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Amos 5:4

For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:

KJV

Quia hæc dicit Dominus domui Israël : Quærite me, et vivetis.

Vulgate

διότι τάδε λέγει Κύριος πρὸς τὸν οἶκον Ἰσραήλ Ἐκζητήσατέ με, καὶ ζήσεσθε·

LXX

For thus saith Jehovah unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live;

ASV

כִּ֣י כֹ֥ה אָמַ֛ר יְהוָ֖ה לְ/בֵ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל דִּרְשׁ֖וּ/נִי וִֽ/חְיֽוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
הוּ
hv
verb · 165×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כֹּֽה
kh
adverb · 574×
נִי
ny
verb · 264×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Having manifested what he was and what he is, he shows the great fruit of his confession; and being about to examine by what method God and the happy life may be found, he enlarges on the nature and power of memory. Then he examines his own acts, thoughts and affections, viewed under the threefold division of temptation; and commemorates the Lord, the one mediator of God and me…

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 28:9 — And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the
  • 2Chr 15:2 — And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake
  • 2Chr 20:3 — And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
  • 2Chr 34:3 — For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and
  • Amos 4:12 — Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.
  • Amos 5:6 — Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel.
  • Amos 5:6 — Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel.
  • Deut 30:1 — And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD
  • Ezek 18:9 — Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord GOD.
  • Hos 10:12 — Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
  • Hos 11:7 — And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.
  • Isa 31:1 — Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Isra
  • Isa 45:19 — I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
  • Isa 55:3 — Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
  • Isa 55:6 — Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
  • Jer 29:12 — Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
  • Jer 29:13 — And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
  • Lam 3:25 — The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
  • Luke 11:9 — And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
  • Matt 7:7 — Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
  • Matt 7:8 — For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
  • Ps 14:2 — The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.
  • Ps 22:26 — The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
  • Ps 27:8 — When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.
  • Ps 69:32 — The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.
  • Ps 105:3 — Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.
  • Ps 105:4 — Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.
  • Zeph 2:3 — Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD’s anger.
  • Zeph 2:3 — Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD’s anger.