Amos 5:19

Bishops' Bible (1568)

As if a man dyd flee from a lion, and a beare meete him, & went into the house, and leaned his hand vnto the wal, and a serpent bite hym.

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  • Isa 24:17-18 : 17 Fearefulnesse, the pit, and the snare are vpon thee, O thou that dwellest on the earth. 18 It wyll come to passe, that whosoeuer escapeth the fearefull noyse, shall fall into the pit, and he that commeth vp out of the pit, shalbe taken with the snare: for the windowes from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth are moued.
  • Jer 15:2-3 : 2 And yf they say vnto thee, whyther shall we go? then tell them, The Lorde geueth you this aunswere: Some vnto death, some to the sworde, some to hunger, some into captiuitie. 3 For I wyll bryng foure plagues vpon them, saith the Lorde: The sworde shal slay them, the dogges shall teare them in peeces, the foules of the ayre and beastes of the earth shall eate them vp, and destroy them.
  • Jer 48:43-44 : 43 Feare, pit, and snare, shall come vpon thee O Moab, saith the Lorde. 44 Whoso escapeth the feare, shall fall into the pit, and whoso getteth out of the pit, shalbe taken in the snare: for I will bryng a yere of visitation vpon Moab, saith the Lorde.
  • Amos 9:1-2 : 1 I saw the Lorde standing vpon the aulter, and he sayd: Smite the lintel of the doore, that the postes may shake, & cut them in peeces, euen the heades of them all, and I wil slay the last of them with the sworde: he that fleeth of them, shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them, shall not be deliuered. 2 Though they dig into hell, thence shall my hande take them, though they clime vp to heauen, thence will I bring them downe.
  • Acts 28:4 : 4 And when the straungers sawe the beast hang on his hande, they sayde among them selues, No doubt this man is a murtherer: Whom though he haue escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffreth not to lyue.
  • 1 Kgs 20:29-30 : 29 And they pitched one ouer against the other seuen dayes: and it came to passe, that in the seuenth day the battaile was ioyned, and the children of Israel slue of the Syrians an hundred thousande footemen in one day. 30 But the rest fled to Aphec into the citie, and there fell a wall vpon twentie and seuen thousande of the men that were left: And Benhadad fled, and came into the citie, from chamber to chamber.
  • Job 20:24-25 : 24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bowe of steele shall strike him through. 25 The arowe is taken foorth and gone out of the quiuer, and a glistering sword through the gall of him: so feare shall come vpon him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Amos 5:20
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    20Shall not the day of the Lorde be darkenesse, and not light? euen darkenesse and no light in it.

  • Amos 5:18
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    18Wo vnto you that desire the day of the Lorde, what haue ye to do with it? the day of the Lorde is darkenes, and not light.

  • Lam 3:10-11
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    10He layeth wayte for me lyke a beare, and as a lion in a hole.

    11He hath marred my wayes, and broken me in peeces, he hath layde me waste altogether.

  • Eccl 10:8-9
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    74%

    8But he that diggeth vp a pitte, shall fall therin hym selfe: and who so breaketh downe the hedge, a serpent shall byte hym.

    9Who so remoueth stones, shall haue trauayle withall: and he that heweth wood, shalbe hurt therwith.

  • Prov 17:12
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    12It were better to meete a shee beare robbed of her whelpes, then a foole trusting in his foolishnesse.

  • Jer 5:6
    73%

    6Wherfore a lion out of the wood hath hurt them, and a woolfe in the euenyng shall destroy them, the Leoparde doth lye lurkyng by their cities, to teare in peeces all them that come therout: for their offences are multiplied, and their departyng away is encreased.

  • 1 Kgs 20:36-37
    2 verses
    72%

    36Then sayd he vnto him: Because thou hast not hearkened vnto the voyce of the Lorde: beholde, assoone as thou art departed fro me, a lion shal slay thee. And it came to passe, that assoone as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slue him.

    37Then he founde another man, & sayde: Smyte me I pray thee. And the man smote him, so that in smyting he wounded him.

  • Isa 11:8
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    8The chylde whyle he sucketh shall haue a desire to the serpentes nest, and when he is weaned, he shall put his hande into the Cockatrice denne.

  • Ezek 19:5-6
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    71%

    5Nowe when she sawe that she had wayted and her hope was lost, she toke another of her whelpes and made a lion of hym.

    6Which went among the lions, and became a fearce lion, learned to catche the pray, and to deuour folke,

  • Jer 8:17
    71%

    17Moreouer, I wyll sende cockatrices and serpentes among you (whiche wyl not be charmed) and they shall bite you, saith the Lorde.

  • Prov 22:13
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    13The slouthfull body saith there is a Lion without: I might be slaine in the streate.

  • Ps 17:12
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    12Aryse O God, preuent his commyng, make hym to bowe: delyuer thou my soule from the vngodly which is thy sworde.

  • Prov 6:5
    70%

    5Saue thy self as a Doe from the hand of the hunter and as a byrde from the hande of the fouler.

  • Hos 13:7-8
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    7Therfore wyll I be vnto them as a lion, and as a leoparde in the wayes to the Assyrians.

    8I wyll meete them as a she beare that is robbed of her whelpes, and I wyll breake that stubburne heart of theirs, there wyll I deuour them like a lion, yea the wylde beastes shall teare them.

  • Prov 28:15
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    15As a roaring Lion and an hungrye Beare, so is an vngodly prince ouer the poore people.

  • Job 12:5
    70%

    5Being as alight despised in the heartes of the riche, and as one redy to fall.

  • 1 Pet 5:8
    70%

    8Be sober, & watche, for your aduersarie the deuyll, as a roaryng Lion walketh about seking who he may deuour:

  • Prov 26:13
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    13The slouthfull saith, there is a lion in the way, and a lion in the middest of the streates.

  • Prov 23:32
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    32It goeth downe sweetely, but at the last it byteth like a serpent, and stingeth lyke an adder.

  • 1 Kgs 13:24-26
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    24And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slue him: and his carkasse was cast in the way, & the asse stoode thereby, and the lion stoode by the corse also.

    25And men that passed by sawe the carcasse cast in the way, & the lion standing by the carcasse: and they came and tolde it in the towne where the olde prophet dwelt.

    26And when the prophet that brought him backe againe from the way heard thereof, he sayd: It is the man of God, he was disobedient vnto the word of the Lorde, and therefore the Lord hath deliuered him vnto the lion, which hath rent him, & slaine him according to the word of the Lorde which he spake vnto him.

  • Nah 2:11-12
    2 verses
    69%

    11Where is the abiding place of lions, and the feding plot of lions whelpes become, whyther the young and olde lion had their resort? there dwelt the lion, & there was no man to put him in feare.

    12The lion made his praye aboundauntly for his whelpes, and strangled for his she lions, and hath filled his dennes with pray, and his abyding places with spoyle.

  • Jer 25:38
    69%

    38They haue forsaken their foldes like as a lion: for their lande is waste because of the spoylers furious crueltie, and of his fearefull indignation.

  • Ezek 14:15
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    15If I bryng noysome beastes into the lande, and they spoyle it, and it be so desolate that no man may passe through it for beastes,

  • Isa 5:29-30
    2 verses
    69%

    29His crye is as it were of a Lion, and he roreth lyke Lions whelpes: they shall roare and hantche vpon the pray, and no man shall recouer it, nor get it from them.

    30In that day he shalbe so fierce vpon him as the raging of the sea: then one shall beholde the lande, and lo darkenesse and sorow, and the light is darkened in the heauens therof.

  • Joel 1:6
    69%

    6For a nation is come vp vpon my lande, mightie and without number: his teeth are as the teeth of a lion, and he hath the iawes of a great lion.

  • Eccl 10:11
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    11A backbiter is no better then a serpent that stingeth without hissing.

  • Jer 12:5
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    5Seyng thou art weery in runnyng with the footmen, howe wilt thou then runne with horses? In a peaceable sure lande thou mayest be safe: but howe wylt thou do in the furious pride of Iordane?

  • Amos 3:4
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    4Wyll a lion roare in the forest when he hath no pray? or wil a lions whelpe crye out of his denne, if he haue taken nothing?

  • Deut 19:5
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    5And whe a man goeth vnto the wood with his neighbour to hewe wood, and as his hande fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut downe the tree, the head slippeth from the helue, and smyteth his neighbour that he dyeth: the same shall flee vnto one of the same cities, and lyue:

  • Prov 7:23
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    23So long tyll she had wounded his lyuer with her dart: lyke as if a byrde hasted to the snare, not knowing that the perill of his life lieth thervpon.

  • Prov 28:1
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    1The vngodly fleeth when no man pursueth him: but the righteous are bolde as a Lion.

  • Job 20:16
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    16He shall sucke the gall of serpentes, and the adders tongue shall slay him:

  • Jer 4:7
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    7For the spoyler of the gentiles is broken vp from his place as a lion out of his denne: that he may make thy lande waste, and destroy the cities, so that no man may dwell therin.

  • Obad 1:5
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    5Came theeues to thee, or robbers by night? how wast thou brought to silence? woulde they not haue stollen till they had inough? If the grape gatherers came to thee, woulde they not leaue some grapes?

  • Job 39:15
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    15She remembreth not that they might be troden with feete, or broken with some wilde beaste.

  • Job 28:8
    68%

    8Wherin the lions whelpes walke not, and where no lion commeth.

  • Job 18:9-10
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    9The grinne shall take him by the heele, and it shall catche him that is thirstie of blood.

    10The snare is layde for him in the grounde, and a pitfall in the way.

  • Acts 28:5
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    5And he shoke of the Uiper into the fyre, and felt no harme.

  • 2 Kgs 17:25
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    25And it fortuned, that at the beginning of their dwelling there, they feared not the Lorde, and the Lorde sent lions among them, which slue them.

  • Ps 10:9
    68%

    9He lieth in wayte lurking as a Lion in his denne: he lyeth in wayte lurkyng, that he may violently carry away the afflicted, he doth carry away violentlye the afflicted, in halyng hym into his net.