Contradictions and Paradoxes in Amos 5:7

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Amos 5:7 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Amos 5:7. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Amos, God is unhappy with people who make fair decisions bitter like wormwood and stop doing what is right and good on the earth. He wants people to do what is fair and just.

Amos 5:7: Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,

Contradiction with Isaiah 1:17

This verse encourages seeking justice and correcting oppression, which contrasts with Amos 5:7, where justice is turned into bitterness.

Isaiah 1:17: Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. [relieve: or, righten]

Contradiction with Micah 6:8

This verse calls for doing justice and loving mercy, contradicting the perversion of justice described in Amos 5:7.

Micah 6:8: He hath shewed thee, O man, what [is] good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? [walk...: Heb. humble thyself to walk]

Contradiction with Proverbs 21:3

This verse states that doing justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice, opposing the injustice depicted in Amos 5:7.

Proverbs 21:3: To do justice and judgment [is] more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

Contradiction with Isaiah 5:20

This verse condemns those who call evil good and good evil, contradicting the act of turning judgment into bitterness in Amos 5:7.

Isaiah 5:20: Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! [call...: Heb. say concerning evil, It is good, etc]

Contradiction with Psalm 106:3

This verse blesses those who keep justice, contrasting with the subversion of justice in Amos 5:7.

Psalm 106:3: Blessed [are] they that keep judgment, [and] he that doeth righteousness at all times.
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