Amos 5:12-14

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¹²For I know how many are your transgressions
    and how great are your sins—
you who afflict the righteous, who take a bribe
    and push aside the needy in the gate.^(A)
¹³Therefore the prudent will keep silent in such a time,
    for it is an evil time.

¹⁴Seek good and not evil,
that you may live,
and so the Lord, the God of hosts, will be with you,
just as you have said.^(B)