Amos 5:19

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Yee like as when a ma runeth fro a lyon, and a Beer meteth with him: or, whe he commeth into the house, and leeneth his honde vpon the wall, a serpent byteth him.

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  • Isa 24:17-18 : 17 And therfore, (o thou that dwellest vpon the earth) there is at hode for the, feare, pyt and snare. 18 Who so escapeth the terrible crie, shal fall in to the pyt. And yf he come out of the pyt, he shalbe take with the snare. For the wyndowes aboue shalbe opened, and the foundacion of the earth shal moue.
  • Jer 15:2-3 : 2 And yf they saye vnto the: Whyther shal we go? The tell the: The LORDE geueth you this answere: Some vnto death, some to the swearde, some to honger, some in to captiuyte. 3 For I will bringe foure plages vpon them, saieth the LORDE. The swearde shal stragle them, the dogges shal deuoure them, the foules of the ayre ad beestes of the earth shal eate them vp, and destroye them.
  • Jer 48:43-44 : 43 Feare, pyt, and snare shall come vpo the (o Moab) saieth the LORDE. 44 Who so escapeth the feare, shal fall in the pyt: and who so getteth out off the pyt, shall be taken in the snare. For I will bringe a yeare off visitacion vpon Moab, saieth the LORDE.
  • Amos 9:1-2 : 1 I sawe the LORDE stondinge vpon the aulter, and he sayde: smyte the dore cheke, that the postes maye shake withall. For their couetousnesse shal fall vpon all their heades, and their posterite shalbe slayne with the swerde. They shall not fle awaye, there shall not one off them escape, ner be delyuered. 2 Though they were buryed in the hell, my honde shal fetch them from thence: though they clymme vp to heauen, yet shal I cast them downe:
  • Acts 28:4 : 4 Whan the people sawe the beest hange on his hande, they sayde amonge them selues: This man must nedes be a murthurer, who vengeaunce suffreth not to lyue, though he haue escaped the see.
  • 1 Kgs 20:29-30 : 29 And they pitched their tentes right ouer agaynst them seuen dayes. But vpon ye seuenth daye they wente together in to the battayll: and the children of Israel smote of the Sirians an hundreth thousande fote men in one daye, 30 and the remnaunt fled to Aphek in to the cite, and the wall fell vpon the other seuen and twenty thousande men. And Benadab fled also vnto the cite in to a litle chamber.
  • Job 20:24-25 : 24 so that yf he fle the yron weapens, he shall be shott with the stele bowe. 25 The arowe shal be taken forth, & go out at his backe, and a glisteringe swearde thorow ye gall of him, feare shal come vpo him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Amos 5:20
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    20Shall not the daye of the LORDE be darcke, and not cleare? shal it not be cloudy, and no shyne in it?

  • Amos 5:18
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    18Wo be vnto them that desyre the daye off ye LORDE: Wherfore wolde ye haue it? As for that daye of the LORDE, it shalbe darcke ad not cleare:

  • Lam 3:10-11
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    75%

    10He layeth waite for me like a Bere, and as a lyon in a hole.

    11He hath marred my wayes, and broke me in peces, he hath layed me waist altogether.

  • Eccl 10:8-9
    2 verses
    74%

    8But he yt dyggeth vp a pytt, shall fall therin himself: & who so breaketh downe the hedge, a serpent shal byte him.

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

  • Prov 17:12
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    12It were better to come agaynst a she Bere robbed of hir whelpes, then agaynst a foole in his foolishnes.

  • Jer 5:6
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    6Wherfore a lyon out of the wod shal hurte them, and a wolfe in the euenynge shal destroye them. The cat of the mountayne shal lie lurkinge by their cities, to teare in peces all them, that come therout. For their offences are many, and their departinge awaye is greate.

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

    36Then saide he vnto him, because thou hast not herkened vnto the voyce of the LORDE, beholde, therfore shall there a lyon smyte the, whan thou goest fro me. And whan he wente fro him, a lyon founde him, and slewe him.

    37And he founde another man, and sayde: I praye the smyte me. And the man smote him, and wounded him,

  • Isa 11:8
    71%

    8The childe whyle he sucketh, shal haue a desyre to the serpentes nest, and whe he is weened, he shal put his hande in to the Cockatryce denne.

  • Ezek 19:5-6
    2 verses
    71%

    5Now when the damme sawe, that all hir hope & comforth was awaye, she toke another of hir whelpes, and made a lyon of him:

    6which wente amonge the lyons, & became a fearce lyon: lerned to spoyle and to deuoure folcke:

  • Jer 8:17
    71%

    17Morouer, I will sende Cockatrices & serpetes amonge you (which will not be charmed) and they shal byte you, sayeth the LORDE.

  • Prov 22:13
    71%

    13The slouthfull body sayeth: there is a lyo wt out, I might be slayne in ye strete.

  • Ps 17:12
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    12Like as a lyon that is gredy of his pray, & as it were a lyons whelpe lurckynge in his denne.

  • Prov 6:5
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    5Saue thy self as a doo fro ye honde, & as a byrde fro the hode of the fouler.

  • Hos 13:7-8
    2 verses
    70%

    7Therfore will I be vnto them as a lyon, and as a leoparde in ye waye to the Assirians.

    8I wil come vpon them as a she beer, that is robbed of hir welpes, and I wil breake that stubburne herte of theirs. There wil I deuoure them as a lyon: yee the wylde beastes shal teare them.

  • Prov 28:15
    70%

    15Like as a roaringe lyon and an hongrie beer, euen so is an vngodly prynce ouer the poore people.

  • Job 12:5
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    5Godlynesse is a light despysed in ye hertes of the rich, & is set for them to stomble vpon.

  • 1 Pet 5:8
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    8Be sober and watch, for yor aduersary ye deuell, walketh aboute as a roaringe lyon, sekynge whom he maye deuoure,

  • Prov 26:13
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    13The slouthfull sayeth: there is a leoparde in ye waye, and a lyon in ye myddest of the stretes.

  • Prov 23:32
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    32It goeth downe softly, but at the last it byteth like a serpet, and styngeth as an Adder.

  • 1 Kgs 13:24-26
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    24And wha he was gone, a lyon founde him by the waye, & slewe him, and his body was cast in ye waye. And the asse stode by him, and the lyon stode by the body.

    25And wha men wente by, they sawe the body cast in the waye, and the lyon stondynge besyde the body, and came and tolde it in the cite, where the olde prophet dwelt.

    26Whan the prophet which had broughte him agayne, herde that, he sayde: It is the man of God, that hath bene dishobediet vn the mouth of the LORDE, therfore hath ye LORDE delyuered him vnto the Lyon, which hath rente him, and slayne him, acordynge to the worde that the LORDE spake vnto him.

  • Nah 2:11-12
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    69%

    11Where is now the dwellinge of the lyos, and the pasture of the lyons whelpes? where the lyon and the lyonesse wente with the whelpes, and no man frayed them awaye?

    12But the lyon spoyled ynough for his yonge ones, and deuoured for his lyonesse: he fylled his dennes with his pray, & his dwellinge place with that he had rauy?shed.

  • Jer 25:38
    69%

    38They shall forsake their foldes like as a lyon: For their londes shalbe waist, because of the wrath of the destroyer, and because of his fearfull indignacion.

  • Ezek 14:15
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    15Yf I bringe noysome beestes in to the londe, to waist it vp, and it be so desolate, that no man maye go therin for beestes:

  • Isa 5:29-30
    2 verses
    69%

    29Their crie is as it were of a lyon, and the roaringe of them like lyons whelpes. They shal roare, and hatch vp the praye, and no man shal recouer it or get it from the.

    30In that daye they shalbe so fearce vpon them, as the see. And yf we loke vnto the londe, beholde, it shalbe all darcknesse and sorowe. Yf we loke to heauen: beholde, it shalbe darck with careful desperacion.

  • Joel 1:6
    69%

    6Yee a mightie & an innumerable people shall come vp in to my londe: these haue teth like the teth of lyons, & chaftbones like the lyonesses.

  • Eccl 10:11
    69%

    11A babler of his tonge is no better, then a serpent that styngeth without hyssynge.

  • Jer 12:5
    69%

    5Seinge thou art weery in runnynge with the fote men, how wilt thou then runne wt horses? In a peaceable sure londe thou mayest be safe, but how wilt thou do in the furious pryde of Iordane?

  • Amos 3:4
    69%

    4Doth a lyon roare in the wodde, excepte he haue a pray? Or crieth a lyons whelpe out of his denne, excepte he haue gotten somthige?

  • Deut 19:5
    69%

    5Yf eny man smyte his neghboure vnawarres, and hath not hated him in tyme passed (as whan a man goeth vnto the wod with his neghboure to hew downe tymber, and he turneth his hande wt the axe to hewe downe the wod, and the yron slyppeth from the helue, and hytteth his neghboure, that he dyeth) the same shal flye in to one of these cities, that he maye lyue,

  • Prov 7:23
    69%

    23so longe till she hath wounded his lyuer with hir darte: like as yf a byrde haisted to the snare, not knowinge that the parell of his life lyeth there vpo.

  • Prov 28:1
    69%

    1The vngodly flyeth no man chasynge him, but the rightuous stondeth stiff as a lyon.

  • Job 20:16
    69%

    16The serpentes heade shall sucke him, and the adders tonge shall slaye him:

  • Jer 4:7
    69%

    7For the spoyler of the Gentiles is broken vp from his place, as a lyon out of his dene, that he maye make the londe waist, and destroye the cities, so, that no man maye dwell therin.

  • Obad 1:5
    69%

    5Yf ye theues & robbers came to ye bynight, thou takinge thy rest: shulde they not steale, till they had ynough? yf the grape gatherers came vpon the, wolde they not leaue the some grapes?

  • Job 39:15
    69%

    15and forgetteth them: so that they might be troden with fete, or broken with somme wilde beast.

  • Job 28:8
    68%

    8wherin ye proude & hye mynded walke not, & where no lyon commeth.

  • Job 18:9-10
    2 verses
    68%

    9His fote shalbe holden in the gilder, and the thurstie shal catch him.

    10The snare is layed for him in the grounde, and a pytfall in the waye.

  • Acts 28:5
    68%

    5But he shoke of ye beest in to the fyre, and and felt no harme.

  • 2 Kgs 17:25
    68%

    25But wha they begane to dwell there, & feared not ye LORDE, the LORDE sent lyons amoge the, which slewe them.

  • Ps 10:9
    68%

    9yee to rauish the poore, when he hath gotten him in to his nett.