Amos 5:14

New American Bible - revised edition

Seek good and not evil, that you may live; Then truly the Lord, the God of hosts, will be with you as you claim.

Cross References

Genesis 39:23

The chief jailer did not have to look after anything that was in Joseph’s charge, since the Lord was with him and was bringing success to whatever he was doing.

1 Chronicles 28:20

Then David said to his son Solomon: “Be strong and steadfast, and go to work; do not fear or be dismayed, for the Lord God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you or abandon you before you have completed all the work for the service of the house of the Lord.

2 Chronicles 15:2

He went forth to meet Asa and said to him: “Hear me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin! The Lord is with you when you are with him, and if you seek him he will be found; but if you abandon him, he will abandon you.

Psalm 46:11

“Be still and know that I am God! I am exalted among the nations, exalted on the earth.”

Psalm 97:10

You who love the Lord, hate evil, he protects the souls of the faithful, rescues them from the hand of the wicked.

Exodus 3:12

God answered: I will be with you; and this will be your sign that I have sent you. When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you will serve God at this mountain.

Proverbs 11:27

Those who seek the good seek favor, but those who pursue evil will have evil come upon them.

Isaiah 55:2

Why spend your money for what is not bread; your wages for what does not satisfy? Only listen to me, and you shall eat well, you shall delight in rich fare.

Isaiah 8:10

Form a plan, it shall be thwarted; make a resolve, it shall not be carried out, for “With us is God!” Disciples of Isaiah.

Amos 3:3

Do two journey together unless they have agreed?

Amos 5:6

Seek the Lord, that you may live, lest he flare up against the house of Joseph like a fire that shall consume the house of Israel, with no one to quench it.

Micah 3:11

Its leaders render judgment for a bribe, the priests teach for pay, the prophets divine for money, While they rely on the Lord, saying, “Is not the Lord in the midst of us? No evil can come upon us!”

Micah 6:8

You have been told, O mortal, what is good, and what the Lord requires of you: Only to do justice and to love goodness, and to walk humbly with your God.

Zephaniah 2:3

Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land, who have observed his law; Seek justice, seek humility; Perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the Lord’s anger.

Numbers 16:3

Holding an assembly against Moses and Aaron, they said, “You go too far! The whole community, all of them, are holy; the Lord is in their midst. Why then should you set yourselves over the Lord’s assembly?”

Matthew 1:23

“Behold, the virgin shall be with child and bear a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel,” which means “God is with us.”

Matthew 28:20

teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age.”

Matthew 6:33

But seek first the kingdom [of God] and his righteousness, and all these things will be given you besides.

2 Timothy 4:22

The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with all of you.

Joshua 1:9

I command you: be strong and steadfast! Do not fear nor be dismayed, for the Lord, your God, is with you wherever you go.