Amos 5:14
Seek good and not evil, so that you may live. And the Lord God of hosts will be with you, just as you have asked.
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13Therefore, the prudent will be silent at that time, for it is an evil time.
Cross References
Genesis 39:23Neither did he himself know anything, having entrusted all things to him. For the Lord was with him, and he directed everything that he did.
Numbers 16:3And when they had stood against Moses and Aaron, they said: “Let it be sufficient for you that the entire multitude is of holy ones, and that the Lord is among them. Why do you elevate yourselves above the people of the Lord?”
1 Chronicles 28:20David also said to his son Solomon: “Act manfully, and be strengthened, and carry it out. You should not be afraid, and you should not be dismayed. For the Lord my God will be with you, and he will not send you away, nor will he abandon you, until you have perfected the entire work of the ministry of the house of the Lord.
Psalms 34:12They repaid me evil for good, to the deprivation of my soul.
Proverbs 11:27He does well to rise early, who seeks what is good. But whoever is a seeker of evils shall be oppressed by them.
Matthew Henry on Amos 5:5-16
God's Message to Israel; The Aggravated Sins of Israel; Warnings and Exhortations; Exhortations and Encouragements. ( b. c. 790.) 4 For thus saith the Lord unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live: 5 But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought. 6 Seek the Lord , and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel. 7 Ye who… Read the whole commentary →