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Amos Chapter 6

Amos
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Amos

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In this chapter the prophet Amos calls the wealthy to repent, warning that God will bring disaster on them while the poor will prosper. He urges justice and honesty, saying that the day of the Lord is near and the harvest will be judged. The message is that God’s judgment is fair and that the righteous will inherit the land.

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(1) Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!
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Judges 18:7Isaiah 32:9Isaiah 32:10Isaiah 32:11Isaiah 33:14Jeremiah 48:11Jeremiah 49:31Luke 6:24Luke 6:25Luke 12:17Luke 12:18Luke 12:19

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Zechariah 8:3Revelation 8:13

(2) Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border?
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Jeremiah 2:10Jeremiah 2:11Nahum 3:8Genesis 10:10Isaiah 10:9II Kings 17:24II Kings 17:30II Kings 18:34II Kings 19:13I Samuel 17:4I Samuel 17:23II Chronicles 26:6

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Ezekiel 47:17Numbers 34:6Joshua 15:11Ezekiel 47:16Joshua 18:13Numbers 34:8

(3) Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;
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Amos 5:18Amos 9:10Ecclesiastes 8:11Isaiah 47:7Isaiah 56:12Ezekiel 12:22Ezekiel 12:27Matthew 24:48I Thessalonians 5:3II Peter 3:4Revelation 18:17Amos 6:12

(4) That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;
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Isaiah 5:11Isaiah 5:12Isaiah 22:13Luke 16:19Romans 13:13Romans 13:14James 5:5I Samuel 25:36I Samuel 25:37I Samuel 25:38Psalms 73:7Luke 12:19

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Ezekiel 34:8Ezekiel 34:10Zechariah 11:7

(5) That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;
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Genesis 31:27Job 21:11Job 21:12Ecclesiastes 2:8Isaiah 5:12I Peter 4:3Revelation 18:22Amos 5:23Amos 8:3I Chronicles 23:5

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I Chronicles 28:14II Chronicles 5:13

(6) That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
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Hosea 3:1I Timothy 5:23Matthew 26:7Matthew 26:8Matthew 26:9John 12:3Genesis 37:25Genesis 37:26Genesis 37:27Genesis 37:28Genesis 42:21Genesis 42:22

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Mark 2:22Micah 6:15Matthew 9:17Genesis 37:28

(7) Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed.
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Amos 5:5Amos 5:27Amos 7:11Deuteronomy 28:41Luke 21:24I Kings 20:16I Kings 20:17I Kings 20:18I Kings 20:19I Kings 20:20Esther 5:8Esther 5:12

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Jeremiah 13:19Jeremiah 40:1Jeremiah 41:10

(8) The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.
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Amos 4:2Jeremiah 51:14Hebrews 6:13Hebrews 6:14Hebrews 6:15Hebrews 6:16Hebrews 6:17Leviticus 26:11Psalms 78:59Psalms 106:40Zechariah 11:8Amos 8:7

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Zechariah 14:21Revelation 10:6Zechariah 1:3

(9) And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.
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Amos 5:3I Samuel 2:33Esther 5:11Esther 9:10Job 1:2Job 1:19Job 20:28Psalms 109:13Isaiah 14:21

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II Kings 7:4II Chronicles 25:4Romans 14:8

(10) And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD.
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Amos 8:3I Samuel 31:12II Kings 23:16Jeremiah 16:6Amos 5:13Numbers 17:12II Kings 6:33Ezekiel 24:21Jeremiah 44:26Ezekiel 20:39

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Jeremiah 8:1II Samuel 21:13II Kings 23:18

(11) For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
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Amos 3:6Amos 3:7Amos 9:1Amos 9:9Psalms 105:16Psalms 105:31Psalms 105:34Isaiah 10:5Isaiah 10:6Isaiah 13:3Isaiah 46:10Isaiah 46:11

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Proverbs 6:10Proverbs 24:33

(12) Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:
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Isaiah 48:4Jeremiah 5:3Jeremiah 6:29Jeremiah 6:30Zechariah 7:11Zechariah 7:12Amos 5:7Amos 5:11Amos 5:12I Kings 21:7I Kings 21:8I Kings 21:9

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Deuteronomy 28:4Deuteronomy 28:11Deuteronomy 30:9Ezekiel 47:12Matthew 12:33John 15:2

(13) Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?
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Exodus 32:18Exodus 32:19Judges 9:19Judges 9:20Judges 9:27Judges 16:23Judges 16:24Judges 16:25I Samuel 4:5Job 31:25Job 31:29Ecclesiastes 11:9

(14) But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness.
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II Kings 15:29II Kings 17:6Isaiah 7:20Isaiah 8:4Isaiah 8:5Isaiah 8:6Isaiah 8:7Isaiah 8:8Isaiah 10:5Isaiah 10:6Jeremiah 5:15Jeremiah 5:16

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Jeremiah 5:15Genesis 15:18Exodus 7:18Exodus 7:21Deuteronomy 11:24Joshua 1:4

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