Amos 5:9

Geneva Bible (1560)

He strengtheneth the destroyer against the mightie: and the destroyer shal come against the fortresse.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Kgs 13:17 : 17 And saide, Open the windowe Eastward; when he had opened it, Elisha said, Shoote; he shot; he sayd, Beholde the arrowe of the Lordes deliuerance and the arrowe of deliuerance against Aram: for thou shalt smite the Aramites in Aphek, till thou hast consumed them.
  • 2 Kgs 13:25 : 25 Therefore Iehoash the sonne of Iehoahaz returned, and tooke out of the hand of Ben-hadad the sonne of Hazael the cities which he had taken away by warre out of the hand of Iehoahaz his father: for three times did Ioash beate him, and restored the cities vnto Israel.
  • Jer 37:10 : 10 For though ye had smitten the whole hoste of the Caldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should euery man rise vp in his tent, and burne this citie with fire.
  • Mic 5:11 : 11 And I will cut off the cities of thy land, & ouerthrowe all thy strong holdes.
  • Heb 11:34 : 34 Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sworde, of weake were made strong, waxed valiant in battell, turned to flight the armies of the aliants.

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    1The destroyer is come before thy face: keepe the munition: looke to the way: make thy loynes strong: increase thy strength mightily.

  • Amos 3:11
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    11Therefore thus saith the Lord God, An aduersary shall come euen rounde about the countrey, and shall bring downe thy strength fro thee, and thy palaces shalbe spoyled.

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    21He powreth contempt vpon princes, and maketh the strength of the mightie weake.

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    5The stout hearted are spoyled: they haue slept their sleepe, and all the men of strength haue not found their hands.

  • Prov 22:23
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    23For the Lord will defende their cause, and spoyle the soule of those that spoyle them.

  • Amos 5:8
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    8He maketh Pleiades, and Orion, and he turneth the shadowe of death into the morning, and he maketh the day darke as night: he calleth the waters of the sea, and powreth them out vpon the open earth: the Lord is his Name.

  • Luke 11:21-22
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    74%

    21When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, the thinges that hee possesseth, are in peace.

    22But when a stronger then hee, commeth vpon him, and ouercommeth him: hee taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and deuideth his spoiles.

  • Job 12:19
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    19He leadeth away the princes as a pray, and ouerthroweth the mightie.

  • Isa 25:12
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    12The defence also of the height of thy walles shall he bring downe and lay lowe, and cast them to the ground, euen vnto the dust.

  • Isa 31:2
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    2But he yet is wisest: therefore he wil bring euill, and not turne backe his worde, but he will arise against the house of the wicked, and against the helpe of them that worke vanitie.

  • Ps 89:40-41
    2 verses
    73%

    40Thou hast broken downe all his walles: thou hast layd his fortresses in ruine.

    41All that goe by the way, spoyle him: he is a rebuke vnto his neighbours.

  • Nah 1:8-9
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    8But passing ouer as with a flood, he will vtterly destroy the place thereof, and darknesse shall pursue his enemies.

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  • Job 34:25
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    25Therefore shall he declare their works: he shall turne the night, & they shalbe destroyed.

  • Isa 28:2
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    2Beholde, the Lorde hath a mightie and strong hoste, like a tempest of haile, and a whirlewinde that ouerthroweth, like a tempest of mightie waters that ouerflowe, which throwe to the ground mightily.

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    4The bow and the mightie men are broken, and the weake haue girded themselues with strength.

  • Prov 10:29
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    29The way of the Lord is strength to the vpright man: but feare shall be for the workers of iniquitie.

  • Jer 6:5
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    5Arise, and let vs goe vp by night, and destroy her palaces.

  • Isa 28:6
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    6And for a spirite of iudgement to him that sitteth in iudgement, and for strength vnto them that turne away the battell to the gate.

  • Ezek 26:9
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    9He shall set engins of warre before him against thy walles, and with his weapons breake downe thy towres.

  • Hab 1:10
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    10And they shall mocke the Kings, and the princes shalbe a skorne vnto them: they shall deride euery strong holde: for they shall gather dust, and take it.

  • Lam 2:17
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    17The Lorde hath done that which he had purposed: he hath fulfilled his worde that he had determined of old time: he hath throwen downe, and not spared: hee hath caused thine enemie to reioyce ouer thee, and set vp the horne of thine aduersaries.

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    4For thou hast bene a strength vnto the poore, euen a strength to the needie in his trouble, a refuge against the tempest, a shadow against the heate: for the blaste of the mightie is like a storme against the wall.

  • Isa 17:14
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    14And loe, in the euening there is trouble: but afore the morning it is gone. This is the portion of them that spoyle vs, and the lot of them that robbe vs.

  • Isa 5:30
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    30And in that day they shal roare vpon them, as the roaring of the sea: and if they looke vnto the earth, beholde darkenesse, and sorowe, and the light shalbe darkened in their skie.

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    5He shall remember his strong men: they shall stumble as they goe: they shall make haste to the walles thereof, and the defence shall bee prepared.

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    5He remoueth the mountaines, and they feele not when he ouerthroweth them in his wrath.

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    17Gather vp thy wares out of the land, O thou that dwellest in the strong place.

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    10Breake your plowshares into swords, and your sithes into speares: let the weake say, I am strong.

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    10He croucheth and boweth: therefore heaps of the poore doe fall by his might.

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    23Thy cordes are loosed: they could not wel strengthen their maste, neither coulde they spread the saile: then shall the praye be deuided for a great spoile: yea, the lame shal take away the pray.

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    27No man can enter into a strong mans house, and take away his goods, except hee first binde that strong man, and then spoyle his house.

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    37And the best pastures are destroyed because of the wrath and indignation of the Lorde.

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    16Whose quiuer is as an open sepulchre: they are all very strong.

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    15And from the wicked their light shall be taken away, and the hie arme shalbe broken.

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    29Els howe can a man enter into a strong mans house and spoyle his goods, except he first bind the strong man, and then spoile his house.