Amos 3:10
And they do not know how to make it right, says the Lord, storing up iniquity and plunder in their buildings.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 14:4In his sight, the malicious one has been reduced to nothing, but he glorifies those who fear the Lord. He who swears to his neighbor and does not deceive.
Proverbs 11:16A gracious woman shall discover glory. And the robust will have wealth.
Ecclesiastes 4:1I turned myself to other things, and I saw the false accusations which are carried out under the sun, and the tears of the innocent, and that there was no one to console them; and that they were not able to withstand their violence, being destitute of all help.
Jeremiah 5:4But I said: Perhaps these are the poor and the senseless, who are ignorant of the way of the Lord, of the judgment of their God.
Amos 4:1Listen to this word, you fat cows that are on the mountain of Samaria, you who make false accusations against the destitute and crush the poor, who say to your nobles, “Bring, and we will drink.”
Amos 6:3You have been set aside for the day of disaster, and you approach the throne of iniquity.
Matthew Henry on Amos 3:10-15
Israel Convicted and Condemned. ( b. c. 790.) 9 Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof. 10 For they know not to do right, saith the Lord , who store up violence and robbery in their palaces. 11 Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; An adversary there shall be even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee,… Read the whole commentary →