Amos 6:3

World English Bible (2000)

Those who put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;

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Referenced Verses

  • Amos 9:10 : 10 All the sinners of my people will die by the sword, who say, 'Evil won't overtake nor meet us.'
  • Isa 56:12 : 12 "Come," [say they], "I will get wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow shall be as this day, [a day] great beyond measure."
  • Ezek 12:27 : 27 Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that he sees is for many day to come, and he prophesies of times that are far off.
  • Amos 3:10 : 10 "Indeed they don't know to do right," says Yahweh, "Who hoard plunder and loot in their palaces."
  • Amos 5:12 : 12 For I know how many your offenses, and how great are your sins-- you who afflict the just, who take a bribe, and who turn aside the needy in the courts.
  • Amos 5:18 : 18 "Woe to you who desire the day of Yahweh! Why do you long for the day of Yahweh? It is darkness, and not light.
  • Amos 6:12 : 12 Do horses run on the rocky crags? Does one plow there with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness;
  • Ezek 12:22 : 22 Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision fails?
  • Ps 94:20 : 20 Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you, which brings about mischief by statute?
  • Eccl 8:11 : 11 Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
  • Isa 47:7 : 7 You said, I shall be mistress forever; so that you did not lay these things to your heart, neither did remember the latter end of it.
  • Matt 24:48 : 48 But if that evil servant should say in his heart, 'My lord is delaying his coming,'
  • 1 Thess 5:3 : 3 For when they are saying, "Peace and safety," then sudden destruction will come on them, like birth pains on a pregnant woman; and they will in no way escape.
  • 2 Pet 3:4 : 4 and saying, "Where is the promise of his coming? For, from the day that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation."
  • Rev 18:17 : 17 For in an hour such great riches are made desolate.' Every shipmaster, and everyone who sails anywhere, and mariners, and as many as gain their living by sea, stood far away,

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  • Mic 2:1-3
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    1 Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil on their beds! When the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.

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  • Hab 2:9-10
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    9 Woe to him who gets an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!

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    15 For the day of Yahweh is near all the nations! As you have done, it will be done to you. Your deeds will return upon your own head.

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    9 Proclaim in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, "Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria, and see what unrest is in her, and what oppression is among them."

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    15 Alas for the day! For the day of Yahweh is at hand, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

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    11 Forasmuch 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.

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