Amos 5:4

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

For this is what the Lord says to the house of Israel: Seek me and live.

Additional Resources

Other Translations

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Chr 15:2 : 2 He went out to meet Asa and said to him, 'Listen to me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin! The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.'
  • Zeph 2:3 : 3 Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land who follow His commands. Seek righteousness, seek humility; perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the Lord's anger.
  • Isa 55:3 : 3 Incline your ear and come to me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, my faithful love promised to David.
  • Isa 55:6-7 : 6 Seek the LORD while he may be found; call upon him while he is near. 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return to the LORD, so that He may have compassion on him, and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.
  • Jer 29:12-13 : 12 Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. 13 You will seek me and find me when you search for me with all your heart.
  • Ps 105:3-4 : 3 Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice. 4 Seek the LORD and His strength; seek His presence continually.
  • 1 Chr 28:9 : 9 And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him with wholehearted devotion and a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands every intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
  • Deut 30:1-8 : 1 When all these things come upon you—the blessing and the curse that I have set before you—and you call them to mind among all the nations where the LORD your God has driven you, 2 and you return to the LORD your God and obey His voice with all your heart and soul, you and your children, according to all that I command you today, 3 then the LORD your God will restore your fortunes and have compassion on you. He will gather you again from all the peoples where the LORD your God has scattered you. 4 Even if you are exiled to the ends of the heavens, the LORD your God will gather you from there, and He will bring you back from there. 5 The LORD your God will bring you into the land that your ancestors possessed, and you will possess it. He will make you more prosperous and numerous than your ancestors. 6 The LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the hearts of your descendants, so that you will love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live. 7 The LORD your God will place all these curses on your enemies and on those who hate you and persecuted you. 8 And you will again obey the LORD and follow all His commandments that I am giving you today.
  • 2 Chr 34:3 : 3 In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek the God of his ancestor David. In the twelfth year, he started to purify Judah and Jerusalem by removing the high places, the Asherah poles, the carved images, and the cast idols.
  • Ps 14:2 : 2 The LORD looks down from heaven on all humanity to see if there is anyone who understands, anyone who seeks after God.
  • Ps 22:26 : 26 From you comes my praise in the great assembly; I will fulfill my vows before those who fear him.
  • Ps 27:8 : 8 My heart says about You, 'Seek His face.' Lord, I will seek Your face.
  • Ps 69:32 : 32 This will please the LORD more than an ox, or a bull with horns and hooves.
  • Matt 7:8 : 8 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, it will be opened.
  • Lam 3:25-26 : 25 The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him. 26 It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.
  • Amos 5:6 : 6 Seek the Lord and live, or he will rush like fire against the house of Joseph; it will consume everything, and there will be no one to quench it for Bethel.
  • 2 Chr 20:3 : 3 Jehoshaphat was afraid, so he resolved to seek the LORD. He proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • Amos 5:5-6
    2 verses
    84%

    5Do not seek Bethel, do not go to Gilgal, and do not cross over to Beersheba; for Gilgal will surely go into exile, and Bethel will become nothing but trouble.

    6Seek the Lord and live, or he will rush like fire against the house of Joseph; it will consume everything, and there will be no one to quench it for Bethel.

  • Amos 5:14
    78%

    14Seek good and not evil so that you may live, and so the Lord, the God of Hosts, will be with you, just as you have said.

  • Jer 29:12-14
    3 verses
    77%

    12Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.

    13You will seek me and find me when you search for me with all your heart.

    14I will be found by you—this is the LORD's declaration—and I will restore your fortunes and gather you from all the nations and places where I have banished you—this is the LORD's declaration. I will bring you back to the place from which I exiled you.

  • Ezek 18:31-32
    2 verses
    75%

    31Rid yourselves of all the offenses you have committed, and get a new heart and a new spirit. Why will you die, house of Israel?

    32For I take no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Sovereign Lord. Repent and live!

  • Isa 55:6
    75%

    6Seek the LORD while he may be found; call upon him while he is near.

  • Jer 10:1
    75%

    1Hear the word that the Lord has spoken to you, O house of Israel.

  • Jer 2:4-5
    2 verses
    75%

    4Hear the word of the LORD, house of Jacob, and all the clans of the house of Israel.

    5This is what the LORD says: ‘What fault did your ancestors find in me that they strayed so far from me? They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves.

  • Deut 4:29
    74%

    29But from there, you will seek the LORD your God, and you will find Him if you search for Him with all your heart and all your soul.

  • Jer 4:1
    74%

    1If Israel, declares the LORD, you will return to me, you must remove your detestable things from my presence and not wander away.

  • Amos 5:3
    74%

    3For this is what the Lord God says: The city that marches out a thousand will have a hundred left, and the one that goes out a hundred will have ten left for the house of Israel.

  • Jer 45:5
    74%

    5And you, are you seeking great things for yourself? Do not seek them, for behold, I am bringing disaster on all humanity,' declares the LORD, 'but I will give you your life as a prize of war wherever you go.'

  • Ezek 33:10-11
    2 verses
    73%

    10Son of man, say to the house of Israel, 'This is what you are saying: Our offenses and sins weigh us down, and we are wasting away because of them. How then can we live?'

    11Say to them, 'As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn from their ways and live. Turn back! Turn back from your evil ways! Why should you die, house of Israel?'

  • Jer 8:4
    73%

    4You shall say to them, ‘This is what the LORD says: Do people fall and not get up? If they turn away, do they not return?’

  • Jer 50:4
    73%

    4In those days and at that time,' declares the LORD, 'the people of Israel and the people of Judah will come together, weeping as they go, seeking the LORD their God.

  • Amos 5:1
    73%

    1Listen to this word that I am raising against you, a lamentation, O house of Israel.

  • Jer 5:1
    73%

    1Roam through the streets of Jerusalem, look and understand, search in her squares. If you find one person who acts justly and seeks truth, I will forgive the city.

  • Jer 5:20
    72%

    20Declare this to the house of Jacob and proclaim it in Judah, saying:

  • Ezek 34:11
    72%

    11For this is what the Lord GOD says: 'Behold, I Myself will search for My flock and look after them.

  • Hos 14:1
    72%

    1Samaria will be found guilty, for she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their infants will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women will be ripped open.

  • Hos 4:15
    72%

    15Though you, Israel, play the harlot, let not Judah become guilty. Do not go to Gilgal, do not go up to Beth Aven, and do not swear, 'As surely as the LORD lives!'

  • Jer 23:7-8
    2 verses
    72%

    7So behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when they will no longer say, ‘As the LORD lives, who brought the Israelites up out of the land of Egypt.’

    8Instead, they will say, ‘As the LORD lives, who brought and led the descendants of the house of Israel out of the land of the north and from all the lands where He had banished them.’ Then they will dwell in their own land.

  • Jer 7:3
    72%

    3This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Amend your ways and your deeds, and I will let you dwell in this place.'

  • 2 Chr 15:4
    72%

    4But in their trouble, they turned to the LORD, the God of Israel, sought Him, and He was found by them.

  • Isa 8:19
    72%

    19When they say to you, 'Consult the mediums and the spiritists who whisper and mutter,' shouldn’t a people consult their God? Should they inquire of the dead on behalf of the living?

  • Amos 4:12
    72%

    12Therefore, this is what I will do to you, Israel, and because I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel.

  • Ps 105:4
    72%

    4Seek the LORD and His strength; seek His presence continually.

  • Jer 16:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14Therefore, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when it will no longer be said, 'As surely as the LORD lives who brought the Israelites up out of the land of Egypt.'

    15Instead, they will say, 'As surely as the LORD lives who brought the Israelites up from the land of the north and from all the countries where He had scattered them.' For I will restore them to the land I gave to their ancestors.

  • Hos 5:6
    71%

    6With their flocks and herds they will go to seek the Lord, but they will not find him; he has withdrawn from them.

  • Zech 1:4
    71%

    4Do not be like your ancestors, to whom the earlier prophets proclaimed: 'This is what the Lord of Hosts says: Turn now from your evil ways and your evil deeds.' But they would not listen or pay attention to me, declares the Lord.

  • Ezek 37:5
    71%

    5This is what the Sovereign Lord says to these bones: 'Behold, I am going to bring breath into you, and you will come to life.'

  • Amos 8:12
    71%

    12They will wander from sea to sea and from north to east; they will roam about seeking the word of the Lord, but they will not find it.

  • Jer 25:5
    71%

    5They said, 'Turn now, each of you, from your evil way and from your evil actions. Dwell in the land that the LORD gave to you and your ancestors forever and ever.

  • Ezek 14:11
    71%

    11Then the house of Israel will no longer stray from me or defile themselves with all their transgressions. They will be my people, and I will be their God, declares the Sovereign LORD.

  • Jer 30:17
    71%

    17For I will restore you to health and heal your wounds, declares the LORD, because they have called you an outcast, saying, 'This is Zion; no one cares for her.'

  • Hag 1:5
    71%

    5Now, this is what the LORD of Hosts says: Consider carefully your ways.

  • Ezek 37:14
    71%

    14I will put My Spirit in you, and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I, the Lord, have spoken, and I have done it, declares the Lord.

  • Isa 55:3
    71%

    3Incline your ear and come to me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, my faithful love promised to David.

  • Jer 3:22
    70%

    22Return, you backsliding children, and I will heal your waywardness. 'Here we are,' they reply, 'for you are the LORD our God.'

  • Ezek 34:7
    70%

    7Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:

  • Jer 6:16
    70%

    16This is what the Lord says: 'Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, 'We will not walk in it.'

  • Jer 15:2
    70%

    2And if they ask you, 'Where should we go?' tell them, 'This is what the LORD says: Those destined for death, to death; those for the sword, to the sword; those for famine, to famine; and those for captivity, to captivity.'

  • Isa 2:5
    70%

    5House of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the Lord.