Amos 7:13

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'But never again prophesy at Bethel, for it is the king's sanctuary and the temple of the kingdom.'

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  • Amos 2:12 : 12 But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets, saying, 'Do not prophesy.'
  • 1 Kgs 12:32 : 32 He instituted a festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the festival held in Judah, and offered sacrifices on the altar. He did this in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves he had made. And there at Bethel he installed priests for the high places he had made.
  • 1 Kgs 12:29 : 29 He set up one in Bethel, and the other in Dan.
  • 1 Kgs 13:1 : 1 Behold, a man of God came from Judah by the word of the LORD to Bethel, and Jeroboam was standing by the altar to offer incense.
  • Acts 4:17-18 : 17 But to prevent this from spreading any further among the people, let us warn them not to speak to anyone in this name again. 18 So they called them and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.
  • Acts 5:28 : 28 We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name, didn’t we? Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.
  • Acts 5:40 : 40 They called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus and released them.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Amos 7:8-12
    5 verses
    81%

    8The Lord asked me, 'What do you see, Amos?' I replied, 'A plumb line.' Then the Lord said, 'I am setting a plumb line among My people Israel. I will no longer spare them.'

    9The high places of Isaac will be desolate, the sanctuaries of Israel will be laid waste, and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.

    10Then Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, sent a message to Jeroboam, king of Israel, saying, 'Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words.'

    11For Amos says, 'Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel will surely go into exile, away from their own land.'

    12Then Amaziah said to Amos, 'Seer, go and flee to the land of Judah; there you can earn your bread and prophesy there.'

  • Amos 7:14-16
    3 verses
    76%

    14Amos answered Amaziah, 'I was neither a prophet nor the son of a prophet, but I was a herdsman and a tender of sycamore figs.'

    15But the Lord took me from tending the flock and said to me, 'Go, prophesy to My people Israel.'

    16Now therefore, hear the word of the Lord: You say, 'Do not prophesy against Israel and do not preach against the house of Isaac.'

  • Amos 5:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 13:32
    73%

    32For the message he declared by the word of the LORD against the altar at Bethel and against all the shrines of the high places in the towns of Samaria will surely be fulfilled.

  • Mic 2:6
    72%

    6'Do not preach,' they preach. 'Do not preach about such things; disgrace will not overtake us.'

  • 2 Chr 25:15-16
    2 verses
    71%

    15The anger of the LORD burned against Amaziah, and he sent a prophet to him, who said, 'Why do you consult these gods, which could not save their own people from your hand?'

    16While the prophet was still speaking, Amaziah said to him, 'Have we made you the king's counselor? Stop! Why should you be struck down?' The prophet stopped but said, 'I know that God has determined to destroy you because you have done this and have not listened to my advice.'

  • 1 Kgs 13:9-11
    3 verses
    71%

    9'For this is the command the LORD gave me by His word: You must not eat bread or drink water or return by the way you came.'

    10So he went another way and did not return by the way he had come to Bethel.

    11Now there was an old prophet living in Bethel, and his sons came and told him all the deeds the man of God had done that day in Bethel. They also told their father the words he had spoken to the king.

  • Hos 10:15
    70%

    15Thus it will happen to you, Bethel, because of your great wickedness. At dawn, the king of Israel will be completely cut off.

  • 2 Kgs 14:11
    70%

    11But Amaziah refused to listen. So Jehoash king of Israel advanced, and he and Amaziah king of Judah faced each other in battle at Beth Shemesh in Judah.

  • 2 Chr 18:17
    69%

    17The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, 'Didn't I tell you that he never prophesies anything good about me, but only bad?'

  • Jer 22:1
    69%

    1This is what the LORD says: Go down to the house of the king of Judah and deliver this message there.

  • Amos 3:13-14
    2 verses
    69%

    13Listen and testify against the house of Jacob,” declares the Lord God, the God of hosts.

    14For on the day I punish Israel for their transgressions, I will also punish the altars of Bethel, and the horns of the altar will be cut off and fall to the ground.

  • 1 Kgs 13:17
    69%

    17'For I was commanded by the word of the LORD: You must not eat bread or drink water there, nor return by the way you went.'

  • 1 Kgs 22:18
    68%

    18The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, 'Didn’t I tell you that he never prophesies anything good about me, only bad?'

  • Ezek 13:1-2
    2 verses
    68%

    1The word of the LORD came to me, saying,

    2Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who are prophesying, and say to those who prophesy out of their own imagination: Hear the word of the LORD.

  • Jer 21:11
    68%

    11To the house of the king of Judah: Hear the word of the LORD.

  • Hos 5:1
    68%

    1Hear this, O priests; pay attention, O house of Israel; listen, O royal house! For judgment is meant for you, because you have become a snare at Mizpah and a net spread over Tabor.

  • Amos 3:9
    68%

    9Proclaim to the strongholds in Ashdod and to the strongholds in the land of Egypt: "Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria, and see the great tumults within her and the oppression among her people."

  • 1 Kgs 14:7
    68%

    7Go and tell Jeroboam, 'This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I raised you up from among the people and appointed you ruler over My people Israel.

  • Amos 1:1-2
    2 verses
    68%

    1The words of Amos, who was among the sheep breeders from Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel during the days of Uzziah, king of Judah, and during the days of Jeroboam, son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

    2He said: 'The LORD roars from Zion, and from Jerusalem He raises His voice; the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the summit of Carmel withers.'

  • Jer 7:16
    67%

    16As for you, do not pray for this people, do not raise a cry or prayer for them, and do not intercede with me, for I will not listen to you.

  • Mic 6:16
    67%

    16You have followed the statutes of Omri and all the practices of the house of Ahab; you have walked in their counsels. Therefore, I will make you a desolation, and your inhabitants an object of scorn; you will bear the reproach of My people.

  • Jer 11:21
    67%

    21Therefore, this is what the LORD says concerning the men of Anathoth, who seek your life and say, ‘Do not prophesy in the name of the LORD, or you will die by our hands.’

  • Jer 7:14
    67%

    14So I will do to the house that bears my name, in which you trust, and to the place I gave to you and your ancestors, just as I did to Shiloh.

  • 2 Kgs 23:17
    67%

    17He asked, 'What is this monument that I see?’ The men of the city replied, 'It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed these things that you have done to the altar at Bethel.'

  • Hos 10:5
    67%

    5The inhabitants of Samaria tremble for the calf idol of Beth-aven. Its people will mourn over it, and so will its idolatrous priests, who rejoiced over its glory, because it will be taken from them.

  • 2 Kgs 3:13
    67%

    13Elisha said to the king of Israel, "What do we have to do with each other? Go to the prophets of your father and the prophets of your mother." But the king of Israel said to him, "No, because it is the LORD who has called these three kings together to hand them over to Moab."

  • Jer 7:11-12
    2 verses
    67%

    11Has this house, which bears my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I myself have seen it,’ declares the LORD.

    12Now go to my place in Shiloh, where I first caused my name to dwell. See what I did to it because of the wickedness of my people Israel.

  • Ezek 12:24
    67%

    24For there will no longer be any false visions or flattering divinations within the house of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 13:34
    67%

    34This response became a sin to the house of Jeroboam, leading to its downfall and destruction from the face of the earth.

  • Jer 26:2
    67%

    2The LORD says, 'Stand in the courtyard of the LORD's house and declare to all the cities of Judah, who come to worship in the LORD's house, all the words I command you to speak to them. Do not omit a single word.'

  • Isa 7:7
    67%

    7This is what the Sovereign Lord says: It will not take place; it will not happen.

  • 2 Kgs 22:18
    67%

    18As for the king of Judah who sent you to inquire of the LORD, you shall say to him: ‘Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Regarding the words you have heard,

  • Jer 27:14
    67%

    14Do not listen to the words of the prophets who say to you, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon,’ for they are prophesying lies to you.

  • 1 Kgs 9:7
    66%

    7then I will cut off Israel from the land I have given them, and I will reject this temple I have consecrated for My name. Israel will then become a proverb and an object of ridicule among all peoples.

  • 2 Chr 34:26
    66%

    26But to the king of Judah who sent you to inquire of the LORD, this is what you shall say to him: 'This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says concerning the words you heard: