Amos 3:5

Catholic Public Domain Version

Will a bird fall into a snare on the ground, if there is no bird-catcher? Will a snare be taken away from the ground, before it has caught something?

Cross References

Psalm 140:5

The just one will correct me with mercy, and he will rebuke me. But do not allow the oil of the sinner to fatten my head. For my prayer will still be toward their good will.

Ecclesiastes 9:12

Man does not know his own end. But, just as fish are caught with a hook, and birds are captured with a snare, so are men seized in the evil time, when it will suddenly overwhelm them.

Jeremiah 31:28

And just as I have watched over them, so that I may root up, and tear down, and scatter, and destroy, and afflict, so will I watch over them, so that I may build and plant them, says the Lord.

Daniel 9:14

And the Lord kept watch over the evil and has led it over us; the Lord, our God, is just in all his works, which he has accomplished, for we have not listened to his voice.

Amos 3:4

Will a lion roar in the forest, unless he has prey? Will the lion's young cry out from his den, unless he has taken something?

Amos 3:6

Will the trumpet sound in a city, and the people not become frightened? Will there be disaster in a city, which the Lord has not done?