Amos 6:1

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Woe to those who are at ease in Zion and for those who feel secure on Mount Samaria, the notables of the first of the nations, to whom the house of Israel resorts!

Cross References

1 Kings 16:24

He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver; he fortified the hill and called the city that he built Samaria, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill.

Psalm 123:4

Our soul has had more than its fill of the scorn of those who are at ease, of the contempt of the proud.

Proverbs 1:32

For waywardness kills the simple, and the complacency of fools destroys them;

Isaiah 33:14

The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling has seized the godless: “Who among us can live with the devouring fire? Who among us can live with everlasting flames?”

Jeremiah 2:3

Israel was holy to the Lord, the first fruits of his harvest. All who ate of it were held guilty; disaster came upon them, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 48:11

Moab has been at ease from his youth, settled like wine on its dregs; he has not been emptied from vessel to vessel, nor has he gone into exile; therefore his flavor has remained, and his aroma is unspoiled.

Jeremiah 49:31

Rise up; advance against a nation at ease, that lives secure, says the Lord, that has no gates or bars, that lives alone.

Jeremiah 5:5

Let me go to the rich and speak to them; surely they know the way of the Lord, the law of their God.” But they all alike had broken the yoke; they had burst the bonds.

Jeremiah 7:4

Do not trust in these deceptive words: “This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord.”

Lamentations 1:1

How lonely sits the city that once was full of people! How like a widow she has become, she that was great among the nations! She that was a princess among the provinces has become subject to forced labor.

Amos 3:2

You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.

Amos 3:9

Proclaim to the strongholds in Ashdod and to the strongholds in the land of Egypt, and say, “Assemble yourselves on Mount Samaria, and see what great tumults are within it and what oppressions are in its midst.”

Amos 4:1

Hear this word, you cows of Bashan who are on Mount Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who say to their husbands, “Bring something to drink!”

Amos 5:27

therefore I will take you into exile beyond Damascus, says the Lord, whose name is the God of hosts.

Amos 8:14

Those who swear by Ashimah of Samaria and say, “As your god lives, O Dan,” and, “As the way of Beer-sheba lives”— they shall fall and never rise again.

Amos 9:10

All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, who say, “Evil shall not overtake or meet us.”

Micah 3:1

And I said: Listen, you heads of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel! Should you not know justice?—

Zephaniah 1:12

At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the people who settle like dregs in wine, those who say in their hearts, “The Lord will not do good, nor will he do harm.”

James 1:18

In fulfillment of his own purpose he gave birth to us by the word of truth, so that we would become a kind of first fruits of his creatures.

James 5:5

You have lived on the earth in luxury and in pleasure; you have nourished your hearts in a day of slaughter.

1 Peter 5:7

Cast all your anxiety on him, because he cares for you.

Judges 18:7

The five men went on, and when they came to Laish, they observed the people who were there living securely, after the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and unsuspecting, lacking nothing on earth, and possessing wealth. Furthermore, they were far from the Sidonians and had no dealings with Aram.