Amos 2:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

But you gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Do not prophesy.

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  • Amos 7:13 : 13 But do not prophesy again anymore at Bethel: for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is the royal house.
  • Isa 30:10 : 10 Who say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Do not prophesy to us right things, speak to us smooth things, prophesy deceits:
  • Mic 2:6 : 6 Do not prophesy, they say to those who prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they may not take shame.
  • Jer 11:21 : 21 Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the men of Anathoth, who seek your life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the LORD, that you die not by our hand:
  • Amos 7:16 : 16 Now therefore hear the word of the LORD: You say, Do not prophesy against Israel, and do not preach against the house of Isaac.

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  • Amos 2:11
    82%

    11And I raised up your sons as prophets, and your young men as Nazarites. Is it not even so, O children of Israel? says the LORD.

  • Jer 35:5-8
    4 verses
    74%

    5And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups, and I said to them, Drink wine.

    6But they said, We will not drink wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, You shall not drink wine, neither you, nor your sons forever:

    7Neither shall you build houses, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyards, nor have any: but all your days you shall dwell in tents; that you may live many days in the land where you are strangers.

    8Thus we have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father in all that he has charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters;

  • Jer 35:14-16
    3 verses
    73%

    14The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons not to drink wine, are performed; for to this day they drink none, but obey their father's commandment: yet I have spoken to you, rising early and speaking; but you have not listened to me.

    15I have sent also to you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and do not go after other gods to serve them, and you shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but you have not inclined your ear, nor listened to me.

    16Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have kept the command of their father, which he commanded them; but this people has not listened to me:

  • Mic 2:11
    72%

    11If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood lies, saying, I will prophesy to you of wine and strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.

  • Mic 2:6
    72%

    6Do not prophesy, they say to those who prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they may not take shame.

  • Mic 6:15
    71%

    15You shall sow, but not reap; you shall tread the olives, but not anoint yourselves with oil; and crush grapes, but not drink the wine.

  • Hab 2:15
    71%

    15Woe to him who gives his neighbor drink, who puts the bottle to him, and makes him drunk also, that you may look on their nakedness!

  • Amos 2:13
    71%

    13Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.

  • Isa 28:7
    71%

    7But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up by wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

  • Jer 13:12-13
    2 verses
    71%

    12Therefore you shall speak to them this word; Thus says the LORD God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and they shall say to you, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine?

    13Then you shall say to them, Thus says the LORD, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit on David's throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.

  • Jer 25:27-28
    2 verses
    70%

    27Therefore you shall say to them, Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink, and be drunk, and vomit, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.

    28And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at your hand to drink, then you shall say to them, Thus says the LORD of hosts; You shall certainly drink.

  • Zech 7:6
    70%

    6And when you ate and when you drank, did you not eat for yourselves and drink for yourselves?

  • Joel 1:5
    70%

    5Awake, you drunkards, and weep; and howl, all you drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.

  • Num 6:2-3
    2 verses
    69%

    2Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves to the LORD:

    3He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any grape juice, nor eat fresh grapes or dried.

  • Isa 29:9-10
    2 verses
    69%

    9Pause and wonder; cry out and cry: they are drunk, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.

    10For the LORD has poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers has He covered.

  • Amos 7:16
    69%

    16Now therefore hear the word of the LORD: You say, Do not prophesy against Israel, and do not preach against the house of Isaac.

  • Lev 10:9
    69%

    9'Do not drink wine or strong drink, you or your sons with you, when you go into the tabernacle of meeting, lest you die. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations,

  • Jer 35:2
    69%

    2Go to the house of the Rechabites, and speak to them, and bring them into the house of the LORD, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink.

  • Isa 51:21
    68%

    21Therefore hear now this, you afflicted, and drunk, but not with wine:

  • Isa 5:22
    68%

    22Woe to those who are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mix strong drink:

  • Isa 30:10
    68%

    10Who say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Do not prophesy to us right things, speak to us smooth things, prophesy deceits:

  • Deut 29:6
    68%

    6You have not eaten bread, nor have you drunk wine or strong drink: that you might know that I am the LORD your God.

  • Judg 13:7
    68%

    7But he said to me, Behold, you shall conceive and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb to the day of his death.

  • Jer 25:15
    68%

    15For thus says the LORD God of Israel to me; Take the wine cup of this fury at My hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send you, to drink it.

  • Judg 13:4
    68%

    4Now therefore beware, I pray you, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat no unclean thing:

  • Ezek 13:2
    68%

    2Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who prophesy, and say to those who prophesy from their own hearts, 'Hear the word of the LORD.'

  • Jer 25:17
    68%

    17Then I took the cup from the LORD'S hand, and made all the nations drink, to whom the LORD had sent me:

  • Amos 5:11
    68%

    11Since you tread upon the poor, and you take from him burdens of wheat: you have built houses of hewn stone, but you shall not dwell in them; you have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink wine of them.

  • Ezek 44:21
    67%

    21No priest shall drink wine when they enter the inner court.

  • Jer 49:12
    67%

    12For thus says the LORD: Behold, those whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunk; and are you the one who shall altogether go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished, but you shall surely drink of it.

  • Isa 5:11
    67%

    11Woe to those who rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; who continue until night, till wine inflames them!

  • Hos 9:2
    67%

    2The threshing floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail her.

  • Jer 16:8
    67%

    8You shall not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.

  • 2 Chr 24:19
    67%

    19Yet He sent prophets to them, to bring them again to the LORD; and they testified against them, but they would not listen.

  • Num 6:20
    67%

    20And the priest shall wave them as a wave offering before the LORD: this is holy for the priest, with the waved breast and the heaved shoulder: and afterward the Nazarite may drink wine.

  • Judg 2:2
    67%

    2And you shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; you shall tear down their altars: but you have not obeyed my voice: why have you done this?

  • Isa 24:9
    67%

    9They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to those who drink it.

  • Jer 23:15
    67%

    15Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets: Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall; for from the prophets of Jerusalem profaneness has gone forth into all the land.

  • Hos 4:11
    66%

    11Harlotry and wine and new wine take away the heart.

  • Matt 11:17
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    17And saying, We have played the flute for you, and you have not danced; we have mourned for you, and you have not lamented.

  • Amos 7:13
    66%

    13But do not prophesy again anymore at Bethel: for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is the royal house.