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Amos 5:10

Truth and honestyJustice

8 He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns darkness into dawn and darkens day into night, who summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth— the LORD is His name—

9 He flashes destruction on the strong, so that fury comes upon the stronghold.

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

11 Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted.

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.

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BSB
There are those who hate the one who reproves in the gate and despise him who speaks with integrity.
KJV
They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
WEB
They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks blamelessly.
ASV
They hate him that reproveth in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
DARBY
They hate him that reproveth in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
BLB
They hate the one reproving in the gate, and the one speaking virtuously, they abhor.
ÅB
På tinge hater de den som hevder retten, og de avskyr den som taler sannhet.
OTB
De hater den som irettesetter i porten
og forakter den som taler sannheten.
B1930
På tinge hater de den som hevder retten, og de avskyr den som taler sannhet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 1 Kings 22:8

    The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man who can ask the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” “The king should not say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.

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  • Isaiah 29:21

    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.

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  • John 8:45–47

    But because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me!

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  • Jeremiah 17:16–17

    But I have not run away from being Your shepherd; I have not desired the day of despair. You know that the utterance of my lips was spoken in Your presence.

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  • Proverbs 9:7–8

    He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself.

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  • 2 Chronicles 36:16

    But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.

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  • John 3:20

    Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

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  • John 7:7

    The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.

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