Amos 5:5

God's Word

But don’t search ⌞for me⌟ at Bethel. Don’t go to Gilgal. Don’t travel to Beersheba. Gilgal will certainly go into exile. Bethel will come to nothing.

Cross References

Genesis 21:31

This is why that place is called Beersheba, because both of them swore an oath there.

Genesis 21:33

Abraham planted a tamarisk tree at Beersheba and worshiped the Lord, the Everlasting God, there.

Genesis 26:23

He went from there to Beersheba.

Genesis 26:33

So he named it Shibah [Oath]. That is why the name of the city is still Beersheba today.

1 Kings 12:28

After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves. He said, “You’ve been worshiping in Jerusalem long enough. Israel, here are your gods who brought you out of Egypt.”

1 Kings 12:29

He put one in Bethel and the other in Dan.

2 Kings 23:8

He brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah from Geba to Beersheba and made the places where those priests sacrificed unclean. He tore down the worship site at the entrance of the Gate of Joshua, the gate named after the mayor of the city. (The worship site was to the left of anyone going through the city gate.)

Job 8:22

Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked will cease to exist.”

Psalm 33:10

The Lord blocks the plans of the nations. He frustrates the schemes of the people of the world.

Isaiah 29:20

Tyrants will be gone. Mockers will be finished. All who look for ways to do wrong will come to an end:

Isaiah 8:10

Make plans for battle, but they will never succeed. Give orders, but they won’t be carried out, because God is with us!

Jeremiah 48:13

Then Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh as the nation of Israel was ashamed when it trusted Bethel.

Hosea 10:8

The illegal worship sites of Aven will be destroyed. Israel sins there. Thorns and weeds will grow over those altars. People will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall on us!”

Hosea 12:11

The people of Gilead are evil. They are worthless. They sacrifice bulls in Gilgal. But their altars will become like piles of rubble beside a plowed field.

Hosea 4:15

“Israel, you act like a prostitute. Don’t let Judah become guilty too. Don’t go to Gilgal. Don’t go to Beth Aven. Don’t take the oath, ‘As the Lord lives. …’

Hosea 9:15

“All Ephraim’s wickedness began in Gilgal; I hated the people there. I will force them out of my temple because of their wickedness, and I won’t love them anymore. All their officials are rebellious.

Amos 1:5

I will break the bars ⌞on the gates⌟ of Damascus. I will cut off those living in Aven Valley and the one who holds the scepter in Beth Eden. The people of Aram will go into captivity at Kir. The Lord has said this.

Amos 3:14

On the day I punish Israel for its disobedience, I will also destroy the altars at Bethel. The horns of the altar will be cut off and will fall to the ground.

Amos 4:4

Go to Bethel and sin. Go to Gilgal and sin even more. Bring your sacrifices every morning. Bring a tenth of your income every three days.

Amos 7:10

Then Amaziah, the priest at Bethel, sent a message to King Jeroboam of Israel. It read, “Amos is plotting against you among the people of Israel. The country isn’t able to endure everything he is saying.

Amos 7:13

But don’t ⌞ever⌟ prophesy again in Bethel, because this is the king’s holy place and the king’s palace.”

Amos 7:17

“However, this is what the Lord says: Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, and your sons and daughters will be killed with swords. Your land will be surveyed and divided up, and you will die in an unclean  land. Israel cannot avoid being taken from its land into exile.”

Amos 7:9

The worship sites of Isaac will be destroyed, and the holy places of Israel will be in ruins. I will attack Jeroboam’s heirs with my sword.”

Amos 8:14

⌞How horrible it will be for⌟ those who swear by Ashimah, the idol of Samaria, and say, “I solemnly swear, Dan, as your god lives….” “I solemnly swear as long as there is a road to Beersheba….” Those who say this will fall and never get up again.

1 Corinthians 1:28

God chose what the world considers ordinary and what it despises—what it considers to be nothing—in order to destroy what it considers to be something.

1 Corinthians 2:6

However, we do use wisdom to speak to those who are mature. It is a wisdom that doesn’t belong to this world or to the rulers of this world who are in power today and gone tomorrow.

Deuteronomy 28:41

You will have sons and daughters, but you won’t be able to keep them because they will be taken as prisoners of war.

Joshua 5:9

The Lord said to Joshua, “Today I have removed the disgrace of Egypt from you.” So Joshua named the place Gilgal, the name it still has today.

Revelation 18:17

In one moment all this wealth has been destroyed!’ Every ship’s captain, everyone who traveled by ship, sailors, and everyone who made their living from the sea stood far away.

1 Samuel 11:14

Samuel told the troops, “Come, let’s go to Gilgal and there acknowledge ⌞Saul’s⌟ kingship.”

1 Samuel 7:16

Every year he went around to Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah in order to judge Israel in all those places.

1 Samuel 8:2

The name of his firstborn son was Joel; the name of his second son was Abijah. They were judges in Beersheba.