Amos 6:3

New International Reader's Version

You are trying to avoid the time when trouble will come. But you are only bringing closer the Assyrian rule of terror.

Cross References

Psalm 94:20

Can you have anything to do with rulers who aren’t fair? Can those who make laws that cause suffering be friends of yours?

Ecclesiastes 8:11

Sometimes the sentence for a crime isn’t carried out quickly. So people make plans to commit even more crimes.

Isaiah 47:7

You said, ‘I am queen forever!’ But you did not think about what you were doing. You did not consider how things might turn out.

Isaiah 56:12

“Come!” they shout. “Let’s get some wine! Let’s drink all the beer we can! Tomorrow we’ll do the same thing. And that will be even better than today.”

Lamentations 4:5

Those who once ate fine food are dying in the streets. Those who wore royal clothes are now lying on piles of trash.

Ezekiel 12:22

“Son of man, you have a proverb in the land of Israel. It says, ‘The days go by, and not even one vision comes true.’

Ezekiel 12:27

“Son of man, the Israelites are saying, ‘The vision Ezekiel sees won’t come true for many years. He is prophesying about a time that is a long way off.’

Ezekiel 23:42

“The noise of a carefree crowd was all around her. Men who drink too much were brought from the desert. Other men were brought along with them. They put bracelets on the wrists of the two sisters. They put beautiful crowns on their heads.

Amos 3:10

“They do not know how to do what is right,” announces the Lord. “They store up stolen goods in their forts.”

Amos 3:9

Speak to the people in the forts of Ashdod and Egypt. Tell them, “Gather together on the mountains of Samaria. Look at the great trouble in that city. Its people are committing many crimes.”

Amos 5:12

I know how many crimes you have committed. You have sinned far too much. Among you are people who crush those who have done no wrong. They accept money from people who want special favors. They take away the rights of poor people in the courts.

Amos 5:18

How terrible it will be for you who long for the day of the Lord! Why do you want it to come? That day will be dark, not light.

Amos 6:12

Horses don’t run on rocky ground. People don’t plow the sea with oxen. But you have turned fair treatment into poison. You have turned the fruit of right living into bitterness.

Amos 9:10

All the sinners among my people will be killed by swords. They say, ‘Nothing bad will ever happen to us.’

Micah 6:12

The rich people among you harm others. You are always telling lies. You try to fool others by what you say.

Matthew 24:48

But suppose that slave is evil. Suppose he says to himself, ‘My master is staying away a long time.’

1 Thessalonians 5:3

People will be saying that everything is peaceful and safe. Then suddenly they will be destroyed. It will happen like birth pains coming on a pregnant woman. None of the people will escape.

2 Peter 3:4

They will say, “Where is this ‘return’ he promised? Everything goes on in the same way it has since our people of long ago died. In fact, it has continued this way since God first created everything.”

Revelation 18:17

In just one hour your great wealth has been destroyed!’ “Every sea captain and all who travel by ship will stand far away. So will the sailors and all who earn their living from the sea.