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.

Cross References (19)

  • Nehemiah 13:15–21 (8)

    In those days I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing in grain and loading it on donkeys,

  • Micah 6:10–11 (7)

    Can I forget any longer, O house of the wicked, the treasures of wickedness and the short ephah, which is accursed?

  • Hosea 12:7 (7)

    A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.

  • Deuteronomy 25:13–16 (6)

    You shall not have two differing weights in your bag, one heavy and one light.

  • Leviticus 19:36 (5)

    You shall maintain honest scales and weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the LORD your God, who brought yo

  • Proverbs 20:23 (4)

    Unequal weights are detestable to the LORD, and dishonest scales are no good.

  • Isaiah 1:13 (4)

    Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me. New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations—I cannot

  • Exodus 20:8–10 (4)

    Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.

  • Proverbs 11:1 (4)

    Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.

  • Proverbs 16:11 (4)

    Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; all the weights in the bag are His concern.

  • 2 Kings 4:23 (3)

    “Why would you go to him today?” he replied. “It is not a New Moon or a Sabbath.” “Everything is all right,” she said.

  • Numbers 10:10 (3)

    And on your joyous occasions, your appointed feasts, and the beginning of each month, you are to blow the trumpets over

  • Ezekiel 45:10–12 (3)

    You must use honest scales, a just ephah, and a just bath.

  • Psalms 81:3–4 (3)

    Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and at the full moon on the day of our Feast.

  • Isaiah 58:13 (2)

    If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on My holy day, if you call the Sabbath a deli

  • Numbers 28:11–15 (2)

    At the beginning of every month, you are to present to the LORD a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram, and seven

  • Malachi 1:13 (1)

    You also say: ‘Oh, what a nuisance!’ And you turn up your nose at it,” says the LORD of Hosts. “You bring offerings that

  • Colossians 2:16 (1)

    Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath.

  • Romans 8:6–7 (1)

    The mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace,