Amos 5:19

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

As if a man should flee from the face of a lion, and a bear should meet him: or enter into the house, and lean with his hand upon the wall, and a serpent should bite him.

Cross References

Acts 28:4

And when the barbarians saw the beast hanging on his hand, they said one to another: Undoubtedly this man is a murderer, who though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance doth not suffer him to live.

Deuteronomy 32:24

They shall be consumed with famine, and birds shall devour them with a most bitter bite. I will send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the fury of creatures that trail upon the ground, and of serpents.

Ecclesiastes 10:8

He that diggeth a pit, shall fall into it: and he that breaketh a hedge, a serpent shall bite him.

Joshua 10:18

And he commanded them that were with him, saying: Roll great stones to the mouth of the cave, and set careful men, to keep them shut up.

Isaiah 10:2

To oppress the poor in judgment, and do violence to the cause of the humble of my people: that widows might be their prey, and that they might rob the fatherless.

Isaiah 10:3

What will you do in the day of visitation, and of the calamity which cometh from afar? To whom will ye flee for help? And where will ye leave your glory?