Amos 5:4

New American Bible - revised edition

For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel: Seek me, that you may live,

Cross References

2 Kings 20:3

“Ah, Lord, remember how faithfully and wholeheartedly I conducted myself in your presence, doing what was good in your sight!” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

1 Chronicles 28:9

“As for you, Solomon, my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a whole heart and a willing soul, for the Lord searches all hearts and understands all the mind’s thoughts. If you search for him, he will be found; but if you abandon him, he will cast you off forever.

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.

2 Chronicles 20:3

Frightened, Jehoshaphat resolved to consult the Lord. He proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

2 Chronicles 20:4

Then Judah gathered to seek the Lord’s help; from every one of the cities of Judah they came to seek the Lord. Jehoshaphat’s Prayer.

2 Chronicles 34:3

In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still a youth, he began to seek after the God of David his father. Then in his twelfth year he began to purify Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the asherahs, and the carved and molten images.

Psalm 14:2

The Lord looks down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if even one is wise, if even one seeks God.

Psalm 22:26

I will offer praise in the great assembly; my vows I will fulfill before those who fear him.

Psalm 27:8

“Come,” says my heart, “seek his face”; your face, Lord, do I seek!

Psalm 69:32

That will please the Lord more than oxen, more than bulls with horns and hooves:

Psalm 69:33

“See, you lowly ones, and be glad; you who seek God, take heart!

Isaiah 31:1

Ah! Those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses; Who put their trust in chariots because of their number, and in horsemen because of their combined power, But look not to the Holy One of Israel nor seek the Lord!

Isaiah 55:3

Pay attention and come to me; listen, that you may have life. I will make with you an everlasting covenant, the steadfast loyalty promised to David.

Jeremiah 38:20

“You will not be handed over to them,” Jeremiah answered. “I beg you! Please listen to the voice of the Lord regarding what I tell you so that it may go well with you and your life be spared.

Ezekiel 18:9

if he walks by my statutes and is careful to observe my ordinances, that man is just—he shall surely live—oracle of the Lord God.

Hosea 10:12

“Sow for yourselves justice, reap the reward of loyalty; Break up for yourselves a new field, for it is time to seek the Lord, till he comes and rains justice upon you.”

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.

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.

Matthew 7:8

For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

Deuteronomy 32:46

he said to them, Take to heart all the words that I am giving in witness against you today, words you should command your children, that they may observe carefully every word of this law.

Deuteronomy 32:47

For this is no trivial matter for you, but rather your very life; by this word you will enjoy a long life on the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess. Moses Looks upon Canaan.

Deuteronomy 4:29

Yet when you seek the Lord, your God, from there, you shall indeed find him if you search after him with all your heart and soul.