Amos 5:19

Geneva Bible (1560)

As if a man did flee from a lyon, & a beare met him: or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.

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  • Isa 24:17-18 : 17 Feare, and the pitte, and the snare are vpon thee, O inhabitant of the earth. 18 And hee that fleeth from the noyse of the feare, shall fall into the pit: and he that commeth vp out of the pit, shal be taken in the snare: for the windowes from on high are open, & the foundations of the earth doe shake.
  • Jer 15:2-3 : 2 And if they say vnto thee, Whither shal we depart? Then tell them, Thus saith the Lord, Such as are appointed to death, vnto death: and such as are for the sworde, to the sworde: and such as are for the famine, to the famine: and such as are for the captiuitie, to the captiuitie. 3 And I wil appoint ouer them foure kindes, sayth the Lord, the sworde to slay, and the dogs to teare in pieces, and the soules of the heauen, and the beastes of the earth to deuoure, and to destroy.
  • Jer 48:43-44 : 43 Feare, and pit and snare shall be vpon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the Lord. 44 He that escapeth from the feare, shall fall in the pit, and he that getteth vp out of the pit, shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring vpon it, euen vpon Moab, the yeere of their visitation, sayeth the Lord.
  • Amos 9:1-2 : 1 I sawe the Lorde standing vpon the altar, and he sayde, Smite the lintel of the doore, that the postes may shake: and cut them in pieces, euen the heads of them all, and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them, shall not flee away: and he that escapeth of them, shall not be deliuered. 2 Though they digge into the hel, thence shal mine hande take them: though they clime vp to heauen, thence will I bring them downe.
  • Acts 28:4 : 4 Nowe when ye Barbarians saw the worme hang on his hand, they said among themselues, This man surely is a murtherer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet Vengeance hath not suffered to liue.
  • 1 Kgs 20:29-30 : 29 And they pitched one ouer against the other seuen dayes, & in the seuenth day the battel was ioyned: and the children of Israel slew of the Aramites an hundreth thousand footemen in one day. 30 But the rest fled to Aphek into the citie: & there fel a wall vpon seuen and twentie thousand men that were left: and Ben-hadad fled into the citie, and came into a secret chamber.
  • Job 20:24-25 : 24 He shall flee from the yron weapons, and the bow of steele shal strike him through. 25 The arrowe is drawen out, and commeth forth of the body, & shineth of his gall, so feare commeth vpon him.

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    20Shal not the day of the Lord be darkenes, and not light? euen darkenes and no light in it?

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  • Lam 3:10-11
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    10He was vnto me as a beare lying in waite, and as a Lion in secret places.

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  • Eccl 10:8-9
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    8He that diggeth a pit, shall fal into it, and he that breaketh the hedge, a serpent shall bite him.

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  • Prov 17:12
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    12It is better for a man to meete a beare robbed of her whelpes, then a foole in his follie.

  • Jer 5:6
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    6Wherefore a lyon out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolfe of the wildernesse shall destroy them: a leopard shall watch ouer their cities: euery one that goeth out thence, shall be torne in pieces, because their trespasses are many, and their rebellions are increased.

  • 1 Kgs 20:36-37
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    36Then sayd he vnto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voyce of the Lorde, beholde, as soone as thou art departed from me, a lyon shall slay thee. So when he was departed from him, a lyon found him and slew him.

    37Then he founde another man, and sayde, Smite mee, I pray thee; the man smote him, and in smiting wounded him.

  • Isa 11:8
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    8And the sucking childe shall play vpon the hole of the aspe, and the wained childe shall put his hand vpon the cockatrice hole.

  • Ezek 19:5-6
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    5Nowe when she sawe, that she had waited and her hope was lost, she tooke another of her whelps, and made him a lyon.

    6Which went among the lyons, and became a lyon, and learned to catch the praye, and he deuoured men.

  • Jer 8:17
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    17For beholde, I will sende serpents, and cockatrices among you, which will not be charmed, and they shal sting you, sayth the Lord.

  • Prov 22:13
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    13The slouthfull man saith, A lyon is without, I shall be slaine in the streete.

  • Ps 17:12
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    12Like as a lyon that is greedy of pray, and as it were a lyons whelp lurking in secret places.

  • Prov 6:5
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    5Deliuer thy selfe as a doe from the hande of the hunter, and as a birde from the hande of the fouler.

  • Hos 13:7-8
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    7And I wil be vnto them as a very lyon, and as a leopard in the way of Asshur.

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  • Prov 28:15
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    15As a roaring lyon, and an hungry beare, so is a wicked ruler ouer the poore people.

  • Job 12:5
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    5Hee that is readie to fall, is as a lampe despised in the opinion of the riche.

  • 1 Pet 5:8
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    8Be sober, and watch: for your aduersarie the deuil as a roaring lyon walketh about, seeking whom he may deuoure:

  • Prov 26:13
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    13The slouthfull man sayth, A lyon is in the way: a lyon is in the streetes.

  • Prov 23:32
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    32In the ende thereof it will bite like a serpent, and hurt like a cockatrise.

  • 1 Kgs 13:24-26
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    24And when hee was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slewe him, and his body was cast in the way, and the asse stoode thereby: the lion stood by the corps also.

    25And beholde, men that passed by, sawe the carkeis cast in the way, and the lion standing by the corps: and they came and tolde it in ye towne where the olde Prophet dwelt.

    26And when the Prophet that brought him backe againe from the waye, hearde thereof, hee sayde, It is the man of God, who hath bene disobedient vnto the commandement of the Lorde: therefore the Lorde hath deliuered him vnto the lion, which hath rent him and slayne him, according to the worde of the Lorde, which hee spake vnto him.

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  • Jer 25:38
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    38He hath forsaken his couert, as the lyon: for their land is waste, because of the wrath of the oppressor, & because of ye wrath of his indignatio.

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    15If I bring noysome beastes into the lande and they spoyle it, so that it bee desolate, that no man may passe through, because of beastes,

  • Isa 5:29-30
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    29His roaring shalbe like a lyon, and he shall roare like lyons whelpes: they shall roare, and lay holde of the praye: they shall take it away, and none shall deliuer it.

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    6Yea, a nation commeth vpon my lande, mightie, & without nomber, whose teeth are like the teeth of a lyon, and he hath the iawes of a great lyon.

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    11If the serpent bite, when he is not charmed: no better is a babbler.

  • Jer 12:5
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    4Will a lion roare in ye forest, when he hath no pray? or wil a lions whelpe cry out of his den, if he haue taken nothing?

  • Deut 19:5
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    5As hee that goeth vnto the wood with his neighbor to hew wood, & his hand striketh with the axe to cut downe the tree, if the head slip fro the helue, and hit his neighbour that he dieth, the same shall flee vnto one of the cities, and liue,

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    23Till a dart strike through his liuer, as a bird hasteth to the snare, not knowing that he is in danger.

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    1The wicked flee when none pursueth: but the righteous are bolde as a lyon.

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    16He shall sucke the gall of Aspes, and the vipers tongue shall slay him.

  • Jer 4:7
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    5Came theeues to thee or robbers by night? howe wast thou brought to silence? woulde they not haue stolen, til they had ynough? if the grape gatherers came to thee, woulde they not leaue some grapes?

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  • Ps 10:9
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    9He lyeth in waite secretly, euen as a lyon in his denne: he lyeth in waite to spoyle the poore: he doeth spoyle the poore, when he draweth him into his net.