Amos 2:12

World English Bible (2000)

"But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink, and commanded the prophets, saying, 'Don't prophesy!'

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Referenced Verses

  • Amos 7:13 : 13 but don't prophesy again any more at Bethel; for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a royal house!"
  • Isa 30:10 : 10 who tell the seers, "Don't see!" and to the prophets, "Don't prophesy to us right things. Tell us pleasant things. Prophesy deceits.
  • Mic 2:6 : 6 "Don't prophesy!" They prophesy. "Don't prophesy about these things. Disgrace won't overtake us."
  • Jer 11:21 : 21 Therefore thus says Yahweh concerning the men of Anathoth, who seek your life, saying, You shall not prophesy in the name of Yahweh, that you not die by our hand;
  • Amos 7:16 : 16 Now therefore listen to the word of Yahweh: 'You say, Don't prophesy against Israel, and don't preach against the house of Isaac.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Amos 2:11
    82%

    11I raised up some of your sons for prophets, and some of your young men for Nazirites. Isn't this true, you children of Israel?" says Yahweh.

  • Jer 35:5-8
    4 verses
    74%

    5I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites bowls full of wine, and cups; and I said to them, Drink wine!

    6But they said, We will drink no wine; for Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying, You shall drink no wine, neither you, nor your sons, forever:

    7neither shall you build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any; but all your days you shall dwell in tents; that you may live many days in the land in which you live.

    8We have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all that he commanded us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, or 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; and to this day they drink none, for they obey their father's commandment: but I have spoken to you, rising up early and speaking; and 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 don't 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 performed the commandment of their father which he commanded them, but this people has not listened to me;

  • Mic 2:11
    72%

    11If a man walking in a spirit of falsehood lies: "I will prophesy to you of wine and of strong drink;" he would be the prophet of this people.

  • Mic 2:6
    72%

    6"Don't prophesy!" They prophesy. "Don't prophesy about these things. Disgrace won't overtake us."

  • Mic 6:15
    71%

    15You will sow, but won't reap. You will tread the olives, but won't anoint yourself with oil; and crush grapes, but won't drink the wine.

  • Hab 2:15
    71%

    15"Woe to him who gives his neighbor drink, pouring your inflaming wine until they are drunk, so that you may gaze at their naked bodies!

  • Amos 2:13
    71%

    13Behold, I will crush you in your place, as a cart crushes that is full of grain.

  • Isa 28:7
    71%

    7They also reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink. The priest and the prophet reel with strong drink. They are swallowed up by wine. They stagger with 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 Yahweh, the God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and they shall tell you, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine?

    13Then you shall tell them, Thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings who 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%

    27You shall tell them, Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: Drink, and be drunk, vomit, fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.

    28It shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at your hand to drink, then you shall tell them, Thus says Yahweh of Armies: You shall surely drink.

  • Zech 7:6
    70%

    6When you eat, and when you drink, don't you eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?

  • Joel 1:5
    70%

    5Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.

  • Num 6:2-3
    2 verses
    69%

    2"Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them: 'When either man or woman shall make a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself to Yahweh,

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

  • Isa 29:9-10
    2 verses
    69%

    9Pause and wonder! Blind yourselves and be blind! They are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.

    10For Yahweh has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes, the prophets; and he has covered your heads, the seers.

  • Amos 7:16
    69%

    16Now therefore listen to the word of Yahweh: 'You say, Don't prophesy against Israel, and don't preach against the house of Isaac.'

  • Lev 10:9
    69%

    9"Drink no wine nor strong drink, you, nor your sons with you, when you go into the Tent of Meeting, that you don't 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 Yahweh, into one of the rooms, and give them wine to drink.

  • Isa 51:21
    68%

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

  • Isa 5:22
    68%

    22Woe to those who are mighty to drink wine, and champions at mixing strong drink;

  • Isa 30:10
    68%

    10who tell the seers, "Don't see!" and to the prophets, "Don't prophesy to us right things. Tell us pleasant things. Prophesy deceits.

  • Deut 29:6
    68%

    6You have not eaten bread, neither have you drunk wine or strong drink; that you may know that I am Yahweh 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, and eat not any unclean thing; for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb to the day of his death.'"

  • Jer 25:15
    68%

    15For thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, to me: take this cup of the wine of wrath at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send you, to drink it.

  • Judg 13:4
    68%

    4Now therefore please beware and drink no wine nor strong drink, and don't eat any unclean thing:

  • Ezek 13:2
    68%

    2Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who prophesy, and say to those who prophesy out of their own heart, Hear the word of Yahweh:

  • Jer 25:17
    68%

    17Then took I the cup at Yahweh's hand, and made all the nations to drink, to whom Yahweh had sent me:

  • Amos 5:11
    68%

    11Forasmuch therefore as you trample on the poor, and take taxes from him of wheat: You have built houses of cut stone, but you will not dwell in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.

  • Ezek 44:21
    67%

    21Neither shall any of the priests drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.

  • Jer 49:12
    67%

    12For thus says Yahweh: Behold, they to whom it didn't pertain to drink of the cup shall certainly drink; and are you he who shall altogether go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished, but you shall surely drink.

  • Isa 5:11
    67%

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

  • Hos 9:2
    67%

    2The threshing floor and the winepress won't feed them, and the new wine will fail her.

  • Jer 16:8
    67%

    8You shall not 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 Yahweh; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear.

  • Num 6:20
    67%

    20and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before Yahweh. This is holy for the priest, together with the breast that is waved and the thigh that is offered. After that the Nazirite may drink wine.

  • Judg 2:2
    67%

    2and you shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; you shall break down their altars.' But you have not listened to my voice: why have you done this?

  • Isa 24:9
    67%

    9They will not drink wine with a song. Strong drink will be bitter to those who drink it.

  • Jer 23:15
    67%

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

  • Hos 4:11
    66%

    11Prostitution, wine, and new wine take away understanding.

  • Matt 11:17
    66%

    17and say, 'We played the flute for you, and you didn't dance. We mourned for you, and you didn't lament.'

  • Amos 7:13
    66%

    13but don't prophesy again any more at Bethel; for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a royal house!"