 10:103 votes
- 2 Kings 4:233 votes
- Psalm 81:3–43 votes
- Ezekiel 45:10–123 votes
- Numbers 28:11–152 votes
- Isaiah 58:132 votes
- Malachi 1:131 vote
- Romans 8:6–71 vote
- Colossians 2:161 vote
Which verses point to Amos 8:5?
The 10 strongest of 42.