Amos 6:3 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

³ Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ O you who put far away the evil day [of punishment], yet cause the sitting of violence [upon you] to come near?

American Standard Version (1901)

³ —ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;

Common English Bible

³ Doom to those who ignore the evil day and make violent rule draw near:

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ You have been set aside for the day of disaster, and you approach the throne of iniquity.

Amos 6:3 Cross References

Amos 9:10

All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.

Isaiah 56:12

Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow shall be as this day, a day great beyond measure.

Ezekiel 12:27

Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that he seeth is for many days to come, and he prophesieth of times that are far off.

2 Peter 3:4

and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for, from the day that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.

1 Thessalonians 5:3

When they are saying, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall in no wise escape.

Matthew 24:48

But if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord tarrieth;

Amos 3:10

For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.

Ezekiel 12:22

Son of man, what is this proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?

Revelation 18:17

for in one hour so great riches is made desolate. And every shipmaster, and every one that saileth any whither, and mariners, and as many as gain their living by sea, stood afar off,

Amos 6:12

Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? that ye have turned judgement into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood:

Amos 5:18

Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! wherefore would ye have the day of the LORD? it is darkness, and not light.

Amos 5:12

For I know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins; ye that afflict the just, that take a bribe, and that turn aside the needy in the gate from their right.

Isaiah 47:7

And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end thereof.

Ecclesiastes 8:11

Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

Psalm 94:20

Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with thee, Which frameth mischief by statute?

Lamentations 4:5

They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dung-hills.

Ezekiel 23:42

And the voice of a multitude being at ease was with her: and with men of the common sort were brought drunkards from the wilderness; and they put bracelets upon the hands of them twain, and beautiful crowns upon their heads.

Micah 6:12

For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

Amos 3:9

Publish ye in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold what great tumults are therein, and what oppressions in the midst thereof.