Amos 5:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

that bringeth sudden destruction upon the strong, so that destruction cometh upon the fortress.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

2 Kgs 13:17 : 17 And he said, Open the window eastward; and he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot; and he shot. And he said, Jehovah's arrow of victory, even the arrow of victory over Syria; for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed them.
2 Kgs 13:25 : 25 And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael the cities which he had taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times did Joash smite him, and recovered the cities of Israel.
Jer 37:10 : 10 For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet would they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.
Mic 5:11 : 11 and I will cut off the cities of thy land, and will throw down all thy strongholds.
Heb 11:34 : 34 quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, from weakness were made strong, waxed mighty in war, turned to flight armies of aliens.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Nah 2:1
77%
1He that dasheth in pieces is come up against thee: keep the fortress, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily.
Amos 3:11
76%
11Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: An adversary [there shall be], even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be plundered.
Job 12:21
75%
21He poureth contempt upon princes, And looseth the belt of the strong.
Ps 76:5
75%
5The stouthearted are made a spoil, They have slept their sleep; And none of the men of might have found their hands.
Prov 22:23
75%
23For Jehovah will plead their cause, And despoil of life those that despoil them.
Amos 5:8
75%
8[ seek him] that maketh the Pleiades and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night; that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth (Jehovah is his name);
Luke 11:21-22
2 verses
74%
21When the strong [man] fully armed guardeth his own court, his goods are in peace:
22but when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him his whole armor wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.
Job 12:19
74%
19He leadeth priests away stripped, And overthroweth the mighty.
Isa 25:12
74%
12And the high fortress of thy walls hath he brought down, laid low, and brought to the ground, even to the dust.
Isa 31:2
74%
2Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words, but will arise against the house of the evil-doers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.
Ps 89:40-41
2 verses
73%
40Thou hast broken down all his hedges; Thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.
41All that pass by the way rob him: He is become a reproach to his neighbors.
Nah 1:8-9
2 verses
73%
8But with an over-running flood he will make a full end of her place, and will pursue his enemies into darkness.
9What do ye devise against Jehovah? he will make a full end; affliction shall not rise up the second time.
Job 34:25
73%
25Therefore he taketh knowledge of their works; And he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.
Isa 28:2
73%
2Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one; as a tempest of hail, a destroying storm, as a tempest of mighty waters overflowing, will he cast down to the earth with the hand.
1 Sam 2:4
73%
4The bows of the mighty men are broken; And they that stumbled are girded with strength.
Prov 10:29
73%
29The way of Jehovah is a stronghold to the upright; But it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.
Jer 6:5
73%
5Arise, and let us go up by night, and let us destroy her palaces.
Isa 28:6
73%
6and a spirit of justice to him that sitteth in judgment, and strength to them that turn back the battle at the gate.
Ezek 26:9
72%
9And he shall set his battering engines against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers.
Hab 1:10
72%
10Yea, he scoffeth at kings, and princes are a derision unto him; he derideth every stronghold; for he heapeth up dust, and taketh it.
Lam 2:17
72%
17Jehovah hath done that which he purposed; He hath fulfilled his word that he commanded in the days of old; He hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: And he hath caused the enemy to rejoice over thee; He hath exalted the horn of thine adversaries.
Isa 25:4
72%
4For thou hast been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
Isa 17:14
72%
14At eventide, behold, terror; [and] before the morning they are not. This is the portion of them that despoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.
Isa 5:30
72%
30And 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.
Nah 2:5
72%
5He remembereth his nobles: they stumble in their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the mantelet is prepared.
Job 9:5-6
2 verses
72%
5[ Him] that removeth the mountains, and they know it not, When he overturneth them in his anger;
6That shaketh the earth out of its place, And the pillars thereof tremble;
Jer 10:17
72%
17Gather up thy wares out of the land, O thou that abidest in the siege.
Joel 3:10
72%
10Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning-hooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.
Ps 10:10
72%
10He croucheth, he boweth down, And the helpless fall by his strong ones.
Isa 33:23
72%
23Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not strengthen the foot of their mast, they could not spread the sail: then was the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame took the prey.
Job 18:7
72%
7The steps of his strength shall be straitened, And his own counsel shall cast him down.
Mark 3:27
72%
27But no one can enter into the house of the strong [man], and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong [man]; and then he will spoil his house.
Jer 25:37
72%
37And the peaceable folds are brought to silence because of the fierce anger of Jehovah.
Amos 5:10
72%
10They hate him that reproveth in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
Jer 5:16
72%
16Their quiver is an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.
1 Sam 2:9
72%
9He will keep the feet of his holy ones; But the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; For by strength shall no man prevail.
Job 38:15
72%
15And from the wicked their light is withholden, And the high arm is broken.
Isa 33:1
71%
1Woe to thee that destroyest, and thou wast not destroyed; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! When thou hast ceased to destroy, thou shalt be destroyed; and when thou hast made an end of dealing treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.
Prov 21:22
71%
22A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, And bringeth down the strength of the confidence thereof.
Isa 10:2
71%
2to turn aside the needy from justice, and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!
Amos 2:14
71%
14And flight shall perish from the swift; and the strong shall not strengthen his force; neither shall the mighty deliver himself;
Ezek 38:12
71%
12to take the spoil and to take the prey; to turn thy hand against the waste places that are [now] inhabited, and against the people that are gathered out of the nations, that have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the middle of the earth.
Ps 11:3
71%
3If the foundations be destroyed, What can the righteous do?
Obad 1:5
71%
5If 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?
Lam 2:5
71%
5The Lord is become as an enemy, he hath swallowed up Israel; He hath swallowed up all her palaces, he hath destroyed his strongholds; And he hath multiplied in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.
Matt 12:29
71%
29Or how can one enter into the house of the strong [man], and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong [man]? and then he will spoil his house.