Amos 5:12 I know how many crimes you have committed. You have sinned far too much. Among you are people who crush those who have done no wrong. They accept money from ...

5:12 NIrV

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New International Reader's Version - I know how many crimes you have committed. You have sinned far too much. Among you are people who crush those who have done no wrong. They accept money from people who want special favors. They take away the rights of poor people in the courts.
新标点和合本 - 我知道你们的罪过何等多，你们的罪恶何等大。你们苦待义人，收受贿赂，在城门口屈枉穷乏人。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 我知道你们的罪过何其多，你们的罪恶何其大；你们迫害义人，收受贿赂，在城门口屈枉贫穷人。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 我知道你们的罪过何其多，你们的罪恶何其大；你们迫害义人，收受贿赂，在城门口屈枉贫穷人。
当代译本 - 我知道你们的过犯累累、罪恶无数。你们迫害义人，收受贿赂，在城门口冤枉穷人。
圣经新译本 - 因为我知道你们的过犯众多，罪大恶极；你们迫害义人，收受贿赂，在城门口屈枉穷乏人；
现代标点和合本 - 我知道你们的罪过何等多，你们的罪恶何等大，你们苦待义人，收受贿赂，在城门口屈枉穷乏人。
和合本（拼音版） - 我知道你们的罪过何等多，你们的罪恶何等大。你们苦待义人，收受贿赂，在城门口屈枉穷乏人。
New International Version - For I know how many are your offenses and how great your sins. There are those who oppress the innocent and take bribes and deprive the poor of justice in the courts.
English Standard Version - For I know how many are your transgressions and how great are your sins— you who afflict the righteous, who take a bribe, and turn aside the needy in the gate.
New Living Translation - For I know the vast number of your sins and the depth of your rebellions. You oppress good people by taking bribes and deprive the poor of justice in the courts.
Christian Standard Bible - For I know your crimes are many and your sins innumerable. They oppress the righteous, take a bribe, and deprive the poor of justice at the city gates.
New American Standard Bible - For I know your offenses are many and your sins are great, You who are hostile to the righteous and accept bribes, And turn away the poor from justice at the gate.
New King James Version - For I know your manifold transgressions And your mighty sins: Afflicting the just and taking bribes; Diverting the poor from justice at the gate.
Amplified Bible - For I know your transgressions are many and your sins are great (shocking, innumerable), You who distress the righteous and take bribes, And turn away from the poor in the [court of the city] gate [depriving them of justice].
American Standard Version - For I know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins—ye that afflict the just, that take a bribe, and that turn aside the needy in the gate from their right.
King James Version - 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.
New English Translation - Certainly I am aware of your many rebellious acts and your numerous sins. You torment the innocent, you take bribes, and you deny justice to the needy at the city gate.
World English Bible - For I know how many your offenses, and how great are your sins— you who afflict the just, who take a bribe, and who turn away the needy in the courts.
新標點和合本 - 我知道你們的罪過何等多，你們的罪惡何等大。你們苦待義人，收受賄賂，在城門口屈枉窮乏人。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 我知道你們的罪過何其多，你們的罪惡何其大；你們迫害義人，收受賄賂，在城門口屈枉貧窮人。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 我知道你們的罪過何其多，你們的罪惡何其大；你們迫害義人，收受賄賂，在城門口屈枉貧窮人。
當代譯本 - 我知道你們的過犯累累、罪惡無數。你們迫害義人，收受賄賂，在城門口冤枉窮人。
聖經新譯本 - 因為我知道你們的過犯眾多，罪大惡極；你們迫害義人，收受賄賂，在城門口屈枉窮乏人；
呂振中譯本 - 因為我知道你們的過犯多麼多，你們的罪多麼大：你們這些苦待義人，收受贖金、在城門口屈枉窮人的。
現代標點和合本 - 我知道你們的罪過何等多，你們的罪惡何等大，你們苦待義人，收受賄賂，在城門口屈枉窮乏人。
文理和合譯本 - 蓋我知爾罪惡繁多、愆尤重大、虐義人而受賄賂、在邑門而枉窮民、
文理委辦譯本 - 我知爾罪戾繁多、愆尤滋大、困逼義人、而受賄賂、在彼公庭、枉法害貧、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 我知爾愆尤最多、罪惡甚重、爾困逼困逼或作虐待義人、爾受賄賂、在公庭公庭原文作邑門下同屈枉貧民、
Nueva Versión Internacional - ¡Yo sé cuán numerosos son sus delitos, cuán grandes sus pecados! Ustedes oprimen al justo, exigen soborno y en los tribunales atropellan al necesitado.
현대인의 성경 - 너희 허물이 많고 너희 죄가 큰 것을 나는 안다. 너희는 의로운 자를 학대하며 뇌물을 받고 법정에서 가난한 자를 억울하게 하고 있다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Ведь Я знаю, как многочисленны ваши преступления и как велики ваши грехи. Вы притесняете праведного, берете взятки и лишаете бедных справедливости в судах.
Восточный перевод - Ведь Я знаю, как многочисленны ваши преступления и как велики ваши грехи. Вы притесняете праведного, берёте взятки и лишаете бедных справедливости в судах.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Ведь Я знаю, как многочисленны ваши преступления и как велики ваши грехи. Вы притесняете праведного, берёте взятки и лишаете бедных справедливости в судах.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Ведь Я знаю, как многочисленны ваши преступления и как велики ваши грехи. Вы притесняете праведного, берёте взятки и лишаете бедных справедливости в судах.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Car je connais ╵vos transgressions nombreuses, et vos péchés si graves : vous opprimez le juste, vous acceptez des pots-de-vin et vous lésez le droit ╵des pauvres en justice.
リビングバイブル - あなたがたの罪が極悪で、いかに数多いかを知っています。あなたがたは、良いことすべてに反対しています。わいろを取り、貧しい人の益になることは何もしません。
Nova Versão Internacional - Pois eu sei quantas são as suas transgressões e quão grandes são os seus pecados. Vocês oprimem o justo, recebem suborno e impedem que se faça justiça ao pobre nos tribunais.
Hoffnung für alle - Ja, ich weiß, wie viele Verbrechen ihr begangen habt und wie groß eure Schuld ist. Ehrliche Menschen bringt ihr in Bedrängnis, ihr nehmt Bestechungsgelder an und lasst die Armen vor Gericht nicht zu ihrem Recht kommen.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Vì Ta biết tội lỗi các ngươi quá nhiều, và tội phản nghịch của các ngươi quá lớn. Các ngươi áp bức người công chính vì của hối lộ, và cướp đoạt công lý của người nghèo nơi tòa án.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - เพราะเรารู้ว่าเจ้าล่วงละเมิดมากมายเพียงใด และบาปต่างๆ ของเจ้าใหญ่หลวงเพียงใด เจ้ากดขี่ข่มเหงคนชอบธรรม เจ้ารับสินบน ทั้งยังกีดกันความยุติธรรมจากคนยากไร้ในศาล
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - เพราะข้าพเจ้ารู้ว่า พวกท่านล่วงละเมิดเพียงไร และบาปของพวกท่านใหญ่ยิ่งนัก พวกท่านทำให้ผู้มีความชอบธรรมต้องเดือดร้อน พวกท่านรับสินบน และห้ามไม่ให้ผู้ยากไร้ได้รับความเป็นธรรมในที่ตัดสินความ

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Malachi 3:5 - “So I will come and put you on trial. I will be quick to bring charges against all of you,” says the Lord who rules over all. “I will bring charges against you sinful people who do not have any respect for me. That includes those who practice evil magic. It includes those who commit adultery and those who tell lies in court. It includes those who cheat workers out of their pay. It includes those who treat widows badly. It also includes those who mistreat children whose fathers have died. And it includes those who take away the rights of outsiders in the courts.
Hebrews 4:12 - The word of God is alive and active. It is sharper than any sword that has two edges. It cuts deep enough to separate soul from spirit. It can separate bones from joints. It judges the thoughts and purposes of the heart.
Hebrews 4:13 - Nothing God created is hidden from him. His eyes see everything. He will hold us responsible for everything we do.
2 Kings 17:7 - All of this took place because the Israelites had sinned against the Lord their God. He had brought them up out of Egypt. He had brought them out from under the power of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. But they worshiped other gods.
2 Kings 17:8 - The Lord had driven out other nations to make room for Israel. But they followed the evil practices of those nations. They also followed the practices that the kings of Israel had started.
2 Kings 17:9 - The Israelites did things in secret against the Lord their God. What they did wasn’t right. They built high places for worship in all their towns. They built them at lookout towers. They also built them at cities that had high walls around them.
2 Kings 17:10 - They set up sacred stones. And they set up poles used to worship the female god named Asherah. They did that on every high hill and under every green tree.
2 Kings 17:11 - The Lord had driven out nations to make room for Israel. But the Israelites burned incense at every high place, just as those nations had done. The Israelites did evil things that made the Lord very angry.
2 Kings 17:12 - They worshiped statues of gods. They did it even though the Lord had said, “Do not do that.”
2 Kings 17:13 - The Lord warned Israel and Judah through all his prophets and seers. He said, “Turn from your evil ways. Keep my commands and rules. Obey every part of my Law. I commanded your people who lived long ago to obey it. And I gave it to you through my servants the prophets.”
2 Kings 17:14 - But the people wouldn’t listen. They were as stubborn as their people of long ago had been. Those people didn’t trust in the Lord their God.
2 Kings 17:15 - They refused to obey his rules. They broke the covenant he had made with them. They didn’t pay any attention to the rules he had warned them to keep. They worshiped worthless statues of gods. Then they themselves became worthless. They followed the example of the nations around them. They did it even though the Lord had ordered them not to. He had said, “Do not do as they do.”
2 Kings 17:16 - They turned away from all the commands of the Lord their God. They made two statues of gods for themselves. The statues were shaped like calves. They made a pole used to worship the female god named Asherah. They bowed down to all the stars. And they worshiped the god named Baal.
2 Kings 17:17 - They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire. They practiced all kinds of evil magic. They gave up following God’s rules. They did only what was evil in the eyes of the Lord. All these things made him very angry.
James 5:4 - You have even failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields. Their pay is crying out against you. The cries of those who gathered the harvest have reached the ears of the Lord. He rules over all.
Deuteronomy 16:18 - Appoint judges and officials for each of your tribes. Do it in every town the Lord your God is giving you. They must judge the people fairly.
Proverbs 22:22 - Don’t take advantage of poor people just because they are poor. Don’t treat badly those who are in need by taking them to court.
Isaiah 47:9 - But both of these things will happen to you in a moment. They will take place on a single day. You will lose your children. And you will become a widow. That is what will happen to you. All your evil magic and powerful spells will not save you.
James 5:6 - You have judged and murdered people who aren’t guilty. And they weren’t even opposing you.
Acts 7:52 - Was there ever a prophet your people didn’t try to hurt? They even killed those who told about the coming of the Blameless One. And now you have handed him over to his enemies. You have murdered him.
Psalm 26:9 - Don’t destroy me together with sinners. Don’t take away my life along with murderers.
Psalm 26:10 - Their hands are always planning to do evil. Their right hands are full of money that has bought their help.
Jeremiah 29:23 - That will happen because they have done awful things in Israel. They have committed adultery with their neighbors’ wives. They have spoken lies in my name. I did not give them the authority to speak those things. I know what they have done. And I am a witness to it,” announces the Lord.
Isaiah 5:23 - How terrible for those who take money to set guilty people free! How terrible for those who don’t treat good people fairly!
Isaiah 10:2 - You take away the rights of poor people. You hold back what is fair from my people who are suffering. You take for yourselves what belongs to widows. You rob children whose fathers have died.
Deuteronomy 31:21 - Many horrible troubles and hard times will come on them. Then the song I am giving you will be a witness against them. That is because the song will not be forgotten by their children and their children’s children. I know what they are likely to do. I know it even before I bring them into the land I promised them.”
Isaiah 33:15 - People must do what is right. They must be honest and tell the truth. They must not get rich by cheating others. Their hands must not receive money from those who want special favors. They must not let their ears listen to plans to commit murder. They must close their eyes to even thinking about doing what is evil.
Acts 3:13 - The God of our fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, has done this. God has brought glory to Jesus, who serves him. But you handed Jesus over to be killed. Pilate had decided to let him go. But you spoke against Jesus when he was in Pilate’s court.
Acts 3:14 - You spoke against the Holy and Blameless One. You asked for a murderer to be set free instead.
Isaiah 66:18 - “They have planned to do many evil things. And they have carried out their plans. So I will come and gather the people of every nation and language. They will see my glory when I act.
Job 29:7 - “In those days I went to the city gate. I took my seat as a member of the council.
Job 29:8 - Young people who saw me stepped to one side. Old people stood up as I approached.
Job 29:9 - The leaders stopped speaking. They covered their mouths with their hands.
Job 29:10 - The voices of the nobles became quiet. Their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.
Job 29:11 - Everyone who heard me said good things about me. Those who saw me honored me.
Job 29:12 - That’s because I saved poor people who cried out for help. I saved helpless children whose fathers had died.
Job 29:13 - Those who were dying gave me their blessing. I made the hearts of widows sing.
Job 29:14 - I put on a godly life as if it were my clothes. Fairness was my robe and my turban.
Job 29:15 - I was like eyes for those who were blind. I was like feet for those who couldn’t walk.
Job 29:16 - I was like a father to needy people. I stood up for strangers in court.
Job 29:17 - Sinners are like animals that have powerful teeth. But I took from their mouths the people they had caught.
Job 29:18 - “I thought, ‘I’ll die in my own house. The days of my life will be as many as the grains of sand.
Job 29:19 - My roots will reach down to the water. The dew will lie all night on my branches.
Job 29:20 - I will remain healthy and strong. My bow will stay as good as new in my hand.’
Job 29:21 - “People wanted to hear what I had to say. They waited silently for the advice I gave them.
Job 29:22 - After I had spoken, they didn’t speak anymore. My words fell gently on their ears.
Job 29:23 - They waited for me just as they would wait for rain showers. They drank my words just as they would drink the spring rain.
Job 29:24 - When I smiled at them, they could hardly believe it. The light of my face lifted their spirits.
Job 29:25 - I chose the way they should go. I sat as their chief. I lived as a king lives among his troops. I was like someone who comforts those who are sad.
Ruth 4:1 - Boaz went up to the town gate and sat down there. Right then, the family protector he had talked about came by. Then Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend. Sit down.” So the man went over and sat down.
Amos 2:16 - Even your bravest soldiers will run away naked on that day,” announces the Lord.
Micah 3:11 - Your judges take money from people who want special favors. Your priests teach only if they get paid for it. Your prophets won’t tell fortunes unless they receive money. But you still look for the Lord’s help. You say, “The Lord is with us. No trouble will come on us.”
Lamentations 3:34 - Every time people crush prisoners under their feet, the Lord knows all about it.
Micah 7:3 - They are very good at doing what is evil. Rulers require gifts. Judges accept money from people who want special favors. Those who are powerful always get what they want. All of them make evil plans together.
Job 31:21 - Suppose I’ve raised my hand against children whose fathers have died. And I did it because I knew I had power in the courts.
Isaiah 29:21 - Without any proof, they claim that a person is guilty. In court they try to trap the one who speaks up for others. By using dishonest witnesses they keep people who aren’t guilty from being treated fairly.
1 Samuel 8:3 - But his sons didn’t live as he did. They were only interested in making money. They accepted money from people who wanted special favors. They made things that were wrong appear to be right.
Isaiah 1:23 - Your rulers refuse to obey the Lord. They join forces with robbers. All of them love to accept money from those who want special favors. They are always looking for gifts from other people. They don’t stand up in court for children whose fathers have died. They don’t do it for widows either.
Amos 2:6 - The Lord says, “The people of Israel have sinned again and again. So I will judge them. They sell into slavery those who have done no wrong. They trade needy people for a mere pair of sandals.
Amos 2:7 - They grind the heads of the poor into the dust of the ground. They refuse to be fair to those who are crushed. A father and his son have sex with the same girl. They treat my name as if it were not holy.
Amos 5:10 - There are people among you who hate anyone who stands for justice in court. They hate those who tell the truth.

逐节对照

交叉引用

New International Reader's Version - I know how many crimes you have committed. You have sinned far too much. Among you are people who crush those who have done no wrong. They accept money from people who want special favors. They take away the rights of poor people in the courts.
新标点和合本 - 我知道你们的罪过何等多，你们的罪恶何等大。你们苦待义人，收受贿赂，在城门口屈枉穷乏人。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 我知道你们的罪过何其多，你们的罪恶何其大；你们迫害义人，收受贿赂，在城门口屈枉贫穷人。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 我知道你们的罪过何其多，你们的罪恶何其大；你们迫害义人，收受贿赂，在城门口屈枉贫穷人。
当代译本 - 我知道你们的过犯累累、罪恶无数。你们迫害义人，收受贿赂，在城门口冤枉穷人。
圣经新译本 - 因为我知道你们的过犯众多，罪大恶极；你们迫害义人，收受贿赂，在城门口屈枉穷乏人；
现代标点和合本 - 我知道你们的罪过何等多，你们的罪恶何等大，你们苦待义人，收受贿赂，在城门口屈枉穷乏人。
和合本（拼音版） - 我知道你们的罪过何等多，你们的罪恶何等大。你们苦待义人，收受贿赂，在城门口屈枉穷乏人。
New International Version - For I know how many are your offenses and how great your sins. There are those who oppress the innocent and take bribes and deprive the poor of justice in the courts.
English Standard Version - For I know how many are your transgressions and how great are your sins— you who afflict the righteous, who take a bribe, and turn aside the needy in the gate.
New Living Translation - For I know the vast number of your sins and the depth of your rebellions. You oppress good people by taking bribes and deprive the poor of justice in the courts.
Christian Standard Bible - For I know your crimes are many and your sins innumerable. They oppress the righteous, take a bribe, and deprive the poor of justice at the city gates.
New American Standard Bible - For I know your offenses are many and your sins are great, You who are hostile to the righteous and accept bribes, And turn away the poor from justice at the gate.
New King James Version - For I know your manifold transgressions And your mighty sins: Afflicting the just and taking bribes; Diverting the poor from justice at the gate.
Amplified Bible - For I know your transgressions are many and your sins are great (shocking, innumerable), You who distress the righteous and take bribes, And turn away from the poor in the [court of the city] gate [depriving them of justice].
American Standard Version - For I know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins—ye that afflict the just, that take a bribe, and that turn aside the needy in the gate from their right.
King James Version - 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.
New English Translation - Certainly I am aware of your many rebellious acts and your numerous sins. You torment the innocent, you take bribes, and you deny justice to the needy at the city gate.
World English Bible - For I know how many your offenses, and how great are your sins— you who afflict the just, who take a bribe, and who turn away the needy in the courts.
新標點和合本 - 我知道你們的罪過何等多，你們的罪惡何等大。你們苦待義人，收受賄賂，在城門口屈枉窮乏人。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 我知道你們的罪過何其多，你們的罪惡何其大；你們迫害義人，收受賄賂，在城門口屈枉貧窮人。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 我知道你們的罪過何其多，你們的罪惡何其大；你們迫害義人，收受賄賂，在城門口屈枉貧窮人。
當代譯本 - 我知道你們的過犯累累、罪惡無數。你們迫害義人，收受賄賂，在城門口冤枉窮人。
聖經新譯本 - 因為我知道你們的過犯眾多，罪大惡極；你們迫害義人，收受賄賂，在城門口屈枉窮乏人；
呂振中譯本 - 因為我知道你們的過犯多麼多，你們的罪多麼大：你們這些苦待義人，收受贖金、在城門口屈枉窮人的。
現代標點和合本 - 我知道你們的罪過何等多，你們的罪惡何等大，你們苦待義人，收受賄賂，在城門口屈枉窮乏人。
文理和合譯本 - 蓋我知爾罪惡繁多、愆尤重大、虐義人而受賄賂、在邑門而枉窮民、
文理委辦譯本 - 我知爾罪戾繁多、愆尤滋大、困逼義人、而受賄賂、在彼公庭、枉法害貧、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 我知爾愆尤最多、罪惡甚重、爾困逼困逼或作虐待義人、爾受賄賂、在公庭公庭原文作邑門下同屈枉貧民、
Nueva Versión Internacional - ¡Yo sé cuán numerosos son sus delitos, cuán grandes sus pecados! Ustedes oprimen al justo, exigen soborno y en los tribunales atropellan al necesitado.
현대인의 성경 - 너희 허물이 많고 너희 죄가 큰 것을 나는 안다. 너희는 의로운 자를 학대하며 뇌물을 받고 법정에서 가난한 자를 억울하게 하고 있다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Ведь Я знаю, как многочисленны ваши преступления и как велики ваши грехи. Вы притесняете праведного, берете взятки и лишаете бедных справедливости в судах.
Восточный перевод - Ведь Я знаю, как многочисленны ваши преступления и как велики ваши грехи. Вы притесняете праведного, берёте взятки и лишаете бедных справедливости в судах.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Ведь Я знаю, как многочисленны ваши преступления и как велики ваши грехи. Вы притесняете праведного, берёте взятки и лишаете бедных справедливости в судах.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Ведь Я знаю, как многочисленны ваши преступления и как велики ваши грехи. Вы притесняете праведного, берёте взятки и лишаете бедных справедливости в судах.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Car je connais ╵vos transgressions nombreuses, et vos péchés si graves : vous opprimez le juste, vous acceptez des pots-de-vin et vous lésez le droit ╵des pauvres en justice.
リビングバイブル - あなたがたの罪が極悪で、いかに数多いかを知っています。あなたがたは、良いことすべてに反対しています。わいろを取り、貧しい人の益になることは何もしません。
Nova Versão Internacional - Pois eu sei quantas são as suas transgressões e quão grandes são os seus pecados. Vocês oprimem o justo, recebem suborno e impedem que se faça justiça ao pobre nos tribunais.
Hoffnung für alle - Ja, ich weiß, wie viele Verbrechen ihr begangen habt und wie groß eure Schuld ist. Ehrliche Menschen bringt ihr in Bedrängnis, ihr nehmt Bestechungsgelder an und lasst die Armen vor Gericht nicht zu ihrem Recht kommen.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Vì Ta biết tội lỗi các ngươi quá nhiều, và tội phản nghịch của các ngươi quá lớn. Các ngươi áp bức người công chính vì của hối lộ, và cướp đoạt công lý của người nghèo nơi tòa án.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - เพราะเรารู้ว่าเจ้าล่วงละเมิดมากมายเพียงใด และบาปต่างๆ ของเจ้าใหญ่หลวงเพียงใด เจ้ากดขี่ข่มเหงคนชอบธรรม เจ้ารับสินบน ทั้งยังกีดกันความยุติธรรมจากคนยากไร้ในศาล
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - เพราะข้าพเจ้ารู้ว่า พวกท่านล่วงละเมิดเพียงไร และบาปของพวกท่านใหญ่ยิ่งนัก พวกท่านทำให้ผู้มีความชอบธรรมต้องเดือดร้อน พวกท่านรับสินบน และห้ามไม่ให้ผู้ยากไร้ได้รับความเป็นธรรมในที่ตัดสินความ

Malachi 3:5 - “So I will come and put you on trial. I will be quick to bring charges against all of you,” says the Lord who rules over all. “I will bring charges against you sinful people who do not have any respect for me. That includes those who practice evil magic. It includes those who commit adultery and those who tell lies in court. It includes those who cheat workers out of their pay. It includes those who treat widows badly. It also includes those who mistreat children whose fathers have died. And it includes those who take away the rights of outsiders in the courts.
Hebrews 4:12 - The word of God is alive and active. It is sharper than any sword that has two edges. It cuts deep enough to separate soul from spirit. It can separate bones from joints. It judges the thoughts and purposes of the heart.
Hebrews 4:13 - Nothing God created is hidden from him. His eyes see everything. He will hold us responsible for everything we do.
2 Kings 17:7 - All of this took place because the Israelites had sinned against the Lord their God. He had brought them up out of Egypt. He had brought them out from under the power of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. But they worshiped other gods.
2 Kings 17:8 - The Lord had driven out other nations to make room for Israel. But they followed the evil practices of those nations. They also followed the practices that the kings of Israel had started.
2 Kings 17:9 - The Israelites did things in secret against the Lord their God. What they did wasn’t right. They built high places for worship in all their towns. They built them at lookout towers. They also built them at cities that had high walls around them.
2 Kings 17:10 - They set up sacred stones. And they set up poles used to worship the female god named Asherah. They did that on every high hill and under every green tree.
2 Kings 17:11 - The Lord had driven out nations to make room for Israel. But the Israelites burned incense at every high place, just as those nations had done. The Israelites did evil things that made the Lord very angry.
2 Kings 17:12 - They worshiped statues of gods. They did it even though the Lord had said, “Do not do that.”
2 Kings 17:13 - The Lord warned Israel and Judah through all his prophets and seers. He said, “Turn from your evil ways. Keep my commands and rules. Obey every part of my Law. I commanded your people who lived long ago to obey it. And I gave it to you through my servants the prophets.”
2 Kings 17:14 - But the people wouldn’t listen. They were as stubborn as their people of long ago had been. Those people didn’t trust in the Lord their God.
2 Kings 17:15 - They refused to obey his rules. They broke the covenant he had made with them. They didn’t pay any attention to the rules he had warned them to keep. They worshiped worthless statues of gods. Then they themselves became worthless. They followed the example of the nations around them. They did it even though the Lord had ordered them not to. He had said, “Do not do as they do.”
2 Kings 17:16 - They turned away from all the commands of the Lord their God. They made two statues of gods for themselves. The statues were shaped like calves. They made a pole used to worship the female god named Asherah. They bowed down to all the stars. And they worshiped the god named Baal.
2 Kings 17:17 - They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire. They practiced all kinds of evil magic. They gave up following God’s rules. They did only what was evil in the eyes of the Lord. All these things made him very angry.
James 5:4 - You have even failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields. Their pay is crying out against you. The cries of those who gathered the harvest have reached the ears of the Lord. He rules over all.
Deuteronomy 16:18 - Appoint judges and officials for each of your tribes. Do it in every town the Lord your God is giving you. They must judge the people fairly.
Proverbs 22:22 - Don’t take advantage of poor people just because they are poor. Don’t treat badly those who are in need by taking them to court.
Isaiah 47:9 - But both of these things will happen to you in a moment. They will take place on a single day. You will lose your children. And you will become a widow. That is what will happen to you. All your evil magic and powerful spells will not save you.
James 5:6 - You have judged and murdered people who aren’t guilty. And they weren’t even opposing you.
Acts 7:52 - Was there ever a prophet your people didn’t try to hurt? They even killed those who told about the coming of the Blameless One. And now you have handed him over to his enemies. You have murdered him.
Psalm 26:9 - Don’t destroy me together with sinners. Don’t take away my life along with murderers.
Psalm 26:10 - Their hands are always planning to do evil. Their right hands are full of money that has bought their help.
Jeremiah 29:23 - That will happen because they have done awful things in Israel. They have committed adultery with their neighbors’ wives. They have spoken lies in my name. I did not give them the authority to speak those things. I know what they have done. And I am a witness to it,” announces the Lord.
Isaiah 5:23 - How terrible for those who take money to set guilty people free! How terrible for those who don’t treat good people fairly!
Isaiah 10:2 - You take away the rights of poor people. You hold back what is fair from my people who are suffering. You take for yourselves what belongs to widows. You rob children whose fathers have died.
Deuteronomy 31:21 - Many horrible troubles and hard times will come on them. Then the song I am giving you will be a witness against them. That is because the song will not be forgotten by their children and their children’s children. I know what they are likely to do. I know it even before I bring them into the land I promised them.”
Isaiah 33:15 - People must do what is right. They must be honest and tell the truth. They must not get rich by cheating others. Their hands must not receive money from those who want special favors. They must not let their ears listen to plans to commit murder. They must close their eyes to even thinking about doing what is evil.
Acts 3:13 - The God of our fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, has done this. God has brought glory to Jesus, who serves him. But you handed Jesus over to be killed. Pilate had decided to let him go. But you spoke against Jesus when he was in Pilate’s court.
Acts 3:14 - You spoke against the Holy and Blameless One. You asked for a murderer to be set free instead.
Isaiah 66:18 - “They have planned to do many evil things. And they have carried out their plans. So I will come and gather the people of every nation and language. They will see my glory when I act.
Job 29:7 - “In those days I went to the city gate. I took my seat as a member of the council.
Job 29:8 - Young people who saw me stepped to one side. Old people stood up as I approached.
Job 29:9 - The leaders stopped speaking. They covered their mouths with their hands.
Job 29:10 - The voices of the nobles became quiet. Their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.
Job 29:11 - Everyone who heard me said good things about me. Those who saw me honored me.
Job 29:12 - That’s because I saved poor people who cried out for help. I saved helpless children whose fathers had died.
Job 29:13 - Those who were dying gave me their blessing. I made the hearts of widows sing.
Job 29:14 - I put on a godly life as if it were my clothes. Fairness was my robe and my turban.
Job 29:15 - I was like eyes for those who were blind. I was like feet for those who couldn’t walk.
Job 29:16 - I was like a father to needy people. I stood up for strangers in court.
Job 29:17 - Sinners are like animals that have powerful teeth. But I took from their mouths the people they had caught.
Job 29:18 - “I thought, ‘I’ll die in my own house. The days of my life will be as many as the grains of sand.
Job 29:19 - My roots will reach down to the water. The dew will lie all night on my branches.
Job 29:20 - I will remain healthy and strong. My bow will stay as good as new in my hand.’
Job 29:21 - “People wanted to hear what I had to say. They waited silently for the advice I gave them.
Job 29:22 - After I had spoken, they didn’t speak anymore. My words fell gently on their ears.
Job 29:23 - They waited for me just as they would wait for rain showers. They drank my words just as they would drink the spring rain.
Job 29:24 - When I smiled at them, they could hardly believe it. The light of my face lifted their spirits.
Job 29:25 - I chose the way they should go. I sat as their chief. I lived as a king lives among his troops. I was like someone who comforts those who are sad.
Ruth 4:1 - Boaz went up to the town gate and sat down there. Right then, the family protector he had talked about came by. Then Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend. Sit down.” So the man went over and sat down.
Amos 2:16 - Even your bravest soldiers will run away naked on that day,” announces the Lord.
Micah 3:11 - Your judges take money from people who want special favors. Your priests teach only if they get paid for it. Your prophets won’t tell fortunes unless they receive money. But you still look for the Lord’s help. You say, “The Lord is with us. No trouble will come on us.”
Lamentations 3:34 - Every time people crush prisoners under their feet, the Lord knows all about it.
Micah 7:3 - They are very good at doing what is evil. Rulers require gifts. Judges accept money from people who want special favors. Those who are powerful always get what they want. All of them make evil plans together.
Job 31:21 - Suppose I’ve raised my hand against children whose fathers have died. And I did it because I knew I had power in the courts.
Isaiah 29:21 - Without any proof, they claim that a person is guilty. In court they try to trap the one who speaks up for others. By using dishonest witnesses they keep people who aren’t guilty from being treated fairly.
1 Samuel 8:3 - But his sons didn’t live as he did. They were only interested in making money. They accepted money from people who wanted special favors. They made things that were wrong appear to be right.
Isaiah 1:23 - Your rulers refuse to obey the Lord. They join forces with robbers. All of them love to accept money from those who want special favors. They are always looking for gifts from other people. They don’t stand up in court for children whose fathers have died. They don’t do it for widows either.
Amos 2:6 - The Lord says, “The people of Israel have sinned again and again. So I will judge them. They sell into slavery those who have done no wrong. They trade needy people for a mere pair of sandals.
Amos 2:7 - They grind the heads of the poor into the dust of the ground. They refuse to be fair to those who are crushed. A father and his son have sex with the same girl. They treat my name as if it were not holy.
Amos 5:10 - There are people among you who hate anyone who stands for justice in court. They hate those who tell the truth.