Amos 5:11
Amos · Old Testament · Chapter 5
“Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.”Amos 5:11
What Does Amos 5:11 Mean?
Amos 5:11 is found in the book of Amos, chapter 5, verse 11 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Care for the Poor, and Generosity.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Amos 5:11 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Proverbs 31:9“Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.”Deuteronomy 28:30“Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.”Micah 6:15“Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine.”Zephaniah 1:13“Therefore their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof.”Amos 8:4“Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,”Isaiah 59:14“And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.”Amos 4:1“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.”James 2:6“But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?”Deuteronomy 8:12“Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;”Amos 6:12“Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:”Haggai 1:6“Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.”Revelation 11:8“And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.”Leviticus 25:14“And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour’s hand, ye shall not oppress one another:”Proverbs 22:7“The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.”Isaiah 5:9“In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.”Isaiah 16:10“And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have made their vintage shouting to cease.”Jeremiah 8:10“Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.”Ezekiel 16:49“Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.”Ezekiel 26:12“And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water.”Daniel 10:3“I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.”
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