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Amos 8:6

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; [yea], and sell the refuse of the wheat?

Amos 8:6 — KJV

Theological / Devotional

Buy the poor. See on eh. 2:6.

The refuse. In times of scarcity this “refuse,” ordinarily fed to animals, could be sold for human consumption.

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