Amos 6:3

New American Bible - revised edition

You who would put off the day of disaster, yet hasten the time of violence!

Cross References

Psalm 94:20

Can unjust judges be your allies, those who create burdens by decree,

Ecclesiastes 8:11

Because the sentence against an evil deed is not promptly executed, the human heart is filled with the desire to commit evil—

Isaiah 47:7

You said, “I shall remain always, a sovereign mistress forever!” You did not take these things to heart, but disregarded their outcome.

Isaiah 56:12

“Come, let me bring wine; let us fill ourselves with strong drink, And tomorrow will be like today, or even greater.”

Lamentations 4:5

Those who feasted on delicacies are abandoned in the streets; Those who reclined on crimson now embrace dung heaps.

Ezekiel 12:22

Son of man, what is this proverb you have in the land of Israel: “The days drag on, and every vision fails”?

Ezekiel 12:27

Son of man, listen! The house of Israel is saying, “The vision he sees is a long time off; he prophesies for distant times!”

Ezekiel 23:42

The cries of a mob! The shouts of men coming in from the wilderness! They put bracelets on the women’s arms and splendid crowns on their heads.

Amos 3:10

They do not know how to do what is right— oracle of the Lord— Storing up in their strongholds violence and destruction.

Amos 3:9

Proclaim this in the strongholds of Assyria, in the strongholds of the land of Egypt: “Gather on the mount of Samaria, and see the great disorders within it, the oppressions within its midst.”

Amos 5:12

Yes, I know how many are your crimes, how grievous your sins: Oppressing the just, accepting bribes, turning away the needy at the gate.

Amos 5:18

Woe to those who yearn for the day of the Lord! What will the day of the Lord mean for you? It will be darkness, not light!

Amos 6:12

Can horses run over rock, or can one plow the sea with oxen? Yet you have turned justice into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood,

Amos 9:10

All sinners among my people shall die by the sword, those who say, “Disaster will not reach or overtake us.”

Micah 6:12

You whose wealthy are full of violence, whose inhabitants speak falsehood with deceitful tongues in their mouths!

Matthew 24:48

But if that wicked servant says to himself, ‘My master is long delayed,’

1 Thessalonians 5:3

When people are saying, “Peace and security,” then sudden disaster comes upon them, like labor pains upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

2 Peter 3:4

and saying, “Where is the promise of his coming? From the time when our ancestors fell asleep, everything has remained as it was from the beginning of creation.”

Revelation 18:17

In one hour this great wealth has been ruined.” Every captain of a ship, every traveler at sea, sailors, and seafaring merchants stood at a distance