Amos 5:15

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Choose good instead of evil! See that justice is done. Perhaps I, the LORD All-Powerful, will be kind to what's left of your people.

Cross References

2 Samuel 16:12

But if the LORD hears these curses and sees the trouble I'm in, perhaps he will have pity on me instead.

1 Kings 20:31

His officials said, “Your Majesty, we've heard that Israel's kings keep their agreements. We will wrap sackcloth around our waists, put ropes around our heads, and ask Ahab to let you live.”

2 Kings 15:29

During Pekah's rule, King Tiglath Pileser of Assyria marched into Israel. He captured the territories of Gilead and Galilee, including the towns of Ijon, Abel-Bethmaacah, Janoah, Kedesh, and Hazor, as well as the entire territory of Naphtali. Then he took Israelites from those regions to Assyria as prisoners.

2 Kings 19:4

Please pray for those of us who are left alive. The king of Assyria sent his army commander to insult the living God. Perhaps the LORD heard what he said and will do something, if you will pray.

Psalm 119:104

They give me understanding and make me hate all lies.

Psalm 34:14

Do good instead of evil and try to live at peace.

Psalm 36:4

Those people stay awake, thinking up mischief, and they follow the wrong road, refusing to turn from sin.

Psalm 37:27

If you stop sinning and start doing right, you will keep living and be secure for ever.

Psalm 80:1

Shepherd of Israel, you lead the descendants of Joseph, and you sit on your throne above the winged creatures. Listen to our prayer and let your light shine

Psalm 97:10

Love the LORD and hate evil! God protects his loyal people and rescues them from violence.

Exodus 32:30

The next day Moses told the people, “This is a terrible thing you have done. But I will go back to the LORD to see if I can do something to keep this sin from being held against you.”

Jeremiah 18:8

and that nation turns from its evil, I will change my mind.

Jeremiah 31:7

The LORD says: Celebrate and sing for Israel, the greatest of nations. Offer praises and shout, “Come and rescue your people, LORD! Save what's left of Israel.”

Ezekiel 45:9

The LORD God said: You leaders of Israel have robbed and cheated my people long enough! I want you to stop sinning and start doing what is right and fair. You must never again force my people off their own land. I, the LORD, have spoken.

Daniel 2:49

At Daniel's request, the king appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to high positions in Babylon Province, and he let Daniel stay on as a palace official.

Joel 2:14

I am the LORD your God. Perhaps I will change my mind and treat you with mercy. Then you will be blessed with enough grain and wine for offering sacrifices to me.

Amos 5:10

You people hate judges and honest witnesses;

Amos 5:24

But let justice and fairness flow like a river that never runs dry.

Amos 5:6

Turn back to the LORD, you descendants of Joseph, and you will live. If you don't, the LORD will attack like fire. Bethel will burn to the ground, and no one can save it.

Amos 6:12

Horses can't gallop on rocks; oceans can't be ploughed. But you have turned justice and fairness into bitter poison.

Amos 7:3

Then the LORD felt sorry and answered, “I won't let it be destroyed.”

Jonah 1:6

The ship's captain went to him and said, “How can you sleep at a time like this? Get up and pray to your God! Perhaps he will have pity on us and keep us from drowning.”

Micah 2:12

I, the LORD, promise to bring together the people of Israel who have survived. I will gather them, just as a shepherd brings sheep together, and there will be many.

Micah 3:2

but you prefer to do evil instead of what is right. You skin my people alive. You strip off their flesh,

Micah 5:3

The LORD will abandon Israel only until this ruler is born, and the rest of his family returns to Israel.

Zephaniah 2:3

If you humbly obey the LORD, then come and worship him. If you do right and are humble, perhaps you will be safe on that day when the LORD turns loose his anger.

Malachi 3:18

Then everyone will once again see the difference between those who obey me by doing right and those who reject me by doing wrong.

Romans 12:9

Be sincere in your love for others. Hate everything that is evil and hold tight to everything that is good.

Romans 7:22

With my whole heart I agree with the Law of God.

Romans 8:7

Our desires fight against God, because they do not and cannot obey God's laws.

3 John 1:11

Dear friend, don't copy the evil deeds of others! Follow the example of people who do kind deeds. They are God's children, but those who are always doing evil have never seen God.