Amos 8:4 directly precedes, naming the same offenders — those who trample the needy — reinforcing the context of exploitation.

Amos 2:6 uses identical language — 'sell the righteous for silver, the needy for sandals' — showing this sin is a repeated charge against Israel.

Amos 3:9 calls nations to witness the oppression in Samaria — the same social injustice detailed in Amos 8:6 as buying the poor for silver.

Leviticus 25:39-42 prohibits enslaving a destitute Israelite; Amos condemns this very violation by buying the poor.

Nehemiah 5:1-5 describes a similar crisis where the poor are forced to sell children into slavery, echoing the exploitation in Amos.

Nehemiah 5:8 rebukes the wealthy for selling their own people, mirroring Amos's condemnation of buying the needy.

Leviticus 19:35 forbids dishonest measures, directly against the 'selling sweepings with wheat' — the same commercial fraud.

Proverbs 11:1 declares God detests dishonest scales, reinforcing the condemnation of fraudulent trade in Amos.

Hosea 12:7 condemns merchants with false balances who love to oppress — the exact same deceitful trade practices Amos denounces.

Jeremiah 34:14 commands releasing Hebrew slaves after six years — the same unjust enslavement Amos condemns as buying the poor for silver.

Micah 6:10 asks about treasures of wickedness and scant measures — the same dishonest practices as the merchants in Amos 8:6.

Joel 3:3 depicts foreign nations selling Israel's children into slavery — a different perpetrator but same crime of selling people.

Joel 3:6 adds selling Israelites to distant Greeks — expanding the injustice to international trafficking, parallel but broader scope.

Isaiah 32:6 describes fools who deprive the hungry and thirsty — the same exploitation of the poor condemned in Amos 8:6.