Amos 5:14
Seek ye good, and not evil, that you may live: and the Lord the God of hosts will be with you, as you have said.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
13Therefore the prudent shall keep silence at that time, for it is an evil time.
Cross References
Genesis 39:23But the Lord was with Joseph and having mercy upon him gave him favour in the sight of the chief keeper of the prison:
Numbers 16:3And when they had stood up against Moses and Aaron, they said: Let it be enough for you, that all the multitude consisteth of holy ones, and the Lord is among them: Why lift you up yourselves above the people of the Lord?
1 Chronicles 28:20And David said to Solomon his son: Act like a man, and take courage, and do: fear not, and be not dismayed: for the Lord my God will be with thee, and will not leave thee, nor forsake thee, till thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the Lord.
Psalms 34:12Come, children, hearken to me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
Psalms 46:11Be still and see that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, and I will be exalted in the earth.
Proverbs 11:27Well doth he rise early who seeketh good things; but he that seeketh after evil things 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 →