Amos 6:1

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

“Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, and to those who feel secure on the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the first of the nations, to whom the house of Israel come!

Cross References

1 Kings 16:24

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

Psalm 123:4

Too long our soul has been sated with the scorn of those who are at ease, the contempt of the proud.

Proverbs 1:32

For the simple are killed by their turning away, and the complacence of fools destroys them;

Isaiah 33:14

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

Jeremiah 2:3

Israel was holy to the Lord, the first fruits of his harvest. All who ate of it became guilty; evil came upon them, says the Lord.”

Jeremiah 48:11

“Moab has been at ease from his youth and has settled on his lees; he has not been emptied from vessel to vessel, nor has he gone into exile; so his taste remains in him, and his scent is not changed.

Jeremiah 49:31

“Rise up, advance against a nation at ease, that dwells securely, says the Lord, that has no gates or bars, that dwells alone.

Jeremiah 5:5

I will go to the great, and will speak to them; for 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 was full of people! How like a widow has she become, she that was great among the nations! She that was a princess among the cities has become a vassal.

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 Assyria, and to the strongholds in the land of Egypt, and say, “Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and see the great tumults within her, and the oppressions in her midst.”

Amos 4:1

“Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, who are in the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who say to their husbands, ‘Bring, that we may 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 thy 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: Hear, you heads of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel! Is it not for you to know justice?—

Zephaniah 1:12

At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the men who are thickening upon their lees, those who say in their hearts, ‘The Lord will not do good, nor will he do ill.’

James 1:18

Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.

James 5:5

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

1 Peter 5:7

Cast all your anxieties on him, for he cares about you.

Judges 18:7

Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people who were there, how they dwelt in security, after the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and unsuspecting, lacking nothing that is in the earth, and possessing wealth, and how they were far from the Sidonians and had no dealings with any one.