Amos 5:6

New Century Version

Come to the Lord and live, or he will move like fire against the descendants of Joseph. The fire will burn Bethel, and there will be no one to put it out.

Cross References

2 Samuel 19:20

I know I have sinned. That is why I am the first person from Joseph’s family to come down and meet you today, my master and king!”

1 Kings 11:28

Jeroboam was a capable man, and Solomon saw that this young man was a good worker. So Solomon put him over all the workers from the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh.

2 Chronicles 34:25

The people of Judah have left me and have burned incense to other gods. They have made me angry by all the evil things they have made. So I will punish them in my anger, which will not be put out.’

Psalm 27:8

My heart said of you, “Go, worship him.” So I come to worship you, Lord.

Psalm 69:33

The Lord listens to those in need and does not look down on captives.

Exodus 22:6

“Suppose a man starts a fire that spreads through the thornbushes to his neighbor’s field. If the fire burns his neighbor’s growing grain or grain that has been stacked, or if it burns his whole field, the person who started the fire must pay for what was burned.

Isaiah 1:31

Powerful people will be like small, dry pieces of wood, and their works will be like sparks. They will burn together, and no one will be able to put out that fire.”

Isaiah 55:3

Come to me and listen; listen to me so you may live. I will make an agreement with you that will last forever. I will give you the blessings I promised to David.

Isaiah 55:6

So you should look for the Lord before it is too late; you should call to him while he is near.

Jeremiah 38:20

But Jeremiah answered, “The Babylonians will not hand you over to the Jews. Obey the Lord by doing what I tell you. Then things will go well for you, and your life will be saved.

Jeremiah 4:4

Give yourselves to the service of the Lord, and decide to obey him, people of Judah and people of Jerusalem. If you don’t, my anger will spread among you like a fire, and no one will be able to put it out, because of the evil you have done.

Jeremiah 7:20

“ ‘So this is what the Lord God says: I will pour out my anger on this place, on people and animals, on the trees in the field and the crops in the ground. My anger will be like a hot fire that no one can put out.

Ezekiel 21:3

Say to Israel: ‘This is what the Lord says: I am against you. I will pull my sword out of its holder, and I will cut off from you both the wicked and those who do right.

Ezekiel 33:11

Say to them: ‘The Lord God says: As surely as I live, I do not want any who are wicked to die. I want them to stop doing evil and live. Stop! Stop your wicked ways! You don’t want to die, do you, people of Israel?’

Ezekiel 37:19

say to them, ‘This is what the Lord God says: I will take the stick for Joseph and the tribes of Israel with him, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and I will put it with the stick of Judah. I will make them into one stick, and they will be one in my hand.’

Amos 3:14

“When I punish Israel for their sins, I will also destroy the altars at Bethel. The corners of the altar will be cut off, and they will fall to the ground.

Amos 5:14

Try to do good, not evil, so that you will live, and the Lord God All-Powerful will be with you just as you say he is.

Amos 5:4

This is what the Lord says to the nation of Israel: “Come to me and live.

Amos 6:6

You drink wine by the bowlful and use the best perfumed lotions. But you are not sad over the ruin of Israel,

Zephaniah 2:3

Come to the Lord, all you who are not proud, who obey his laws. Do what is right. Learn to be humble. Maybe you will escape on the day the Lord shows his anger.

Zechariah 10:6

“I will strengthen the people of Judah and save the people of Joseph. I will bring them back, because I care about them. It will be as though I had never left them, because I am the Lord their God, and I will answer them.

Deuteronomy 32:22

My anger has started a fire that burns down to the place of the dead. It will burn up the ground and its crops, and it will set fire to the base of the mountains.

Deuteronomy 4:24

The Lord your God is a jealous God, like a fire that burns things up.

Joshua 18:5

They will divide the land into seven parts. The people of Judah will keep their land in the south, and the people of Joseph will keep their land in the north.