Amos 5:14
Seek good, and not evil, that you may live, and it is so; YHWH, God of Hosts, [is] with you, as you said.
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13Therefore the wise is silent at that time, || For it [is] an evil time.
Cross References
Genesis 39:23the chief of the round-house does not see anything under his hand, because YHWH [is] with him, and that which he is doing YHWH is causing to prosper.
Numbers 16:3and they are assembled against Moses and against Aaron, and say to them, “Enough of you! For all the congregation—all of them [are] holy, and YHWH [is] in their midst; and why do you lift yourselves up above the assembly of YHWH?”
1 Chronicles 28:20And David says to his son Solomon, “Be strong and courageous, and do; do not fear nor be frightened, for YHWH God, my God, [is] with you; He does not fail you, nor forsake you, to the completion of all the work of the service of the house of YHWH.
Psalms 34:12Who [is] the man that is desiring life? Loving days to see good?
Psalms 46:11YHWH of hosts [is] with us, || The God of Jacob [is] a tower for us! Selah.
Proverbs 11:27Whoever is earnestly seeking good || Seeks a pleasing thing, || And whoever is seeking evil—it meets him.
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 →