Amos 5:7

Amos 5:7
You who make the work of judging a bitter thing, crushing down righteousness to the earth;

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1 Kings 21:13
And the two good-for-nothing persons came in and took their seats before him and gave witness against Naboth, in front of the people, saying, Naboth has been cursing God and the king. Then they took him outside the town and had him stoned to death.

Psalms 94:21
They are banded together against the soul of the upright, to give decisions against those who have done no wrong.

Ecclesiastes 3:16
And again, I saw under the sun, in the place of the judges, that evil was there; and in the place of righteousness, that evil was there.

Isaiah 1:23
Your chiefs have gone against the Lord, they have become friends of thieves; every one of them is looking for profit and going after rewards; they do not give right decisions for the child who has no father, and they do not let the cause of the widow come before them.

Isaiah 5:23
Who for a reward give support to the cause of the sinner, and who take away the righteousness of the upright from him.

Isaiah 10:1
Cursed are those who make evil decisions, and the writers who make the records of their cruel acts:

Isaiah 10:2
Who do wrong to the poor in their cause, and take away the right of the crushed among my people, so that they may have the property of widows, and get under their power those who have no father.

Jeremiah 5:28
They have become fat and strong: they have gone far in works of evil: they give no support to the cause of the child without a father, so that they may do well; they do not see that the poor man gets his rights.

Micah 3:9
Then give ear to this, you heads of the children of Jacob, you rulers of the children of Israel, hating what is right, twisting what is straight.

Micah 3:10
They are building up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with evil-doing.

Micah 3:11
Its heads take rewards for judging, and the priests take payment for teaching, and the prophets get silver for reading the future: but still, supporting themselves on the Lord, they say, Is not the Lord among us? no evil will overtake us.

Micah 7:3
Their hands are made ready to do evil; the ruler makes requests for money, and the judge is looking for a reward; and the great man gives decisions at his pleasure, and the right is twisted.

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Psalms 58:1
To the chief music-maker; put to Al-tashheth. Michtam. Of David. Is there righteousness in your mouths, O you gods? are you upright judges, O you sons of men?

Psalms 58:2
The purposes of your hearts are evil; your hands are full of cruel doings on the earth.

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Proverbs 21:3
To do what is right and true is more pleasing to the Lord than an offering.

Amos 5:24
But let the right go rolling on like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

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Jeremiah 3:15
And I will give you keepers, pleasing to my heart, who will give you your food with knowledge and wisdom.

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Amos 5:2
The virgin of Israel has been made low, never again to be lifted up: she is stretched out by herself on her land; there is no one to put her on her feet again.

Amos 5:4
For these are the words of the Lord to the children of Israel: Let your hearts be turned to me, so that you may have life:

Amos 5:5
Do not be looking for help to Beth-el, and do not go to Gilgal, or make your way to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal will certainly be taken prisoner, and Beth-el will come to nothing.

Amos 5:10
They have hate for him who makes protest against evil in the public place, and he whose words are upright is disgusting to them.

Amos 5:14
Go after good and not evil, so that life may be yours: and so the Lord, the God of armies, will be with you, as you say.

Amos 5:15
Be haters of evil and lovers of good, and let right be done in the public place: it may be that the Lord, the God of armies, will have mercy on the rest of Joseph.

Amos 5:27
And I will send you away as prisoners farther than Damascus, says the Lord, whose name is the God of armies.

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Hebrews 12:15
Looking with care to see that no man among you in his behaviour comes short of the grace of God; for fear that some bitter root may come up to be a trouble to you, and that some of you may be made unclean by it;

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Revelation 8:11
And the name of the star is Wormwood: and a third part of the waters became bitter; and a number of men came to their end because of the waters, for they were made bitter.

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