...it was inflicted for some grievous sin, he sheweth that sin to be the same which Amos speaks of : ' For three transgressions of Israel, and for four,...righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes.' The selling of Joseph he makes the first sin ; the worshipping of the calf in Horeb, the second sin...

...some grievous sin, he sheweth that sin to be the same which Amos speaks of. ' For three trangressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the...righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes,' Amos ii. 6. The selling of Joseph he makes the first sin, the worshipping the calf in Horeb the second...

...worth of man as man. One of the prophets made it a reproach against the men of his generation, that they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes. The price at which God values the poorest is the blood of His Son. He bought them with that blood....

...and to indicate the remedy. In the following passage the human and the Divine plan are contrasted. " Thus saith the Lord ; for three transgressions of...righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes. * * And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine...

...have walked: shut I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem. 6Thus of renown, and 7 that pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek...

...transgressions of Israel and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sell the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes; they pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and pervert the cause of the lowly;...

...have walked: 5 but I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem. 6Thus it : let the 'that pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek...

...dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek ; yes, they will sell the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes, Amos ii. 6. The number of kind and merciful creditors is not large. AVhen men are very poor their trials...

...himself to be infected by the most contagious disease of the age. Amos preached against those who " sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes."* f)D33 DI3D 1?y : D^OT -I13V3 JV3K1 p»1¥ And dishonest actions are every day done for the sake of...

...more, reputation than real merit can bestow. We see but too frequently in our time those, who "sell the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes." Our sages repeatedly recommended that we should be responsible for each other, that the ties of brotherhood...