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Amos 5:12–17

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For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.
Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the Lord, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.
Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the Lord God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
Therefore the Lord, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.
And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the Lord.
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From verse 12

  1. Amos 2:6–7Rank 1 from verse 12
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    6¶ Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;

    7That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:

  2. Amos 5:10Rank 2 from verse 12
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    10They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.

  3. Isaiah 1:23Rank 3 from verse 12
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    23Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

  4. 1 Samuel 8:3Rank 4 from verse 12
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    3And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.

  5. Acts 7:52Rank 5 from verse 12
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    52Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:

  6. James 5:4Rank 6 from verse 12
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    4Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.

  7. Malachi 3:5Rank 7 from verse 12
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    5And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts.

  8. Psalms 26:9–10Rank 8 from verse 12
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    9Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:

    10In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.

  9. 2 Kings 17:7–17Rank 9 from verse 12
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    7For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods,

    8And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made.

    9And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the Lord their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.

    10And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree:

    11And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the heathen whom the Lord carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the Lord to anger:

    12For they served idols, whereof the Lord had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.

    13Yet the Lord testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.

    14Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the Lord their God.

    15And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the Lord had charged them, that they should not do like them.

    16And they left all the commandments of the Lord their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.

    17And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.

  10. Acts 3:13–14Rank 10 from verse 12
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    13The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.

    14But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;

  11. Amos 2:16Rank 11 from verse 12
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    16And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith the Lord.

  12. Deuteronomy 16:18Rank 12 from verse 12
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    18¶ Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.

  13. Deuteronomy 31:21Rank 13 from verse 12
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    21And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware.

  14. Hebrews 4:12–13Rank 14 from verse 12
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    12For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

    13Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

  15. Isaiah 10:2Rank 15 from verse 12
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    2To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!

  16. Isaiah 29:21Rank 16 from verse 12
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    21That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.

  17. Isaiah 33:15Rank 17 from verse 12
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    15He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;

  18. Isaiah 47:9Rank 18 from verse 12
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    9But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine enchantments.

  19. Isaiah 5:23Rank 19 from verse 12
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    23Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

  20. Isaiah 66:18Rank 20 from verse 12
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    18For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.

  21. James 5:6Rank 21 from verse 12
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    6Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.

  22. Jeremiah 29:23Rank 22 from verse 12
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    23Because they have committed villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbours’ wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and am a witness, saith the Lord.

  23. Job 29:7–25Rank 23 from verse 12
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    7When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!

    8The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.

    9The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

    10The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.

    11When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:

    12Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.

    13The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.

    14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.

    15I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.

    16I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.

    17And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.

    18Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.

    19My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.

    20My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.

    21Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.

    22After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.

    23And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.

    24If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.

    25I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.

  24. Job 31:21Rank 24 from verse 12
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    21If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:

  25. Lamentations 3:34Rank 25 from verse 12
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    34To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,

  26. Micah 3:11Rank 26 from verse 12
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    11The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say, Is not the Lord among us? none evil can come upon us.

  27. Micah 7:3Rank 27 from verse 12
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    3¶ That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.

  28. Proverbs 22:22Rank 28 from verse 12
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    22Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

  29. Ruth 4:1Rank 29 from verse 12
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    1THEN went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.

From verse 13

  1. 2 Timothy 3:1Rank 1 from verse 13
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    1THIS know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

  2. Ecclesiastes 3:7Rank 2 from verse 13
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    7A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

  3. Ephesians 5:15–16Rank 3 from verse 13
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    15See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

    16Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

  4. Hosea 4:4Rank 4 from verse 13
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    4Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.

  5. Micah 2:3Rank 5 from verse 13
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    3Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye go haughtily: for this time is evil.

  6. Amos 6:10Rank 6 from verse 13
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    10And a man’s uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the Lord.

  7. Ecclesiastes 9:12Rank 7 from verse 13
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    12For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.

  8. Ephesians 6:13Rank 8 from verse 13
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    13Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

  9. Habakkuk 3:16Rank 9 from verse 13
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    16When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.

  10. Isaiah 36:21Rank 10 from verse 13
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    21But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

  11. Isaiah 37:3Rank 11 from verse 13
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    3And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

  12. Matthew 27:12–14Rank 12 from verse 13
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    12And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.

    13Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee?

    14And he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly.

  13. Micah 7:5–7Rank 13 from verse 13
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    5¶ Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.

    6For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man’s enemies are the men of his own house.

    7Therefore I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.

  14. Zephaniah 2:2–3Rank 14 from verse 13
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    2Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the Lord come upon you, before the day of the Lord’s anger come upon you.

    3Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lord’s anger.

From verse 14

  1. Joshua 1:9Rank 1 from verse 14
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    9Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

  2. Matthew 6:33Rank 2 from verse 14
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    33But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

  3. Micah 3:11Rank 3 from verse 14
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    11The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say, Is not the Lord among us? none evil can come upon us.

  4. Micah 6:8Rank 4 from verse 14
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    8He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

  5. Philippians 4:8–9Rank 5 from verse 14
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    8Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

    9Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.

  6. 2 Timothy 4:22Rank 6 from verse 14
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    22The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be with you. Amen.

  7. 1 Chronicles 28:20Rank 7 from verse 14
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    20And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the Lord God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the Lord.

  8. Genesis 39:2–3Rank 8 from verse 14
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    2And the Lord was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

    3And his master saw that the Lord was with him, and that the Lord made all that he did to prosper in his hand.

  9. Isaiah 48:1–2Rank 9 from verse 14
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    1HEAR ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the Lord, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness.

    2For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The Lord of hosts is his name.

  10. Psalms 34:12–16Rank 10 from verse 14
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    12What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?

    13Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

    14Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

    15The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.

    16The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

  11. Romans 2:7–9Rank 11 from verse 14
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    7To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:

    8But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,

    9Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;

  12. Amos 3:3Rank 12 from verse 14
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    3Can two walk together, except they be agreed?

  13. Jeremiah 7:3–4Rank 13 from verse 14
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    3Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.

    4Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, are these.

  14. Isaiah 55:2Rank 14 from verse 14
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    2Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

  15. Matthew 1:23Rank 15 from verse 14
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    23Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.

  16. Proverbs 11:27Rank 16 from verse 14
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    27He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.

  17. Psalms 46:11Rank 17 from verse 14
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    11The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

  18. 2 Chronicles 15:2Rank 18 from verse 14
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    2And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The Lord is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.

  19. Exodus 3:12Rank 19 from verse 14
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    12And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.

  20. Genesis 39:23Rank 20 from verse 14
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    23The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand; because the Lord was with him, and that which he did, the Lord made it to prosper.

  21. Isaiah 1:16–17Rank 21 from verse 14
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    16¶ Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;

    17Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

  22. Isaiah 8:10Rank 22 from verse 14
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    10Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.

  23. Numbers 16:3Rank 23 from verse 14
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    3And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the Lord?

  24. Matthew 28:20Rank 24 from verse 14
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    20Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

From verse 15

  1. Romans 12:9Rank 1 from verse 15
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    9Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

  2. 3 John 1:11Rank 2 from verse 15
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    11Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.

  3. Joel 2:14Rank 3 from verse 15
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    14Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the Lord your God?

  4. Psalms 97:10Rank 4 from verse 15
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    10Ye that love the Lord, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.

  5. 1 Thessalonians 5:21–22Rank 5 from verse 15
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    21Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.

    22Abstain from all appearance of evil.

  6. Micah 5:7–8Rank 6 from verse 15
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    7And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the Lord, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.

    8¶ And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.

  7. Romans 8:7Rank 7 from verse 15
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    7Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

  8. Micah 5:3Rank 8 from verse 15
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    3Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.

  9. 1 Kings 20:31Rank 9 from verse 15
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    31¶ And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life.

  10. 2 Kings 19:4Rank 10 from verse 15
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    4It may be the Lord thy God will hear all the words of Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which the Lord thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left.

  11. Amos 5:24Rank 11 from verse 15
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    24But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

  12. Exodus 32:30Rank 12 from verse 15
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    30¶ And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the Lord; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin.

  13. Jonah 3:9Rank 13 from verse 15
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    9Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?

  14. Psalms 36:4Rank 14 from verse 15
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    4He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.

  15. 2 Chronicles 19:6–11Rank 15 from verse 15
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    6And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the Lord, who is with you in the judgment.

    7Wherefore now let the fear of the Lord be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the Lord our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.

    8¶ Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and of the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of the Lord, and for controversies, when they returned to Jerusalem.

    9And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of the Lord, faithfully, and with a perfect heart.

    10And what cause soever shall come to you of your brethren that dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and judgments, ye shall even warn them that they trespass not against the Lord, and so wrath come upon you, and upon your brethren: this do, and ye shall not trespass.

    11And, behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of the Lord; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, for all the king’s matters: also the Levites shall be officers before you. Deal courageously, and the Lord shall be with the good.

  16. 2 Kings 13:7Rank 16 from verse 15
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    7Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing.

  17. 2 Kings 14:26–27Rank 17 from verse 15
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    26For the Lord saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter: for there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel.

    27And the Lord said not that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.

  18. 2 Samuel 16:12Rank 18 from verse 15
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    12It may be that the Lord will look on mine affliction, and that the Lord will requite me good for his cursing this day.

  19. Amos 5:10Rank 19 from verse 15
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    10They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.

  20. Amos 5:6Rank 20 from verse 15
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    6Seek 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 Beth-el.

  21. Amos 6:12Rank 21 from verse 15
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    12¶ Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:

  22. Jeremiah 31:7Rank 22 from verse 15
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    7For thus saith the Lord; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O Lord, save thy people, the remnant of Israel.

  23. Jeremiah 7:5–7Rank 23 from verse 15
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    5For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour;

    6If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:

    7Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.

  24. Micah 2:12Rank 24 from verse 15
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    12¶ I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men.

  25. Psalms 119:104Rank 25 from verse 15
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    104Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.

  26. Psalms 34:14Rank 26 from verse 15
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    14Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

  27. Psalms 37:27Rank 27 from verse 15
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    27Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.

  28. Psalms 82:2–4Rank 28 from verse 15
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    2How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.

    3Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.

    4Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.

  29. Romans 7:15–16Rank 29 from verse 15
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    15For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.

    16If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.

  30. Romans 7:22Rank 30 from verse 15
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    22For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:

  31. 2 Kings 15:29Rank 31 from verse 15
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    29In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.

  32. Psalms 139:21–22Rank 32 from verse 15
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    21Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?

    22I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.

From verse 16

  1. Joel 1:11Rank 1 from verse 16
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    11Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.

  2. Jeremiah 9:17–20Rank 2 from verse 16
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    17¶ Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come:

    18And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.

    19For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast us out.

    20Yet hear the word of the Lord, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbour lamentation.

  3. Jeremiah 9:10Rank 3 from verse 16
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    10For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone.

  4. Amos 3:13Rank 4 from verse 16
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    13Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord God, the God of hosts,

  5. Amos 5:27Rank 5 from verse 16
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    27Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the Lord, whose name is The God of hosts.

  6. Amos 8:10Rank 6 from verse 16
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    10And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.

  7. Isaiah 15:2–5Rank 7 from verse 16
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    2He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off.

    3In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly.

    4And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard even unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life shall be grievous unto him.

    5My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.

  8. Isaiah 15:8Rank 8 from verse 16
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    8For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beer-elim.

  9. Isaiah 22:12Rank 9 from verse 16
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    12And in that day did the Lord God of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:

  10. Jeremiah 4:31Rank 10 from verse 16
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    31For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.

  11. Joel 1:14Rank 11 from verse 16
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    14¶ Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the Lord your God, and cry unto the Lord,

  12. Joel 1:8Rank 12 from verse 16
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    8¶ Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.

  13. Micah 1:8Rank 13 from verse 16
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    8Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.

  14. Micah 2:4Rank 14 from verse 16
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    4¶ In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath divided our fields.

  15. Revelation 18:10Rank 15 from verse 16
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    10Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.

  16. Revelation 18:15–16Rank 16 from verse 16
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    15The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,

    16And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!

  17. Revelation 18:19Rank 17 from verse 16
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    19And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.

From verse 17

  1. Exodus 12:12Rank 1 from verse 17
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    12For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the Lord.

  2. Isaiah 16:10Rank 2 from verse 17
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    10And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have made their vintage shouting to cease.

  3. Jeremiah 48:33Rank 3 from verse 17
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    33And joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field, and from the land of Moab; and I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses: none shall tread with shouting; their shouting shall be no shouting.

  4. Exodus 12:23Rank 4 from verse 17
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    23For the Lord will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the Lord will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.

  5. Hosea 9:1–2Rank 5 from verse 17
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    1REJOICE not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every cornfloor.

    2The floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail in her.

  6. Isaiah 32:10–12Rank 6 from verse 17
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    10Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come.

    11Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins.

    12They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.

  7. Joel 3:17Rank 7 from verse 17
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    17So shall ye know that I am the Lord your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more.

  8. Nahum 1:12Rank 8 from verse 17
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    12Thus saith the Lord; Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.

  9. Nahum 1:15Rank 9 from verse 17
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    15Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.

  10. Zechariah 9:8Rank 10 from verse 17
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    8And I will encamp about mine house because of the army, because of him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with mine eyes.

WORDS IN THIS PASSAGE

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DEFINED WORDS

Amos 5:12

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

know

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To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

your

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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

manifold

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Many, numerous, multiplied, varied, or displayed in many forms, kinds, occasions, or ways.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

mighty

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Possessing or displaying great strength, power, ability, rank, or effect.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

sins

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Transgressions or offences against God and his law, and the guilt for them.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

take

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To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

bribe

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A gift, payment, or advantage received or offered to influence a person, blind judgment, or turn aside justice.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

turn

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Sense 1: To change direction, position, condition, purpose, or allegiance; to cause such a change. Sense 2: One’s time or occasion in an order or succession.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

aside

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1. To or at one side; apart or away from a person, place, or company. 2. Away from a path, course, duty, allegiance, or subject. 3. Put apart, removed, discarded, or rejected.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

right

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1. Correct, just, upright, proper, lawful, fitting, true, or due; also a rightful claim or authority. 2. The direction or side opposite the left. 3. Straight, favourable, skilful, or approved. 4. Very, quite, or fully.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Amos 5:13

COMBINED MEANING

prudent

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Wise, discerning, thoughtful, circumspect, and careful in judgment or conduct.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Bullokar 1616

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

keep

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To guard, watch, protect, preserve, secure, retain, possess, hold, maintain, support, tend, manage, observe, obey, fulfil, celebrate, continue in, refrain from, or remain faithful to a person, place, trust, command, promise, way, time, or thing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

silence

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Absence or cessation of sound or speech; quietness, stillness, restraint from speaking, or the condition of being made unable or unwilling to answer.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

time

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A particular portion or part of duration, whether past, present or future.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

evil

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Sense 1: Moral wickedness, sin, wrong, or corruption. Sense 2: Harm, misery, calamity, adversity, or punishment.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Amos 5:14

COMBINED MEANING

good

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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

evil

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Sense 1: Moral wickedness, sin, wrong, or corruption. Sense 2: Harm, misery, calamity, adversity, or punishment.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

live

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Sense 1: As a verb, to have or continue in life; to remain alive, be restored to life, or not die. Sense 2: To dwell, abide, or continue in a place, state, relation, or manner of life. Sense 3: To subsist or be sustained by or upon what is named. Sense 4: As an adjective, alive rather than dead; or containing fire and not extinguished.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

hosts

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1. Armies or multitudes. 2. Persons who receive or entertain guests.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

spoken

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1. Uttered, said, declared, addressed, or communicated in words. 2. In 'spoken of,' mentioned, described, or referred to. 3. In 'spoken for,' addressed by request or commendation on another's behalf; in a marriage setting, sought as a spouse. 4. In 'spoken against' or 'evil spoken of,' opposed, contradicted, denounced, or reviled.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Amos 5:15

COMBINED MEANING

hate

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To feel strong dislike, aversion, or enmity toward; in comparisons, to love less.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

evil

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Sense 1: Moral wickedness, sin, wrong, or corruption. Sense 2: Harm, misery, calamity, adversity, or punishment.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

love

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Sense 1: Affection, attachment, delight, goodwill, commitment, or devotion. Sense 2: To regard with affection or devotion. Sense 3: A beloved person.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

good

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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

judgment

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The act, authority, process, cause, or result of judging; discernment, legal hearing, verdict, ordinance, justice, government, vindication, condemnation, or punishment.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

hosts

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1. Armies or multitudes. 2. Persons who receive or entertain guests.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

gracious

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Showing favour, mercy, compassion, kindness, patience, or goodness; pleasant, acceptable, or benevolent in word or action.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

DEFINED WORDS

Amos 5:16

COMBINED MEANING

Lord

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1. A title of God or Jesus Christ acknowledging authority and rule. 2. A respectful title or address for one in authority.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

hosts

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1. Armies or multitudes. 2. Persons who receive or entertain guests.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

wailing

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Crying and lamentation expressing grief, mourning, fear, or anguish.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

in

↗

1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

say

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Sense 1: To speak, declare, tell, or express. Sense 2: What is said.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

call

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1. To name. 2. To summon or invite. 3. To proclaim or address. 4. To request.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

mourning

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Sense 1: Present-participial or verbal-noun form of mourn, meaning to grieve, sorrow, lament, weep, or express distress. Sense 2: To show the effects of ruin and sorrow.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

Amos 5:17

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

shall

↗

An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

wailing

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Crying and lamentation expressing grief, mourning, fear, or anguish.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

pass

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To go by, through, over, or beyond; to happen, cease, or be transferred.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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5:4¶ For thus saith the Lord unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:

5:5But seek not Beth-el, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Beth-el shall come to nought.

5:6Seek 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 Beth-el.

5:7Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,

5:8Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name:

5:9That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.

5:10They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.

5:11Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.

5:12For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.

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5:13Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.

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5:14Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the Lord, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.

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5:15Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the Lord God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.

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5:16Therefore the Lord, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.

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5:17And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the Lord.

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5:18Woe unto you that desire the day of the Lord! to what end is it for you? the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light.

5:19As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.

5:20Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?

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