Amos 8:6

The Fifth Commandment

• §2269Article 5 · The Fifth CommandmentRead at vatican.va

  “Those whose usurious and avaricious dealings lead to the hunger and death of their brethren in the human family indirectly commit homicide, which is imputable to them.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Am 8:4-10.

The Seventh Commandment

• §2409Article 7 · The Seventh CommandmentRead at vatican.va

  “…retention of goods lent or of objects lost; business fraud; paying unjust wages; forcing up prices by taking advantage of the ignorance or hardship of another.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Deut 25:13-16; 24:14-15; Jas 5:4; Am 8:4-6.

• §2449Article 7 · The Seventh CommandmentRead at vatican.va

  “In so doing he does not soften the vehemence of former oracles against "buying the poor for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals . . .," but invites us to recognize his own presence in the poor who are his brethren:” — Catechism footnote: Am 8:6; cf. Mt 25:40.

• Matthew 25:40

  Cited together in Catechism §2449.

• John 12:8

  Cited together in Catechism §2449.

• James 5:4

  Cited together in Catechism §2409.

• Deuteronomy 15:11

  Cited together in Catechism §2449.

• Deuteronomy 24:14

  Cited together in Catechism §2409.

• Deuteronomy 24:15

  Cited together in Catechism §2409.

• Deuteronomy 25:13

  Cited together in Catechism §2409.

• Deuteronomy 25:14

  Cited together in Catechism §2409.

• Deuteronomy 25:15

  Cited together in Catechism §2409.

• Deuteronomy 25:16

  Cited together in Catechism §2409.