Amos 5:19

American Standard Version (1901)

As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 24:17-18 : 17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth. 18 And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble.
  • Jer 15:2-3 : 2 And it shall come to pass, when they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith Jehovah: Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for captivity, to captivity. 3 And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith Jehovah: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the birds of the heavens, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and to destroy.
  • Jer 48:43-44 : 43 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith Jehovah. 44 He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon him, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith Jehovah.
  • Amos 9:1-2 : 1 I saw the Lord standing beside the altar: and he said, Smite the capitals, that the thresholds may shake; and break them in pieces on the head of all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: there shall not one of them flee away, and there shall not one of them escape. 2 Though they dig into Sheol, thence shall my hand take them; and though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down.
  • Acts 28:4 : 4 And when the barbarians saw the [venomous] creature hanging from his hand, they said one to another, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped from the sea, yet Justice hath not suffered to live.
  • 1 Kgs 20:29-30 : 29 And they encamped one over against the other seven days. And so it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined; and the children of Israel slew of the Syrians a hundred thousand footmen in one day. 30 But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and the wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand men that were left. And Ben-hadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.
  • Job 20:24-25 : 24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, And the bow of brass shall strike him through. 25 He draweth it forth, and it cometh out of his body; Yea, the glittering point cometh out of his gall: Terrors are upon him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    20 Shall not the day of Jehovah be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?

  • Amos 5:18
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    18 Woe unto you that desire the day of Jehovah! Wherefore would ye have the day of Jehovah? It is darkness, and not light.

  • Lam 3:10-11
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    10 He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.

    11 He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate.

  • Eccl 10:8-9
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    74%

    8 He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh through a wall, a serpent shall bite him.

    9 Whoso heweth out stones shall be hurt therewith; [and] he that cleaveth wood is endangered thereby.

  • Prov 17:12
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    12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, Rather than a fool in his folly.

  • Jer 5:6
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    6 Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, a wolf of the evenings shall destroy them, a leopard shall watch against their cities; every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces; because their transgressions are many, [and] their backslidings are increased.

  • 1 Kgs 20:36-37
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    72%

    36 Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of Jehovah, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him.

    37 Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, smiting and wounding him.

  • Isa 11:8
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    8 And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder's den.

  • Ezek 19:5-6
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    5 Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.

    6 And he went up and down among the lions; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.

  • Jer 8:17
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    17 For, behold, I will send serpents, adders, among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, saith Jehovah.

  • Prov 22:13
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    13 The sluggard saith, There is a lion without: I shall be slain in the streets.

  • Ps 17:12
    70%

    12 He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, And as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

  • Prov 6:5
    70%

    5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand [of the hunter], And as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

  • Hos 13:7-8
    2 verses
    70%

    7 Therefore am I unto them as a lion; as a leopard will I watch by the way;

    8 I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart; and there will I devour them like a lioness; the wild beast shall tear them.

  • Prov 28:15
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    15 [ As] a roaring lion, and a ranging bear, [So is] a wicked ruler over a poor people.

  • Job 12:5
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    5 In the thought of him that is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; It is ready for them whose foot slippeth.

  • 1 Pet 5:8
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    8 Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour,

  • Prov 26:13
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    13 The sluggard saith, There is a lion in the way; A lion is in the streets.

  • Prov 23:32
    70%

    32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, And stingeth like an adder.

  • 1 Kgs 13:24-26
    3 verses
    70%

    24 And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his body was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it; the lion also stood by the body.

    25 And, behold, men passed by, and saw the body cast in the way, and the lion standing by the body; and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt.

    26 And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto the mouth of Jehovah: therefore Jehovah hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of Jehovah, which he spake unto him.

  • Nah 2:11-12
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    69%

    11 Where is the den of the lions, and the feeding-place of the young lions, where the lion [and] the lioness walked, the lion's whelp, and none made them afraid?

    12 The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his caves with prey, and his dens with ravin.

  • Jer 25:38
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    38 He hath left his covert, as the lion; for their land is become an astonishment because of the fierceness of the oppressing [sword], and because of his fierce anger.

  • Ezek 14:15
    69%

    15 If I cause evil beasts to pass through the land, and they ravage it, and it be made desolate, so that no man may pass through because of the beasts;

  • Isa 5:29-30
    2 verses
    69%

    29 their roaring shall be like a lioness, they shall roar like young lions; yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and carry it away safe, and there shall be none to deliver.

    30 And they shall roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold, darkness [and] distress; and the light is darkened in the clouds thereof.

  • Joel 1:6
    69%

    6 For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number; his teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the jaw-teeth of a lioness.

  • Eccl 10:11
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    11 If the serpent bite before it is charmed, then is there no advantage in the charmer.

  • Jer 12:5
    69%

    5 If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and though in a land of peace thou art secure, yet how wilt thou do in the pride of the Jordan?

  • Amos 3:4
    69%

    4 Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?

  • Deut 19:5
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    5 as when a man goeth into the forest with his neighbor to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbor, so that he dieth; he shall flee unto one of these cities and live:

  • Prov 7:23
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    23 Till an arrow strike through his liver; As a bird hasteth to the snare, And knoweth not that it is for his life.

  • Prov 28:1
    69%

    1 The wicked flee when no man pursueth; But the righteous are bold as a lion.

  • Job 20:16
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    16 He shall suck the poison of asps: The viper's tongue shall slay him.

  • Jer 4:7
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    7 A lion is gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations; he is on his way, he is gone forth from his place, to make thy land desolate, that thy cities be laid waste, without inhabitant.

  • Obad 1:5
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    5 If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night (how art thou cut off!), would they not steal [only] till they had enough? if grape-gatherers came to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes?

  • Job 39:15
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    15 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild beast may trample them.

  • Job 28:8
    68%

    8 The proud beasts have not trodden it, Nor hath the fierce lion passed thereby.

  • Job 18:9-10
    2 verses
    68%

    9 A gin shall take [him] by the heel, [And] a snare shall lay hold on him.

    10 A noose is hid for him in the ground, And a trap for him in the way.

  • Acts 28:5
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    5 Howbeit he shook off the creature into the fire, and took no harm.

  • 2 Kgs 17:25
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    25 And so it was, at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not Jehovah: therefore Jehovah sent lions among them, which killed some of them.

  • Ps 10:9
    68%

    9 He lurketh in secret as a lion in his covert; He lieth in wait to catch the poor: He doth catch the poor, when he draweth him in his net.