Amos 5:14

New English Translation

Seek good and not evil so you can live! Then the Lord, the God who commands armies, just might be with you, as you claim he is.

Cross References

Genesis 39:23

The warden did not concern himself with anything that was in Joseph’s care because the Lord was with him and whatever he was doing the Lord was making successful.

1 Chronicles 28:20

David said to his son Solomon: “Be strong and brave! Do it! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! For the Lord God, my God, is with you. He will not leave you or abandon you before all the work for the service of the Lord’s temple is finished.

2 Chronicles 15:2

He met Asa and told him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin! The Lord is with you when you are loyal to him. If you seek him, he will respond to you, but if you reject him, he will reject you.

Psalm 46:11

The Lord who commands armies is on our side! The God of Jacob is our protector! (Selah)

Psalm 97:10

You who love the Lord, hate evil! He protects the lives of his faithful followers; he delivers them from the power of the wicked.

Exodus 3:12

He replied, “Surely I will be with you, and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: When you bring the people out of Egypt, you and they will serve God on this mountain.”

Proverbs 11:27

The one who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but the one who searches for evil – it will come to him.

Isaiah 55:2

Why pay money for something that will not nourish you? Why spend your hard-earned money on something that will not satisfy? Listen carefully to me and eat what is nourishing! Enjoy fine food!

Isaiah 8:10

Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted! Issue your orders, but they will not be executed! For God is with us!

Amos 3:3

Do two walk together without having met?

Amos 5:6

Seek the Lord so you can live! Otherwise he will break out like fire against Joseph’s family; the fire will consume and no one will be able to quench it and save Bethel.

Micah 3:11

Her leaders take bribes when they decide legal cases, her priests proclaim rulings for profit, and her prophets read omens for pay. Yet they claim to trust the Lord and say, “The Lord is among us. Disaster will not overtake us!”

Micah 6:8

He has told you, O man, what is good, and what the Lord really wants from you: He wants you to promote justice, to be faithful, and to live obediently before your God.

Zephaniah 2:3

Seek the Lord’s favor, all you humble people of the land who have obeyed his commands! Strive to do what is right! Strive to be humble! Maybe you will be protected on the day of the Lord’s angry judgment.

Numbers 16:3

And they assembled against Moses and Aaron, saying to them, “You take too much upon yourselves, seeing that the whole community is holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the community of the Lord?”

Matthew 1:23

“Look! The virgin will conceive and bear a son, and they will call him Emmanuel,” which means “God with us.”

Matthew 28:20

teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

Matthew 6:33

But above all pursue his kingdom and righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

2 Timothy 4:22

The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you.

Joshua 1:9

I repeat, be strong and brave! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic, for I, the Lord your God, am with you in all you do.”