Amos 4:1
Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, "Bring us more to drink."
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ye kine.

Deuteronomy 32:14, 15
with curds from the herd and milk from the flock, with the fat of lambs, with rams from Bashan, and goats, with the choicest grains of wheat. From the juice of the finest grapes you drank the wine. . . .

Psalm 22:12
Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.

Jeremiah 50:11, 27
"Because you rejoice, because you sing in triumph--you who plunder My inheritance--because you frolic like a heifer treading grain and neigh like stallions, . . .

Ezekiel 39:18
You will eat the flesh of the mighty and drink the blood of the princes of the earth as though they were rams, lambs, goats, and bulls--all the fattened animals of Bashan.

the mountains.

Amos 6:1
Woe to those at ease in Zion and those secure on Mount Samaria, the distinguished ones of the foremost nation, to whom the house of Israel comes.

1 Kings 16:24
He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver and built a city there, calling it Samaria after the name of Shemer, who had owned the hill.

which oppress.

Amos 2:6, 7
This is what the LORD says: "For three transgressions of Israel, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals. . . .

Amos 3:9, 10
Proclaim to the citadels of Ashdod as well as the citadels of Egypt: 'Assemble on the mountains of Samaria; see the great unrest in the city and the acts of oppression in her midst. . . .

Amos 5:11
Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted.

Amos 8:4-6
Hear this, you who trample on the needy, who do away with the poor of the land, . . .

Exodus 22:21-25
You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt. . . .

Deuteronomy 15:9-11
Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart, "The seventh year, the year of release, is near, " so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin. . . .

Psalm 12:5
"For the cause of the oppressed and the groaning of the needy, I will now arise, " says the LORD. "I will bring safety to him who yearns."

Psalm 140:12
I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.

Proverbs 22:22, 23
Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate, . . .

Proverbs 23:10, 11
Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless, . . .

Ecclesiastes 4:1
Again, I observed all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.

Ecclesiastes 5:8
If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and higher still are over them.

Isaiah 1:17-24
Learn to do right, seek justice, correct the oppressor, defend the fatherless, plead for the widow." . . .

Isaiah 5:8
Woe to those who add house to house and join field to field until there is no room and you dwell alone in the land.

Isaiah 58:6
Is not the fast I have chosen to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free, and tear off every yoke?

Jeremiah 5:26-29
For My people are among wicked men. They watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap; they catch men. . . .

Jeremiah 6:6
For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: "Cut down the trees and raise a siege ramp against Jerusalem. This city must be punished; there is nothing but oppression in her midst.

Jeremiah 7:6
if you no longer oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, and no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods to your own harm,

Ezekiel 22:7, 12, 27, 29
Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the widow are oppressed. . . .

Micah 2:1-3
Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning's light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands. . . .

Micah 3:1-3
Then I said: "Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice? . . .

Zechariah 7:10, 11
Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.' . . .

Malachi 3:5
"Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me, " says the LORD of Hosts.

James 5:1-6
Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail for the misery to come upon you. . . .

crush.

Deuteronomy 28:33
A people you do not know will eat the produce of your land and of all your toil. All your days you will be oppressed and crushed.

Job 20:19
For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.

Jeremiah 51:34
"Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me. He has set me aside like an empty vessel; he has swallowed me like a monster; he filled his belly with my delicacies and vomited me out.

Bring.

Amos 2:8
They lie down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge, and in the house of their God, they drink the wine of the sanctioned.

Joel 3:3
They cast lots for My people; they bartered a boy for a prostitute and sold a girl for wine to drink.

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Hear this word, you cows of Bashan who are on the mountain of Samaria, Who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, Who say to your husbands, "Bring now, that we may drink!"

King James Bible
Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan who are on the hill of Samaria, women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to their husbands," Bring us something to drink."

International Standard Version
"Listen to this message, you fat cows from Bashan, who live on the Samaritan mountains, who oppress the poor, who rob the needy, and who constantly ask your husbands for one more drink!"

NET Bible
Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan who live on Mount Samaria! You oppress the poor; you crush the needy. You say to your husbands, "Bring us more to drink!"
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