 | Samuel Hopkins - Congregational churches - 1854 - 792 pages
...being bound, or liable to maintain them, if afterwards they should be unable to support themselves. 1 will not turn away the punishment thereof; because...righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes." (Amos ii. 6.) "Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and show mercy and compassions... | |
 | 1854 - 494 pages
...man to give way to the selfishness of his own heart, and to oppress those whom God regards. They sell the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes. They care not for the sufferinga of the poor, but even at the altar — supposed at least to be that... | |
 | Theology - 1856 - 924 pages
...Bring business and wealth, and let us trade and drink together (Amos 4: 1. Compare also Amos 2: 6.) : " They sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes." Scott's note on the first of these passages presents the case in a manner not improbable : " They crushed... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - Slavery - 1857 - 300 pages
...as servant or slave. The only approximations to such a thing are treated and denounced as criminal. When they obtained servants, or purchased them, as...assuming, ownership in them ; it was MAN-STEALING. Accordingly, is the transaction of the selling of Joseph, which is described as the crime of stealing... | |
 | Daniel Harvey Hill - Sermon on the mount - 1858 - 292 pages
...that hardens all within, and stifles every generous emotion and kindly sympathy. The covetous "sells the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes, and pants after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor." Amos ii. 6, 7. The covetous takes away... | |
 | rev James Inglis - 1861 - 550 pages
...robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy ; yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully. Amos 2.6. For three transgressions of Israel, and for four,...righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes ; 7. That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek.... | |
 | William M. Mitchell - Antislavery movements - 1860 - 214 pages
...has thundered forth His mighty voice, as "the voice of many waters," against this wicked traffic. " For three transgressions of Israel, and for four,...righteous for silver and the poor for a pair of shoes." — Amos ii., 6. God's retributive justice will not always remain silent, but ere long will be manifested... | |
 | rev James Inglis - 1860 - 542 pages
...stranger wrongfully. Amos 2.6. For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away tht ith, him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people. 33. He hath raised up ; 7. That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek.... | |
 | Frederick Sargent - Bible - 1860 - 446 pages
...'E\\r¡v(av, " sons of the Grecians." See margin. So also the Vulgate. AMOS. Chap. ii. ver. 6, 7. " Because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes ; that pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor." The Septuagint reads, KOÍ TrévrjTa... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - Bible - 1860 - 496 pages
...business and wealth, and let us trade and drink together, Amos, iv. 1. Compare also Amos, ii. 6 : " They sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes." Scott's note on the first of these passages presents the case in a manner not improbable : " They crushed... | |
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Thus saith the Lord ; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes... 
