Amos 5:14

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Seke good and not euill, that ye may liue: & so the Lord God of hoastes shalbe with you, as you haue spoken.

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  • Josh 1:9 : 9 Haue not I comaunded thee, that thou shouldest be strong & hardie, and not feare nor be faint hearted? For I the Lorde thy God am with thee, whyther soeuer thou goest.
  • Mic 3:11 : 11 (The heades therof iudge for rewards, and the priestes thereof teache for hyre, and the prophetes thereof prophecie for money: yet wyll they leane vpon the Lord, and say, Is not the Lord among vs? no euill can come vpon vs.)
  • Phil 4:8-9 : 8 Furthermore brethren, whatsoeuer, thynges are true, whatsoeuer thynges (are) honest, whatsoeuer thynges (are) iuste, whatsoeuer thynges (are) pure, whatsoeuer thynges pertayne to loue, whatsoeuer thynges (are) of honest report: If there be any vertue, & yf there be any prayse, thynke on these thynges: 9 Which ye haue both learned, and receaued, and hearde, and seene in me: Those thinges do, and the God of peace shalbe with you.
  • Amos 3:3 : 3 Can two walke together, except they be agreed?
  • 1 Chr 28:20 : 20 And Dauid said to Solomon his sonne: be strong & of good courage, & do manfullye, feare not nor be faint hearted, for ye lord God, euen my God, is with thee, & he shall not faile thee, nor forsake thee, vntill thou hast finished al ye worke that must serue for the house of the Lorde.
  • 2 Chr 15:2 : 2 And he went out to meete Asa, and said vnto him: Heare me Asa, and al Iuda and Beniamin, the Lorde is with you, while ye be with him: and when ye seeke him, he wyll be founde of you: and againe when ye forsake him, he also wyll forsake you.
  • Ps 34:12-16 : 12 What man is he that listeth to liue: and woulde fayne see good dayes. 13 Kepe thy tongue from euill: and thy lippes that they speake no guyle. 14 Eschewe euill & do good: seeke peace and ensue it. 15 The eyes of God are ouer the righteous: and his eares are open vnto their prayers. 16 The countenaunce of God is against them that do euill: to roote out the remembraunce of them from of the earth.
  • Ps 46:11 : 11 The God of hoastes is with vs: the Lorde of Iacob is our refuge. Selah.
  • Prov 11:27 : 27 He that searcheth for good thynges fyndeth fauour: but who so seketh after mischiefe, it shall happen vnto hym.
  • Isa 1:16-17 : 16 Washe you, make you cleane, put away your euyll thoughtes out of my syght: ceasse from doyng of euyll, 17 Learne to do well, applie your selues to equitie, deliuer the oppressed, helpe the fatherlesse to his ryght, let the widdowes complaynt come before you:
  • Isa 8:10 : 10 Take your counsell together, yet shall your counsell come to naught: determine the matter, yet shall it not prosper: for God is with vs.
  • Isa 48:1-2 : 1 Heare this O thou house of Iacob, ye that are called by the name of Israel, & are come out of one stocke with Iuda: whiche sweare by the name of the Lorde, and beare witnesse by the God of Israel, but not with trueth and ryght. 2 For they are named of the holy citie, and are grounded vpon the God of Israel, whose name is the Lorde of hoastes.
  • Isa 55:2 : 2 Wherfore do ye lay out any money for the thyng that feedeth not, and spende your labour about the thyng that satisfieth you not? But hearken rather vnto me, and ye shal eate of the best, and your soule shall haue her pleasure in plenteousnesse.
  • Jer 7:3-4 : 3 Thus saith the Lorde of hoastes, the God of Israel: Amende your wayes and your counsels, and I wyll let you dwell in this place. 4 Trust not in false lying words, saying: Here is the temple of the Lord, here is the temple of the Lord, here is the temple of the Lorde:
  • Mic 6:8 : 8 He hath shewed thee O man what is good, and what the Lorde requireth of thee: namely to do iustly, to loue mercie, and to humble thy selfe to walke with thy God.
  • Matt 1:23 : 23 Behold, a virgin shalbe with childe, and shall bryng foorth a sonne, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, whiche is by interpretation, God with vs.)
  • Matt 6:33 : 33 But rather, seke ye first the kyngdome of God, and his ryghteousnesse, and all these thynges shalbe ministred vnto you.
  • Gen 39:2-3 : 2 And God was with Ioseph, and he became a luckie man, continuyng in the house of his maister the Egyptian. 3 And his maister saw that God was with hym, and that God made all that he dyd to prosper in his hande.
  • Gen 39:23 : 23 And the keper of the prison loked vnto nothyng that was vnder his hande, seyng that the Lord was with hym: For whatsoeuer he dyd, the Lorde made it to prosper.
  • Exod 3:12 : 12 And he aunswered. For I wyll be with thee: and this shalbe a token vnto thee that I haue sent thee, After that thou hast brought the people out of Egypt, ye shall serue God vpon this moutayne.
  • Num 16:3 : 3 And they gathered them selues together agaynst Moyses and Aaron, and sayde vnto them: Ye take much vpon you, seyng all the multitude are holy euery one of them, and the Lorde is among them: Why lyft you your selues vp aboue the congregation of the Lord?
  • Rom 2:7-9 : 7 To them, whiche by continuyng in well doyng seke for glorie, and honour, and immortalitie, eternall lyfe. 8 But vnto them that are contentious, & that do not obey the trueth, but obey vnrighteousnes shall come indignation, and wrath. 9 Tribulation, and anguishe, vpon euery soule of man that doeth euyll, of the Iewe first, and also of the Greke:
  • 2 Tim 4:22 : 22 The Lorde Iesus Christe be with thy spirite: Grace be with you. Amen. The seconde epistle vnto Timothe, was written from Rome, when Paul was presented the seconde tyme vnto the Emperour Nero.
  • Matt 28:20 : 20 Teachyng the to obserue all thynges, whatsoeuer I haue commaunded you. And loe, I am with you alway, euen vnto the ende of the worlde.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Amos 5:15-16
    2 verses
    85%

    15 Hate the euill and loue the good, and establishe iudgement in the gate: it may be, that the Lord God of hoastes wilbe mercifull vnto the remnaunt of Ioseph.

    16 Therfore the Lorde God of hoastes the Lord sayth thus, Mourning shalbe in all streetes, and they shall say in al the hye wayes, Alas, alas: and they shall cal the husbandman to lamentation, and such as can mourne, to mourning.

  • Ps 34:13-14
    2 verses
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    13 Kepe thy tongue from euill: and thy lippes that they speake no guyle.

    14 Eschewe euill & do good: seeke peace and ensue it.

  • Amos 5:4-7
    4 verses
    78%

    4 For thus sayth the Lord vnto the house of Israel, Seke ye me, and ye shall liue.

    5 But seke not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and go not to Beerseba: for Gilgal shall go into captiuitie, and Bethel shall come to naught.

    6 Seke the Lord, and ye shall liue: lest he breake out like fire in the house of Ioseph, and deuoure it, and there be noone to quenche it in Bethel.

    7 They turne iudgement to wormewood, and forsake righteousnesse in the earth.

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    10 For he that doeth long after lyfe, and loueth to see good dayes, let hym refrayne his tongue from euyll, and his lippes, that they speake no guyle.

    11 Let hym eschewe euyll and do good, let hym seke peace and ensue it.

  • 13 Therfore the wise shall kepe scilence in that time: for it is an euyll time.

  • 27 Flee from euill & do good: and dwell for euer.

  • 11 Speake nowe therfore vnto whole Iuda, and to them that dwell at Hierusalem, thus saith the Lorde, Beholde I am deuisyng a plague for you, and am takyng a thyng in hande agaynst you: therfore let euery man turne from his euyll way, and take vpon you the thyng that is good and ryght.

  • Zech 8:15-18
    4 verses
    72%

    15 Euen so am I determined now in these dayes for to do well vnto the house of Iuda & Hierusale: therfore feare ye not.

    16 Now the thinges that ye shall do, are these: Speake euery man the trueth vnto his neighbour, execute iudgement truely & peaceably within your portes:

    17 And let none of you imagine euil in his heart against his neighbour, and loue no false othes: for all these are ye thinges that I hate, saith the Lorde.

    18 And the word of the Lorde of hoastes came vnto me, saying:

  • 3 Seke the Lorde all ye meeke hearted vpon earth, ye that worke after his iudgement: seke righteousnesse, seke lowlinesse, that ye may be defended in the wrothfull day of the Lorde:

  • 5 And seekest thou yet promotion looke not for it, and desire it not, for I wyll bryng a miserable plague vpon all flesh saith the Lorde: but thy lyfe wyll I geue thee for a pray in all places whythersoeuer thou goest.

  • 27 He that searcheth for good thynges fyndeth fauour: but who so seketh after mischiefe, it shall happen vnto hym.

  • Isa 1:16-17
    2 verses
    71%

    16 Washe you, make you cleane, put away your euyll thoughtes out of my syght: ceasse from doyng of euyll,

    17 Learne to do well, applie your selues to equitie, deliuer the oppressed, helpe the fatherlesse to his ryght, let the widdowes complaynt come before you:

  • 5 He sayde: Turne againe euery man from his euill way, and from your wicked imaginations, and so shall ye dwell for euer in the lande that the Lord promised you and your forefathers.

  • 3 Thus saith the Lorde of hoastes, the God of Israel: Amende your wayes and your counsels, and I wyll let you dwell in this place.

  • 5 But rather in deede amende your wayes and counsels, and iudge right betwixt a man and his neighbour,

  • 4 Be beneficiall O God: vnto those that be good and vpright in their heart.

  • 15 For the Lorde hath taken away thy punishment, & hath cast out thyne enemies: The king of Israel, euen the Lord him selfe is with thee, so that thou nedest no more to feare any misfortune.

  • 15 See that none recompence euyll for euyll vnto any man: but euer folowe that whiche is good, both among your selues, and to all men.

  • 5 Nowe thus sayth the Lord of hoastes, Consider your owne wayes in your heartes.

  • 10 Do the wydow, the fatherlesse, the straungers and poore no wrong, and let no man imagine euil against his brother in his heart.

  • 13 Therfore amende your wayes, and your aduisementes, and be obedient vnto the voyce of the Lorde your God, so shall the Lorde repent of the plague that he hath deuised agaynst you.

  • 7 Thus sayth the Lorde of hoastes, Consider your owne wayes in your heartes.

  • 20 Wo be vnto them that call euyll good, and good euyll, which make darknesse lyght, and lyght darknesse, that make sowre sweete, and sweete sowre.

  • 11 And the Lord aunswered me, Ueryly thy remnaunt shall haue wealth: Come not I to thee when thou art in trouble, & helpe thee when thine enemie oppresseth thee?

  • 18 And thou shalt do that which is right & good in the sight of the Lorde: that thou mayst prosper, and that thou mayst go in, & possesse that good lande which the Lorde sware vnto thy fathers,

  • 4 Be ye not like your forefathers, vnto whom prophetes cryed, saying, thus sayth the Lorde of hoastes, Turne you from your euyl wayes, and from your wicked imaginations: But they woulde not heare nor regarde me, sayth the Lorde.

  • 5 Come ye O house of Iacob, and let vs walke in the lyght of the Lorde:

  • 17 Ye haue weeryed the Lord with your wordes, and you haue sayde, Wherein haue we weeried him? Whylest you say, Euery one that doth euil, is good in the sight of the Lorde, and he is pleased in them: or where is the God of iudgement?

  • 8 When ye bring the blinde for sacrifice, you say it is not euil: and when ye bring the lame and sicke, you say it is not euil: offer it nowe to thy prince, wyll he be content with thee, or accept thy person, saith the Lorde of hoastes?

  • 1 Heare the worde of the Lord that he speaketh vnto thee, O thou house of Israel.

  • 12 For the inhabitautes of Maroth wayled for good, but the plague shall come from the Lorde, euen vnto the gates of Hierusalem.

  • 19 And if they say vnto you, Aske counsayle at the Soothsayers, Witches, Charmers, and Coniurers: then make them this aunswere, Is there a people any where that asketh not counsayle at his God? shoulde men runne vnto the dead for the liuing?

  • 8 He hath shewed thee O man what is good, and what the Lorde requireth of thee: namely to do iustly, to loue mercie, and to humble thy selfe to walke with thy God.

  • 14 Neither shouldest thou haue stand in the crosse wayes to cut of them that shoulde escape, neither shouldest thou haue shutte vp the remnaunt thereof in the day of affliction.

  • 14 Then thou must seeke, & make searche and enquire diligently: And behold, if it be true, & the thing of a suretie, that such ahbomination is wrought among you:

  • 10 But all the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The euyll shall not come, nor hasten for vs.

  • 3 Therefore thus saith the Lorde: Beholde, against this housholde haue I deuised a plague, whereout ye shall not plucke your neckes: ye shall no more go so proudly, for it wyl be a perilous time.

  • 6 Seke the Lorde whyle he may be founde, and call vpon hym whyle he is nye.

  • 2 And shalt sweare, The Lord lyueth, in trueth, in equitie, and righteousnesse, and all people shalbe fortunable and ioyfull in hym.