Amos 5:23

American Standard Version (1901)

Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.

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Referenced Verses

  • Amos 6:5 : 5 that sing idle songs to the sound of the viol; that invent for themselves instruments of music, like David;
  • Amos 8:3 : 3 And the songs of the temple shall be wailings in that day, saith the Lord Jehovah: the dead bodies shall be many: in every place shall they cast them forth with silence.
  • Amos 8:10 : 10 And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning for an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Amos 5:21-22
    2 verses
    81%

    21I hate, I despise your feasts, and I will take no delight in your solemn assemblies.

    22Yea, though ye offer me your burnt-offerings and meal-offerings, I will not accept them; neither will I regard the peace-offerings of your fat beasts.

  • Ezek 26:13
    80%

    13And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard.

  • Isa 1:11-15
    5 verses
    72%

    11What unto me is the multitude of your sacrifices? saith Jehovah: I have had enough of the burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats.

    12When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to trample my courts?

    13Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; new moon and sabbath, the calling of assemblies,-- I cannot away with iniquity and the solemn meeting. [

    14Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth; they are a trouble unto me; I am weary of bearing them.

    15And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.

  • Isa 5:12
    72%

    12And the harp and the lute, the tabret and the pipe, and wine, are [in] their feasts; but they regard not the work of Jehovah, neither have they considered the operation of his hands.

  • Jer 14:12
    71%

    12When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt-offering and meal-offering, I will not accept them; but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.

  • Jer 11:14
    71%

    14Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them; for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me because of their trouble.

  • Amos 5:24
    71%

    24But let justice roll down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

  • Jer 6:19-20
    2 verses
    71%

    19Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words; and as for my law, they have rejected it.

    20To what purpose cometh there to me frankincense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt-offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices pleasing unto me.

  • Ps 51:16
    71%

    16For thou delightest not in sacrifice; else would I give it: Thou hast no pleasure in burnt-offering.

  • Jer 7:16
    70%

    16Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me; for I will not hear thee.

  • Ps 98:5
    70%

    5Sing praises unto Jehovah with the harp; With the harp and the voice of melody.

  • Amos 6:5
    70%

    5that sing idle songs to the sound of the viol; that invent for themselves instruments of music, like David;

  • Isa 16:10
    70%

    10And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the fruitful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither joyful noise: no treader shall tread out wine in the presses; I have made the [vintage] shout to cease.

  • Ps 39:10
    70%

    10Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thy hand.

  • Isa 24:8
    70%

    8The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.

  • Mic 5:11-15
    5 verses
    70%

    11and I will cut off the cities of thy land, and will throw down all thy strongholds.

    12And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thy hand; and thou shalt have no [more] soothsayers:

    13and I will cut off thy graven images and thy pillars out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thy hands;

    14and I will pluck up thine Asherim out of the midst of thee; and I will destroy thy cities.

    15And I will execute vengeance in anger and wrath upon the nations which hearkened not.

  • Job 30:31
    69%

    31Therefore is my harp [turned] to mourning, And my pipe into the voice of them that weep.

  • Ps 55:2
    69%

    2Attend unto me, and answer me: I am restless in my complaint, and moan,

  • Ps 92:3
    69%

    3With an instrument of ten strings, and with the psaltery; With a solemn sound upon the harp.

  • Ps 40:6
    69%

    6Sacrifice and offering thou hast no delight in; Mine ears hast thou opened: Burnt-offering and sin-offering hast thou not required.

  • Ps 50:8-9
    2 verses
    69%

    8I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices; And thy burnt-offerings are continually before me.

    9I will take no bullock out of thy house, Nor he-goats out of thy folds.

  • Isa 43:23
    69%

    23Thou hast not brought me of thy sheep for burnt-offerings; neither hast thou honored me with thy sacrifices. I have not burdened thee with offerings, nor wearied thee with frankincense.

  • Jer 25:10
    69%

    10Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.

  • Jer 22:21
    69%

    21I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will not hear. This hath been thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not my voice.

  • Ps 81:2
    68%

    2Raise a song, and bring hither the timbrel, The pleasant harp with the psaltery.

  • Judg 5:3
    68%

    3Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, [even] I, will sing unto Jehovah; I will sing praise to Jehovah, the God of Israel.

  • Lev 26:30-31
    2 verses
    68%

    30And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your sun-images, and cast your dead bodies upon the bodies of your idols; and my soul shall abhor you.

    31And I will make your cities a waste, and will bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savor of your sweet odors.

  • Ps 28:3
    68%

    3Draw me not away with the wicked, And with the workers of iniquity; That speak peace with their neighbors, But mischief is in their hearts.

  • Ps 6:8
    68%

    8Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; For Jehovah hath heard the voice of my weeping.

  • Nah 1:14-15
    2 verses
    68%

    14And Jehovah hath given commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image; I will make thy grave; for thou art vile.

    15Behold, upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! Keep thy feasts, O Judah, perform thy vows; for the wicked one shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.

  • Ezek 33:32
    68%

    32And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument; for they hear thy words, but they do them not.

  • Isa 30:11
    67%

    11get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.

  • Jer 11:11
    67%

    11Therefore thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and they shall cry unto me, but I will not hearken unto them.

  • Ps 51:11
    67%

    11Cast me not away from thy presence; And take not thy holy Spirit from me.

  • Jer 44:5
    67%

    5But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.

  • Job 21:12
    67%

    12They sing to the timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of the pipe.

  • Hos 2:17
    67%

    17For I will take away the names of the Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be mentioned by their name.