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Amos 5:10

Truth and honestyJustice

8 Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name:

9 That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.

They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.

11 Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.

12 For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.

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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

    And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

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  • Isaiah 29:21

    That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.

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  • John 8:45–47

    And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.

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  • Jeremiah 17:16–17

    As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was right before thee.

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  • Proverbs 9:7–8

    He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.

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  • 2 Chronicles 36:16

    But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy.

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  • John 3:20

    For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

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  • John 7:7

    The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.

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