Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Seek good, not evil, that you may live. Then the LORD God Almighty will be with you, just as you say he is. New Living Translation Do what is good and run from evil so that you may live! Then the LORD God of Heaven’s Armies will be your helper, just as you have claimed. English Standard Version Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so the LORD, the God of hosts, will be with you, as you have said. Berean Standard Bible Seek good, not evil, so that you may live. And the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be with you, as you have claimed. King James Bible Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken. New King James Version Seek good and not evil, That you may live; So the LORD God of hosts will be with you, As you have spoken. New American Standard Bible Seek good and not evil, so that you may live; And so may the LORD God of armies be with you, Just as you have said! NASB 1995 Seek good and not evil, that you may live; And thus may the LORD God of hosts be with you, Just as you have said! NASB 1977 Seek good and not evil, that you may live; And thus may the LORD God of hosts be with you, Just as you have said! Legacy Standard Bible Seek good and not evil, in order that you may live; And thus may Yahweh God of hosts be with you, Just as you have said! Amplified Bible Seek (long for, require) good and not evil, that you may live; And so may the LORD God of hosts be with you, Just as you have said! Christian Standard Bible Pursue good and not evil so that you may live, and the LORD, the God of Armies, will be with you as you have claimed. Holman Christian Standard Bible Seek good and not evil so that you may live, and the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be with you, as you have claimed. American Standard Version Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live; and so Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be with you, as ye say. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Seek good and not evil that you will live, and thus LORD JEHOVAH of Hosts will be with you as you have said Brenton Septuagint Translation Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the Lord God Almighty shall be with you, as ye have said, Contemporary English Version If you really want to live, you must stop doing wrong and start doing right. I, the LORD God All-Powerful, will then be on your side, just as you claim I am. Douay-Rheims Bible Seek ye good, and not evil, that you may live: and the Lord the God of hosts will be with you, as you have said. English Revised Version Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye say. GOD'S WORD® Translation Search for good instead of evil so that you may live. Then the LORD God of Armies will be with you, as you have said. Good News Translation Make it your aim to do what is right, not what is evil, so that you may live. Then the LORD God Almighty really will be with you, as you claim he is. International Standard Version Pursue good and not evil, so that you may live, and this is what will happen: The LORD God of the Heavenly Armies will be with you, as you have been claiming. JPS Tanakh 1917 Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live; And so the LORD, the God of hosts, will be with you, as ye say. Literal Standard Version Seek good, and not evil, that you may live, and it is so; YHWH, God of Hosts, [is] with you, as you said. Majority Standard Bible Seek good, not evil, so that you may live. And the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be with you, as you have claimed. New American Bible Seek good and not evil, that you may live; Then truly the LORD, the God of hosts, will be with you as you claim. NET Bible Seek good and not evil so you can live! Then the LORD, the God who commands armies, just might be with you, as you claim he is. New Revised Standard Version Seek good and not evil, that you may live; and so the LORD, the God of hosts, will be with you, just as you have said. New Heart English Bible Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so the LORD, the God of hosts, will be with you, as you say. Webster's Bible Translation Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken. World English Bible Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so Yahweh, the God of Armies, will be with you, as you say. Young's Literal Translation Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live, And it is so; Jehovah, God of Hosts, is with you, as ye said. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context A Call to Repentance…13Therefore, the prudent keep silent in such times, for the days are evil. 14Seek good, not evil, so that you may live. And the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be with you, as you have claimed. 15Hate evil and love good; establish justice in the gate. Perhaps the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”… Cross References Amos 5:6 Seek the LORD and live, or He will sweep like fire through the house of Joseph; it will devour everything, with no one at Bethel to extinguish it. Micah 3:11 Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, "Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us." Zephaniah 2:3 Seek the LORD, all you humble of the earth who carry out His justice. Seek righteousness; seek humility. Perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the LORD's anger. Treasury of Scripture Seek good, and not evil, that you may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as you have spoken. Seek. Psalm 34:12-16 What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good? … Proverbs 11:27 He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him. Isaiah 1:16,17 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; … and so. Amos 3:3 Can two walk together, except they be agreed? Genesis 39:2,3,23 And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian… Exodus 3:12 And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain. as. Numbers 16:3 And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD? Isaiah 48:1,2 Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness… Jeremiah 7:3,4 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place… Jump to Previous Almighty Armies Evil Good Hosts Live SeekJump to Next Almighty Armies Evil Good Hosts Live SeekAmos 5 1. A lamentation for Israel.4. An exhortation to repentance. 21. God rejects their hypocritical service. (14, 15) Break in like a beam of sunshine in the darkness. The fearful doom, already spoken of, is after all conditional. Let a moral change be wrought in them, and even now Jehovah, God of hosts, may deign to be with them. Enlist your passions on the right side. No virtue is safe till it is enthusiastic.Verse 14. - He repeats his loving summons to repentance, as in vers. 4, 6, showing that their only hope of safety lay in amendment of life (comp Zephaniah 2:3). Seek good, and not evil. Use that diligence and zeal in pursuing what is good which you have hitherto shown in the pursuit of evil. The Lord, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken; or, as ye say. The Israelites fancied that, owing to their covenant relation to God, he would be always with them and ready to help them under any circumstances. Their prosperity under Jeroboam II, as Calmet remarks seemed an argument in their favour, proving that God blessed them, and that they had no cause for fear (comp. Jeremiah 7:4, etc.; Micah 3:11; Matthew 3:9; John 8:39). But really God's help and favour were conditioned by their obedience. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Seekדִּרְשׁוּ־ (dir·šū-) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 1875: To tread, frequent, to follow, to seek, ask, to worship good, ט֥וֹב (ṭō·wḇ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good not וְאַל־ (wə·’al-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb Strong's 408: Not evil רָ֖ע (rā‘) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7451: Bad, evil so that לְמַ֣עַן (lə·ma·‘an) Conjunction Strong's 4616: Purpose -- intent you may live, תִּֽחְי֑וּ (tiḥ·yū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 2421: To live, to revive and the LORD, יְהוָ֧ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel the God אֱלֹהֵֽי־ (’ĕ·lō·hê-) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative of Hosts, צְבָא֛וֹת (ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ) Noun - common plural Strong's 6635: A mass of persons, reg, organized for, war, a campaign will be וִיהִי־ (wî·hî-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be with you, אִתְּכֶ֖ם (’it·tə·ḵem) Preposition | second person masculine plural Strong's 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among as כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר (ka·’ă·šer) Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that you have claimed. אֲמַרְתֶּֽם׃ (’ă·mar·tem) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 559: To utter, say Links Amos 5:14 NIVAmos 5:14 NLT Amos 5:14 ESV Amos 5:14 NASB Amos 5:14 KJV Amos 5:14 BibleApps.com Amos 5:14 Biblia Paralela Amos 5:14 Chinese Bible Amos 5:14 French Bible Amos 5:14 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Amos 5:14 Seek good and not evil that you (Amo. 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