Bible vs Money

Bible & Money · Concordance · Book 24 of 52

Amos

Updated 2026-07-31 · Sources: 2 · 4 passages · 1 with notes

Printed in full from the World English Bible (public domain). Every reference resolves against a local copy of that text before this page is built. The notes are editorial: they say what the passage contributes in its own context, and where a verse is routinely turned against that context, the warning sits with it. Read how we read Scripture on money first.

Amos 2:6-7 (WEB)

6Yahweh says: “For three transgressions of Israel, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; 7They trample on the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and deny justice to the oppressed; and a man and his father use the same maiden, to profane my holy name;
Amos 2:6-7 · World English Bible, public domain

Themes: Poverty, justice, and care for the poor · Honesty and integrity in business · Reading band K4

Amos 3:3 (WEB)

Do two walk together, unless they have agreed?
Amos 3:3 · World English Bible, public domain

Themes: Planning, counsel, and humility about the future · Honesty and integrity in business · Relationships and money · Inheritance, legacy, and estate · Reading band K3

Amos 5:11-12 (WEB)

11Therefore, because you trample on the poor, and take taxes from him of wheat: You have built houses of cut stone, but you will not dwell in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine. 12For 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.
Amos 5:11-12 · World English Bible, public domain

Themes: Poverty, justice, and care for the poor · Honesty and integrity in business · Reading band K4

Amos 8:4-6 (WEB)

4Hear this, you who desire to swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail, 5Saying, ‘When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may market wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel large, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit; 6that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the sweepings with the wheat?’”
Amos 8:4-6 · World English Bible, public domain

Shrinking the measure and inflating the price while exploiting the poor - and impatience for the sabbath to end so trade can resume.

Themes: Honesty and integrity in business · Poverty, justice, and care for the poor · Reading band K4

Sources

  1. World English Bible (WEB), public domain, USFX source text (seven1m/open-bibles)
  2. BibleGateway: read any passage in its wider context