Amos 7:7

King James Version 1611 (Original)

Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.

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  • 2 Kgs 21:13 : 13 And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down.
  • Isa 28:17 : 17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
  • Isa 34:11 : 11 But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.
  • Lam 2:8 : 8 The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.
  • Ezek 40:3 : 3 And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.
  • Zech 2:1-2 : 1 I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand. 2 Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof.
  • Rev 11:1 : 1 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.
  • Rev 21:15 : 15 And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.
  • 2 Sam 8:2 : 2 And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Amos 7:8-11
    4 verses
    92%

    8And the LORD said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumbline. Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more:

    9And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.

    10Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words.

    11For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land.

  • Amos 7:6
    73%

    6The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.

  • Zech 2:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.

    2Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof.

  • Ezek 40:2-5
    4 verses
    72%

    2In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a city on the south.

    3And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.

    4And the man said unto me, Son of man, behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and set thine heart upon all that I shall shew thee; for to the intent that I might shew them unto thee art thou brought hither: declare all that thou seest to the house of Israel.

    5And behold a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man's hand a measuring reed of six cubits long by the cubit and an hand breadth: so he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.

  • Amos 8:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit.

    2And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the LORD unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.

  • Ezek 8:7-8
    2 verses
    71%

    7And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold a hole in the wall.

    8Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had digged in the wall, behold a door.

  • Amos 7:15-16
    2 verses
    71%

    15And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.

    16Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac.

  • Isa 28:17
    71%

    17Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.

  • Ezek 7:1
    71%

    1Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

  • Lam 2:8
    70%

    8The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.

  • Ezek 13:14-15
    2 verses
    68%

    14So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered morter, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

    15Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them that have daubed it with untempered morter, and will say unto you, The wall is no more, neither they that daubed it;

  • Jer 13:8
    68%

    8Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

  • Amos 1:1-2
    2 verses
    68%

    1The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

    2And he said, The LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither.

  • Jer 7:3
    68%

    3Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.

  • 2 Kgs 21:13
    68%

    13And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down.

  • Ezek 13:12
    68%

    12Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it?

  • Zech 4:8
    67%

    8Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

  • Isa 21:6
    67%

    6For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.

  • Mic 7:11
    67%

    11In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be far removed.

  • Amos 9:1
    67%

    1I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; 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 delivered.

  • 2 Chr 7:21
    67%

    21And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and unto this house?

  • Zech 1:20
    67%

    20And the LORD shewed me four carpenters.

  • Jer 31:39
    67%

    39And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath.

  • Zech 4:10
    67%

    10For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth.

  • Ezek 21:1
    67%

    1And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

  • Amos 7:4
    67%

    4Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.

  • Amos 6:11
    67%

    11For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.

  • Lev 14:37
    67%

    37And he shall look on the plague, and, behold, if the plague be in the walls of the house with hollow strakes, greenish or reddish, which in sight are lower than the wall;

  • Jer 45:4
    67%

    4Thus shalt thou say unto him, The LORD saith thus; Behold, that which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land.

  • Hab 2:1
    66%

    1I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.

  • Rev 11:1
    66%

    1And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.

  • Isa 5:7
    66%

    7For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.

  • Jer 7:11
    66%

    11Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the LORD.

  • Isa 2:1
    66%

    1The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.

  • Hag 1:7
    66%

    7Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.

  • 1 Kgs 7:10
    66%

    10And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.

  • Ezek 13:10
    66%

    10Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it with untempered morter:

  • Hab 2:11
    66%

    11For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.