Amos 8

The 2026 edition cites 2 passages touching Amos 8, each printed here in the KJV with every place in the Constitution that cites it.

Amos 8:4-7

⁴ Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
⁵ Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?
⁶ That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
⁷ The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.

Cited by 1 place in the Constitution

Testimony of the RPCNA 1

T 4.16
The Church, regardless of the economic system under which it exists, has the duty to speak against social evils such as oppression of the poor. The Church must…

Amos 8:5

⁵ Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?

Cited by 5 places in the Constitution

Larger Catechism 4

LC 99
For the right understanding of the ten commandments, these rules are to be observed: 1. That the law is perfect, and bindeth every one to full conformity in…
LC 119
The sins forbidden in the fourth commandment are, all omissions of the duties required, all careless, negligent, and unprofitable performing of them, and being…
LC 121
The word remember is set in the beginning of the fourth commandment, partly, because of the great benefit of remembering it, we being thereby helped in our…
LC 142
The sins forbidden in the eighth commandment, besides the neglect of the duties required, are, theft, robbery, man-stealing, and receiving any thing that is…

Shorter Catechism 1

SC 61
The fourth commandment forbiddeth the omission, or careless performance, of the duties required, and the profaning the day by idleness, or doing that which is…