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Amos 5:10 Cross-References
Explore 17 cross-references for Amos 5:10 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Amos chapter 5 verse 10 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.”
Amos 5:10 (KJV)
Commentary on Amos 5:10
They hate him that rebuketh in the gate (שֹׂנְאֵי בַשַּׁעַר מוֹכִיחַ)—the "gate" (sha'ar) was the civic center where legal cases were heard and justice administered. The "rebuker" (mokhiach, from יָכַח yakach, "to reprove/judge") was the honest judge or witness who exposed injustice. Israel's corrupt elite hated those who exposed their exploitation because truth threatened their wealth built on oppression.They abhor him that speaketh uprightly (יְתָעֲבוּ דֹּבֵר תָּמִים)—"abhor" (ta'av, תָּעַב) is intense disgust, the same revulsion used for idolatry. "Uprightly" (tamim, תָּמִים) means complete...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Amos 5:10
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“and lay a snare for the arbiter in the gate”
“there is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Yahweh”
“you don't believe me.”
“I have not hurried from being a shepherd after you; neither have I desired the woeful day; you know: that which came out of my lips was before your face.”
“and despised his words”
“the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world”
“when Ahab saw Elijah”
“but it hates me”
“and said to them”
“and they will be glad. They will give gifts to one another”