Amos 5:4

God's Word

This is what the Lord says to the nation of Israel: Search for me and live!

Cross References

2 Kings 20:3

“Please, Lord, remember how I’ve lived faithfully and sincerely in your presence. I’ve done what you consider right.” And he cried bitterly.

1 Chronicles 28:9

“And you, my son Solomon, learn to know your father’s God. Serve the Lord wholeheartedly and willingly because he searches every heart and understands every thought ⌞we have⌟. If you dedicate your life to serving him, he will accept you. But if you abandon him, he will reject you from then on.

2 Chronicles 15:2

Azariah went to Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all you men from Judah and Benjamin. The Lord is with you when you are with him. If you will dedicate your lives to serving him, he will accept you. But if you abandon him, he will abandon you.

2 Chronicles 20:3

Frightened, Jehoshaphat decided to ask for the Lord’s help. He announced a fast throughout Judah.

2 Chronicles 20:4

The people of Judah gathered to seek the Lord’s help. They came from every city in Judah.

2 Chronicles 34:3

In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still a boy, he began to dedicate his life to serving the God of his ancestor David. In his twelfth year as king, he began to make Judah and Jerusalem clean  by destroying the illegal places of worship, poles dedicated to the goddess Asherah, carved idols, and metal idols.

Psalm 14:2

The Lord looks down from heaven on Adam’s descendants to see if there is anyone who acts wisely, if there is anyone who seeks help from God.

Psalm 22:26

Oppressed people will eat until they are full. Those who look to the Lord will praise him. May you live forever.

Psalm 27:8

⌞When you said,⌟ “Seek my face,” my heart said to you, “O Lord, I will seek your face.”

Psalm 69:32

Oppressed people will see ⌞this⌟ and rejoice. May the hearts of those who look to God for help be refreshed.

Psalm 69:33

The Lord listens to needy people. He does not despise his own who are in prison.

Isaiah 31:1

How horrible it will be for those who go to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who depend on many chariots, who depend on very strong war horses. They don’t look to the Holy One of Israel. They don’t seek the Lord.

Isaiah 55:3

Open your ears, and come to me! Listen so that you may live! I will make an everlasting promise  to you— the blessings I promised to David.

Jeremiah 38:20

Jeremiah said, “You will not be handed over to them. Obey the Lord by doing what I’m telling you. Then everything will go well for you, and you will live.

Ezekiel 18:9

He lives by my rules and obeys my laws faithfully. This person is righteous. He will certainly live,” declares the Almighty Lord.

Hosea 10:12

“Break new ground. Plant righteousness, and harvest the fruit that your loyalty will produce for me.” It’s time to seek the Lord! When he comes, he will rain righteousness on you.

Amos 5:6

Search for the Lord and live! If you don’t, he will spread like a fire through the house of Joseph and burn it down. Bethel will have no one to put it out.

Zephaniah 2:3

Search for the Lord, all you humble people in the land who carry out his justice. Search for what is right. Search for humility. Maybe you will find shelter on the day of the Lord’s anger.

Matthew 7:8

Everyone who asks will receive. The one who searches will find, and for the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

Deuteronomy 32:46

he said to them, “Pay attention to all these warnings I’ve given you today. Then you will command your children to faithfully obey every word of these teachings.

Deuteronomy 32:47

Don’t think these words are idle talk. They are your life! By these words you will be able to live for a long time in the land that you are going to take possession of when you cross the Jordan River.”

Deuteronomy 4:29

But if you look for the Lord your God when you are among those nations, you will find him whenever you search for him with all your heart and with all your soul.