Amos 5:5

New International Version

do not seek Bethel, do not go to Gilgal, do not journey to Beersheba. For Gilgal will surely go into exile, and Bethel will be reduced to nothing.”

Cross References

Hosea 4:15

“Though you, Israel, commit adultery, do not let Judah become guilty. “Do not go to Gilgal; do not go up to Beth Aven. And do not swear, ‘As surely as the Lord lives!’

Amos 8:14

Those who swear by the sin of Samaria— who say, ‘As surely as your god lives, Dan,’ or, ‘As surely as the god of Beersheba lives’— they will fall, never to rise again.”

Amos 4:4

“Go to Bethel and sin; go to Gilgal and sin yet more. Bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three years.

Genesis 21:33

Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called on the name of the Lord, the Eternal God.

Revelation 18:17

In one hour such great wealth has been brought to ruin!’ “Every sea captain, and all who travel by ship, the sailors, and all who earn their living from the sea, will stand far off.

1 Corinthians 2:6

We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.

1 Corinthians 1:28

God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are,

Amos 7:17

“Therefore this is what the Lord says: “ ‘Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, and your sons and daughters will fall by the sword. Your land will be measured and divided up, and you yourself will die in a pagan country. And Israel will surely go into exile, away from their native land.’ ”

Hosea 12:11

Is Gilead wicked? Its people are worthless! Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Their altars will be like piles of stones on a plowed field.

Hosea 10:8

The high places of wickedness will be destroyed— it is the sin of Israel. Thorns and thistles will grow up and cover their altars. Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall on us!”

Hosea 9:15

“Because of all their wickedness in Gilgal, I hated them there. Because of their sinful deeds, I will drive them out of my house. I will no longer love them; all their leaders are rebellious.

Isaiah 29:20

The ruthless will vanish, the mockers will disappear, and all who have an eye for evil will be cut down—

Isaiah 8:10

Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted; propose your plan, but it will not stand, for God is with us.

Psalm 33:10

The Lord foils the plans of the nations; he thwarts the purposes of the peoples.

Job 8:22

Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tents of the wicked will be no more.”

1 Samuel 11:14

Then Samuel said to the people, “Come, let us go to Gilgal and there renew the kingship.”

1 Samuel 7:16

From year to year he went on a circuit from Bethel to Gilgal to Mizpah, judging Israel in all those places.

Deuteronomy 28:41

You will have sons and daughters but you will not keep them, because they will go into captivity.

Genesis 21:31

So that place was called Beersheba, because the two men swore an oath there.

1 Samuel 8:2

The name of his firstborn was Joel and the name of his second was Abijah, and they served at Beersheba.

1 Kings 12:28

After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves. He said to the people, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Here are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.”

1 Kings 12:29

One he set up in Bethel, and the other in Dan.

Amos 3:14

“On the day I punish Israel for her sins, I will destroy the altars of Bethel; the horns of the altar will be cut off and fall to the ground.

Amos 7:10

Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent a message to Jeroboam king of Israel: “Amos is raising a conspiracy against you in the very heart of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words.

Amos 7:13

Don’t prophesy anymore at Bethel, because this is the king’s sanctuary and the temple of the kingdom.”

Genesis 26:23

From there he went up to Beersheba.

Genesis 26:33

He called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the town has been Beersheba.

Joshua 5:9

Then the Lord said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” So the place has been called Gilgal to this day.

2 Kings 23:8

Josiah brought all the priests from the towns of Judah and desecrated the high places, from Geba to Beersheba, where the priests had burned incense. He broke down the gateway at the entrance of the Gate of Joshua, the city governor, which was on the left of the city gate.

Jeremiah 48:13

Then Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh, as Israel was ashamed when they trusted in Bethel.

Amos 1:5

I will break down the gate of Damascus; I will destroy the king who is in the Valley of Aven and the one who holds the scepter in Beth Eden. The people of Aram will go into exile to Kir,” says the Lord.

Amos 7:9

“The high places of Isaac will be destroyed and the sanctuaries of Israel will be ruined; with my sword I will rise against the house of Jeroboam.”