Amos 5:12
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For I q know your manifold transgressions
And your mighty sins:
r Afflicting the just and taking bribes;
s Diverting the poor from justice at the gate.
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Cross References
Hosea 5:3
I know Ephraim, And Israel is not hidden from Me; For now, O Ephraim, you commit harlotry; Israel is defiled.
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Cross References
Isaiah 1:23
Your princes are rebellious, And companions of thieves; Everyone loves bribes, And follows after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, Nor does the cause of the widow come before them.
Isaiah 5:23
Who justify the wicked for a bribe, And take away justice from the righteous man!
Amos 2:6
Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, Because they sell the righteous for silver, And the poor for a pair of sandals.
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Cross References
Isaiah 29:21
Who make a man an offender by a word, And lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate, And turn aside the just by empty words.
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