Amos 5:10 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁰They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.

Amos 5:10 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 22:8
And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
Isaiah 29:21
That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.
John 8:45-47
And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not. …
Jeremiah 17:16-17
As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was right before thee. …
1 Kings 21:20
And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the LORD.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 4-15)

This is a message from God to the house of Israel, in which, I. They are told of their faults, that they might see what occasion there was for them to repent and reform, and that, when they were called to return, they might not need to ask, Wherein shall we return? 1. God tells them, in general (Amos 5:12), “ I know your manifold transgressions, and your mighty sins; and you shall be made to know…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 10)

10. him that rebuketh in the gate--the judge who condemns their iniquity in the place of judgment (Is 29:21). abhor him that speaketh uprightly--the prophet telling them the unwelcome truth: answering in the parallelism to the judge, “that rebuketh in the gate” (compare 1Ki 22:8; Pr 9:8; 12:1; Jr 36:23).