Amos 5:19

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

It will be like a man who flees from a lion only to have a bear confront him. He goes home and rests his hand against the wall only to have a snake bite him.

Cross References

Acts 28:4

When the local people saw the snake hanging from his hand, they said to one another, ‘This man, no doubt, is a murderer. Even though he has escaped the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.’

Deuteronomy 32:24

They will be weak from hunger, ravaged by pestilence and bitter plague; I will unleash on them wild beasts with fangs, as well as venomous snakes that slither in the dust.

Ecclesiastes 10:8

The one who digs a pit may fall into it, and the one who breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.

Joshua 10:18

Joshua said, ‘Roll large stones against the mouth of the cave, and station men by it to guard the kings.

Isaiah 10:2

to keep the poor from getting a fair trial and to deprive the needy among my people of justice, so that widows can be their spoil and they can plunder the fatherless.

Isaiah 10:3

What will you do on the day of punishment when devastation comes from far away? Who will you run to for help? Where will you leave your wealth?