Amos 5:19

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

You will run from a lion, only to meet a bear. You will escape to your house, rest your hand on the wall, and be bitten by a snake.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 10:8

If you dig a pit, you might fall in; if you break down a wall, a snake might bite you.

Isaiah 10:2

that let you cheat the poor and needy and rob widows and orphans.

Isaiah 10:3

But what will you do when you are fiercely attacked and punished by foreigners? Where will you run for help? Where will you hide your valuables?

Acts 28:4

When the local people saw the snake hanging from Paul's hand, they said to each other, “This man must be a murderer! He didn't drown in the sea, but the goddess of justice will kill him anyway.”

Deuteronomy 32:24

You'll be struck by starvation and deadly diseases, by the fangs of wild animals and poisonous snakes.

Joshua 10:18

Joshua answered, “Roll some big stones over the mouth of the cave and leave a few soldiers to guard it.