Amos 5:19

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Disaster will be inescapable, as if a man ran from a lion only to meet a bear, then escaped into a house, leaned his hand against the wall, and was bitten by a poisonous snake.

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 24:17-18 : 17 Terror, pit, and snare are ready to overtake you inhabitants of the earth! 18 The one who runs away from the sound of the terror will fall into the pit; the one who climbs out of the pit, will be trapped by the snare. For the floodgates of the heavens are opened up and the foundations of the earth shake.
  • Jer 15:2-3 : 2 If they ask you,‘Where should we go?’ tell them the LORD says this:“Those who are destined to die of disease will go to death by disease. Those who are destined to die in war will go to death in war. Those who are destined to die of starvation will go to death by starvation. Those who are destined to go into exile will go into exile.” 3 “I will punish them in four different ways: I will have war kill them. I will have dogs drag off their dead bodies. I will have birds and wild beasts devour and destroy their corpses.
  • Jer 48:43-44 : 43 Terror, pits, and traps are in store for the people who live in Moab. I, the LORD, affirm it! 44 Anyone who flees at the sound of terror will fall into a pit. Anyone who climbs out of the pit will be caught in a trap. For the time is coming when I will punish the people of Moab. I, the LORD, affirm it!
  • Amos 9:1-2 : 1 I saw the Lord standing by the altar and he said,“Strike the tops of the support pillars, so the thresholds shake! Knock them down on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the survivors with the sword. No one will be able to run away; no one will be able to escape. 2 Even if they could dig down into the netherworld, my hand would pull them up from there. Even if they could climb up to heaven, I would drag them down from there.
  • Acts 28:4 : 4 When the local people saw the creature hanging from Paul’s hand, they said to one another,“No doubt this man is a murderer! Although he has escaped from the sea, Justice herself has not allowed him to live!”
  • 1 Kgs 20:29-30 : 29 The armies were deployed opposite each other for seven days. On the seventh day the battle began, and the Israelites killed 100,000 Syrian foot soldiers in one day. 30 The remaining 27,000 ran to Aphek and went into the city, but the wall fell on them. Now Ben Hadad ran into the city and hid in an inner room.
  • Job 20:24-25 : 24 If he flees from an iron weapon, then an arrow from a bronze bow pierces him. 25 When he pulls it out and it comes out of his back, the gleaming point out of his liver, terrors come over him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    20Don’t you realize the LORD’s day of judgment will bring darkness, not light– gloomy blackness, not bright light?

  • Amos 5:18
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    18The Lord Demands Justice Woe to those who wish for the day of the LORD! Why do you want the LORD’s day of judgment to come? It will bring darkness, not light.

  • Lam 3:10-11
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    75%

    10ד(Dalet) To me he is like a bear lying in ambush, like a hidden lion stalking its prey.

    11He has obstructed my paths and torn me to pieces; he has made me desolate.

  • Eccl 10:8-9
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    74%

    8Wisdom is Needed to Avert Dangers in Everyday Life One who digs a pit may fall into it, and one who breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.

    9One who quarries stones may be injured by them; one who splits logs may be endangered by them.

  • Prov 17:12
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    12It is better for a person to meet a mother bear being robbed of her cubs, than to encounter a fool in his folly.

  • Jer 5:6
    73%

    6So like a lion from the thicket their enemies will kill them. Like a wolf from the rift valley they will destroy them. Like a leopard they will lie in wait outside their cities and totally destroy anyone who ventures out. For they have rebelled so much and done so many unfaithful things.

  • 1 Kgs 20:36-37
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    72%

    36So the prophet said to him,“Because you have disobeyed the LORD, as soon as you leave me a lion will kill you.” When he left him, a lion attacked and killed him.

    37He found another man and said,“Wound me!” So the man wounded him severely.

  • Isa 11:8
    71%

    8A baby will play over the hole of a snake; over the nest of a serpent an infant will put his hand.

  • Ezek 19:5-6
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    5“‘When she realized that she waited in vain, her hope was lost. She took another of her cubs and made him a young lion.

    6He walked about among the lions; he became a young lion. He learned to tear prey; he devoured people.

  • Jer 8:17
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    17The LORD says,“Yes indeed, I am sending an enemy against you that will be like poisonous snakes which cannot be charmed away. And they will inflict fatal wounds on you.”

  • Prov 22:13
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    13The sluggard has said,“There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the middle of the streets!”

  • Ps 17:12
    70%

    12He is like a lion that wants to tear its prey to bits, like a young lion crouching in hidden places.

  • Prov 6:5
    70%

    5Deliver yourself like a gazelle from a snare, and like a bird from the trap of the fowler.

  • Hos 13:7-8
    2 verses
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    7So I will pounce on them like a lion; like a leopard I will lurk by the path.

    8I will attack them like a bear robbed of her cubs– I will rip open their chests. I will devour them there like a lion– like a wild animal would tear them apart.

  • Prov 28:15
    70%

    15Like a roaring lion or a roving bear, so is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

  • Job 12:5
    70%

    5For calamity, there is derision(according to the ideas of the fortunate)– a fate for those whose feet slip!

  • 1 Pet 5:8
    70%

    8Be sober and alert. Your enemy the devil, like a roaring lion, is on the prowl looking for someone to devour.

  • Prov 26:13
    70%

    13The sluggard has said,“There is a lion in the road! A lion in the streets!”

  • Prov 23:32
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    32Afterward it bites like a snake, and stings like a viper.

  • 1 Kgs 13:24-26
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    70%

    24So the prophet from Judah travelled on. Then a lion attacked him on the road and killed him.There was his body lying on the road, with the donkey standing next to it, and the lion just standing there by the body.

    25Then some men came passing by and saw the body lying in the road with the lion standing next to the body. They went and reported what they had seen in the city where the old prophet lived.

    26When the old prophet who had invited him to his house heard the news, he said,“It is the prophet who rebelled against the LORD. The LORD delivered him over to the lion and it tore him up and killed him, in keeping with the LORD’S message that he had spoken to him.”

  • Nah 2:11-12
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    11Taunt against the Once-Mighty Lion Where now is the den of the lions, and the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion, lioness, and lion cub once prowled and no one disturbed them?

    12The lion tore apart as much prey as his cubs needed and strangled prey for his lionesses; he filled his lairs with prey and his dens with torn flesh.

  • Jer 25:38
    69%

    38The LORD is like a lion who has left his lair. So their lands will certainly be laid waste by the warfare of the oppressive nation and by the fierce anger of the LORD.”

  • Ezek 14:15
    69%

    15“Suppose I were to send wild animals through the land and kill its children, leaving it desolate, without travelers due to the wild animals.

  • Isa 5:29-30
    2 verses
    69%

    29Their roar is like a lion’s; they roar like young lions. They growl and seize their prey; they drag it away and no one can come to the rescue.

    30At that time they will growl over their prey, it will sound like sea waves crashing against rocks. One will look out over the land and see the darkness of disaster, clouds will turn the light into darkness.

  • Joel 1:6
    69%

    6For a nation has invaded my land, mighty and without number. Their teeth are lion’s teeth; they have the fangs of a lioness.

  • Eccl 10:11
    69%

    11If the snake should bite before it is charmed, the snake charmer is in trouble.

  • Jer 12:5
    69%

    5The LORD answered,“If you have raced on foot against men and they have worn you out, how will you be able to compete with horses? And if you feel secure only in safe and open country, how will you manage in the thick undergrowth along the Jordan River?

  • Amos 3:4
    69%

    4Does a lion roar in the woods if he has not cornered his prey? Does a young lion bellow from his den if he has not caught something?

  • Deut 19:5
    69%

    5Suppose he goes with someone else to the forest to cut wood and when he raises the ax to cut the tree, the ax head flies loose from the handle and strikes his fellow worker so hard that he dies. The person responsible may then flee to one of these cities to save himself.

  • Prov 7:23
    69%

    23till an arrow pierces his liver– like a bird hurrying into a trap, and he does not know that it will cost him his life.

  • Prov 28:1
    69%

    1Α wicked person fled, though no one was pursuing, but the righteous person can be as confident as a lion.

  • Job 20:16
    69%

    16He sucks the poison of serpents; the fangs of a viper kill him.

  • Jer 4:7
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    7Like a lion that has come up from its lair the one who destroys nations has set out from his home base. He is coming out to lay your land waste. Your cities will become ruins and lie uninhabited.

  • Obad 1:5
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    5“If thieves came to rob you during the night, they would steal only as much as they wanted! If grape pickers came to harvest your vineyards, they would leave some behind for the poor! But you will be totally destroyed!

  • Job 39:15
    69%

    15She forgets that a foot might crush them, or that a wild animal might trample them.

  • Job 28:8
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    8Proud beasts have not set foot on it, and no lion has passed along it.

  • Job 18:9-10
    2 verses
    68%

    9A trap seizes him by the heel; a snare grips him.

    10A rope is hidden for him on the ground and a trap for him lies on the path.

  • Acts 28:5
    68%

    5However, Paul shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no harm.

  • 2 Kgs 17:25
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    25When they first moved in, they did not worship the LORD. So the LORD sent lions among them and the lions were killing them.

  • Ps 10:9
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    9He lies in ambush in a hidden place, like a lion in a thicket; he lies in ambush, waiting to catch the oppressed; he catches the oppressed by pulling in his net.