Amos 5:6

New American Bible - revised edition

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.

Cross References

2 Samuel 19:20

and said to him: “May my lord not hold me guilty; do not remember or take to heart the wrong that your servant did the day my lord the king left Jerusalem.

1 Kings 11:28

Jeroboam was a very able man, and when Solomon saw that the young man was also a good worker, he put him in charge of all the carriers conscripted from the house of Joseph.

2 Chronicles 34:25

Because they have abandoned me and have burned incense to other gods, provoking me by all the works of their hands, my anger burns against this place and it cannot be extinguished.

Psalm 27:8

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

Psalm 69:33

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

Exodus 22:6

When someone gives money or articles to another for safekeeping and they are stolen from the latter’s house, the thief, if caught, must make twofold restitution.

Isaiah 1:31

The strong tree shall turn to tinder, and the one who tends it shall become a spark; Both of them shall burn together, and there shall be none to quench them.

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.

Isaiah 55:6

Seek the Lord while he may be found, call upon him while he is near.

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.

Jeremiah 4:4

Be circumcised for the Lord, remove the foreskins of your hearts, people of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; Or else my anger will break out like fire, and burn so that no one can quench it, because of your evil deeds.

Jeremiah 7:20

Therefore, thus says the Lord God: my anger and my wrath will pour out upon this place, upon human being and beast, upon the trees of the field and the fruits of the earth; it will burn and not be quenched.

Ezekiel 21:3

Say to the forest in the south: Hear the word of the Lord! Thus says the Lord God: See! I am kindling a fire in you that shall devour every green tree as well as every dry tree. The blazing flame shall not be quenched so that from south to north every face shall be scorched by it.

Ezekiel 33:11

Answer them: As I live—oracle of the Lord God—I swear I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn from their ways and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! Why should you die, house of Israel?

Ezekiel 37:19

answer them: Thus says the Lord God: I will take the stick of Joseph, now in Ephraim’s hand, and the tribes of Israel associated with it, and join to it the stick of Judah, making them one stick; they shall become one in my hand.

Amos 3:14

On the day when I punish Israel for its crimes, I will also punish the altars of Bethel; The horns of the altar shall be broken off and fall to the ground.

Amos 5:14

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

Amos 5:4

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

Amos 6:6

Who drink wine from bowls, and anoint themselves with the best oils, but are not made ill by the collapse of Joseph;

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.

Zechariah 10:6

I will strengthen the house of Judah, the house of Joseph I will save; I will bring them back, because I have mercy on them; they will be as if I had never cast them off, for I am the Lord their God, and I will answer them.

Deuteronomy 32:22

For by my wrath a fire is kindled that has raged to the depths of Sheol, It has consumed the earth with its yield, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.

Deuteronomy 4:24

For the Lord, your God, is a consuming fire, a jealous God. God’s Fidelity and Love.

Joshua 18:5

you shall divide it into seven parts. Judah is to retain its territory in the south, and the house of Joseph its territory in the north.