Amos 5:19

New Century Version

It will be like someone who runs from a lion and meets a bear, or like someone who goes into his house and puts his hand on the wall, and then is bitten by a snake.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 10:8

Anyone who digs a pit might fall into it; anyone who knocks down a wall might be bitten by a snake;

Isaiah 10:2

They are not fair to the poor, and they rob my people of their rights. They allow people to steal from widows and to take from orphans what really belongs to them.

Isaiah 10:3

How will you explain the things you have done? What will you do when your destruction comes from far away? Where will you run for help? Where will you hide your riches then?

Acts 28:4

The people living on the island saw the snake hanging from Paul’s hand and said to each other, “This man must be a murderer! He did not die in the sea, but Justice does not want him to live.”

Deuteronomy 32:24

They will be starved and sick, destroyed by terrible diseases. I will send them vicious animals and gliding, poisonous snakes.

Joshua 10:18

So he said, “Cover the opening of the cave with large rocks. Put some men there to guard it,