Amos 6:1
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Woe to Those at Ease in Zion
6 (A)“Woe to those who are at ease in Zion,
and to those who feel secure on (B)the mountain of Samaria,
(C)the notable men of (D)the first of the nations,
to whom the house of Israel comes!
James 5:5
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5 (A)You have lived on the earth in luxury and (B)in self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in (C)a day of slaughter.
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Luke 12:17-20
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17 and he thought to himself, (A)‘What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’ 18 And he said, ‘I will do this: I will tear down my (B)barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. 19 And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have ample goods laid up (C)for many years; relax, (D)eat, drink, be merry.”’ 20 But God said to him, (E)‘Fool! (F)This night (G)your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, (H)whose will they be?’
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Isaiah 32:9-11
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Complacent Women Warned of Disaster
9 (A)Rise up, you women (B)who are at ease, hear my voice;
you complacent daughters, give ear to my speech.
10 In little more than a year
you will shudder, you complacent women;
for the grape harvest fails,
the fruit harvest will not come.
11 Tremble, you women (C)who are at ease,
shudder, you complacent ones;
(D)strip, and make yourselves bare,
(E)and tie sackcloth around your waist.
Amos 4:1
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4 “Hear this word, (A)you cows of Bashan,
who are (B)on the mountain of Samaria,
(C)who oppress the poor, (D)who crush the needy,
who say to your husbands, ‘Bring, that we may drink!’
Zephaniah 1:12
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12 At that time (A)I will search Jerusalem with lamps,
and I will punish the men
(B)who are complacent,[a]
(C)those who say in their hearts,
‘The Lord will not do good,
nor will he do ill.’
Footnotes
- Zephaniah 1:12 Hebrew are thickening on the dregs [of their wine]
Judges 18:7
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7 Then the five men departed and came to (A)Laish and saw the people who were there, how they lived in security, after the manner of the Sidonians, (B)quiet and unsuspecting, lacking[a] nothing that is in the earth and possessing wealth, and how (C)they were far from the Sidonians and had no dealings with anyone.
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- Judges 18:7 Compare 18:10; the meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain
Exodus 19:5-6
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5 Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be (A)my treasured possession among all peoples, for (B)all the earth is mine; 6 and you shall be to me a (C)kingdom of priests and (D)a holy nation.’ These are the words that you shall speak to the people of Israel.”
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James 1:18
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18 (A)Of his own will he (B)brought us forth by the word of truth, (C)that we should be a kind of (D)firstfruits of his creatures.
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Jeremiah 49:31
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31 (A)“Rise up, advance against a nation (B)at ease,
(C)that dwells securely,
declares the Lord,
(D)that has no gates or bars,
that dwells alone.
Isaiah 33:14
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14 The sinners in Zion are afraid;
trembling has seized the godless:
(A)“Who among us can dwell (B)with the consuming fire?
Who among us can dwell with everlasting burnings?”
1 Peter 5:7
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7 (A)casting all your anxieties on him, because (B)he cares for you.
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Amos 8:14
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14 Those who swear by (A)the Guilt of Samaria,
and say, ‘As your god lives, O Dan,’
and, ‘As (B)the Way of (C)Beersheba lives,’
they shall fall, and never rise again.”
Jeremiah 7:4
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4 (A)Do not trust in these deceptive words: ‘This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord.’
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1 Kings 16:24
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24 He bought the hill of (A)Samaria from Shemer for two talents[a] of silver, and he fortified the hill and called the name of the city that he built (B)Samaria, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill.
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- 1 Kings 16:24 A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms
Lamentations 1:1
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How Lonely Sits the City
1 (A)How lonely sits the city
that was full of people!
How like (B)a widow has she become,
she who was great among the nations!
She who was (C)a princess among the provinces
has become (D)a slave.
Jeremiah 48:11
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11 “Moab has been at ease from his youth
and has (A)settled on his dregs;
he has not been emptied from vessel to vessel,
nor has he gone into exile;
so his taste remains in him,
and his scent is not changed.
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