Amos 8:12

New Living Translation

People will stagger from sea to sea and wander from border to border searching for the word of the Lord, but they will not find it.

Cross References

Proverbs 1:28

“When they cry for help, I will not answer. Though they anxiously search for me, they will not find me.

Proverbs 14:6

A mocker seeks wisdom and never finds it, but knowledge comes easily to those with understanding.

Proverbs 29:18

When people do not accept divine guidance, they run wild. But whoever obeys the law is joyful.

Ezekiel 20:3

“Son of man, tell the leaders of Israel, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: How dare you come to ask me for a message? As surely as I live, says the Sovereign Lord, I will tell you nothing!’

Ezekiel 20:31

For when you offer gifts to them and give your little children to be burned as sacrifices, you continue to pollute yourselves with idols to this day. Should I allow you to ask for a message from me, O people of Israel? As surely as I live, says the Sovereign Lord, I will tell you nothing.

Daniel 12:4

But you, Daniel, keep this prophecy a secret; seal up the book until the time of the end, when many will rush here and there, and knowledge will increase.”

Hosea 5:6

When they come with their flocks and herds to offer sacrifices to the Lord, they will not find him, because he has withdrawn from them.

Matthew 12:30

“Anyone who isn’t with me opposes me, and anyone who isn’t working with me is actually working against me.

1 Samuel 3:1

Meanwhile, the boy Samuel served the Lord by assisting Eli. Now in those days messages from the Lord were very rare, and visions were quite uncommon.