Amos 5:14
Seek good and not evil, 1 so that you may live. 1 So Yahweh, the God of hosts, will really be with you, 1 as you say he is. 1
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13Therefore any prudent person is silent at such a time, 1 for it is an evil time. 1
Cross References
Genesis 39:23The prison warden did not worry about anything that was in his hand, because Yahweh was with him. Whatever he did, Yahweh prospered.
Numbers 16:3They assembled themselves together to confront Moses and Aaron. They said to them, “You have gone too far! All the community is set apart, every one of them, and Yahweh is among them. Why do you lift up yourselves above the rest of Yahweh's community?”
1 Chronicles 28:20David said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and brave. Do the work. Do not be afraid or anxious, for Yahweh God, my God, is with you. He will not leave you nor abandon you until all the work for the service of Yahweh's temple is finished.
Psalms 34:12What man is there who desires life 1 and loves many days, 1 that he may see good? 1
Psalms 46:11Yahweh of hosts is with us; 1 the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah
Proverbs 11:27The one who diligently seeks good is also seeking favor, 1 but the one who searches for evil will find it. 1
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 →