Amos 5:14
Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so the LORD, the God of Armies, will be with you, as you say.Amos 5:14 · WEB
This verse in other languages
- ગુજરાતી — આમોસ ૫:૧૪
- ભલાઈને શોધો, બૂરાઈને નહિ, જેથી તમે કહો છો તેમ, સૈન્યોના ઈશ્વર યહોવાહ તમારી સાથે રહેશે.
- हिन्दी — आमोस ५:१४
- हे लोगों, बुराई को नहीं, भलाई को ढूँढ़ो, ताकि तुम जीवित रहो; और तुम्हारा यह कहना सच ठहरे कि सेनाओं का परमेश्वर यहोवा तुम्हारे संग है।
In context
12For I know how many are your offenses, and how great are your sins— you who afflict the just, who take a bribe, and who turn away the needy in the courts.
13Therefore a prudent person keeps silent in such a time, for it is an evil time.
14Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so the LORD, the God of Armies, will be with you, as you say.
15Hate evil, love good, and establish justice in the courts. It may be that the LORD, the God of Armies, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”
16Therefore the LORD, the God of Armies, the Lord, says: “Wailing will be in all the wide ways. They will say in all the streets, ‘Alas! Alas!’ They will call the farmer to mourning, and those who are skillful in lamentation to wailing.
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