Amos 5:14

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.

Cross-reference

Amos 5:24 Parallel

In Amos 5:24, the same prophetic call demands justice and righteousness — the specific good to seek here.

2 Chronicles 15:2 directly states the same conditional dynamic — seek God and He is with you, forsake and He forsakes.

Philippians 4:9 directly pairs doing good with 'the God of peace shall be with you', matching Amos's conditional promise of God's presence.

Romans 2:7-9 echoes the same principle: persistent well-doing leads to life, while self-seeking brings wrath, reinforcing Amos's warning.

Micah 6:8 Parallel

Micah 6:8 defines what is good — justice, kindness, humility — directly answering the call to seek good in Amos.

Micah 3:11 Parallel

In Micah 3:11, corrupt leaders claim 'Is not the LORD among us?' — exactly the false confidence Amos challenges here.

In Jeremiah 7:4, people trust in the temple's presence — similar false confidence in God's presence that Amos rebukes here.

In Jeremiah 7:3, God calls to amend ways for dwelling in the land — the same conditional promise of blessing for repentance as here.

Isaiah 1:17 Parallel

In Isaiah 1:17, the same call to learn good and seek justice reinforces the ethical imperative required for God's presence.

Proverbs 11:27 states that seeking good brings favor—matching the promise of God's presence for those who seek good in Amos.

Psalm 34:12-16 expands on turning from evil and seeking good for life and God's favor—directly reinforcing the promise of God's presence here.

In Numbers 16:3, rebels wrongly claim God's presence while opposing Moses — contrasting with the conditional promise of God's presence here for those who seek good.

In Ezekiel 18:9, walking in God's statutes leads to life — the same ethical condition for life as the call here to seek good.

Hosea 11:7 Contrast

In Hosea 11:7, the people are bent on backsliding — the opposite response to the call to seek good here.

Zephaniah 2:3 similarly calls to seek righteousness and meekness for possible escape from judgment — mirroring Amos's 'seek good, that ye may live'.

Isaiah 1:16 Parallel

Isaiah 1:16 commands to cease doing evil—a parallel call to turn from evil, complementing the exhortation to seek good.

Matthew 6:33 parallels seeking God's kingdom and righteousness as the path to life, similar to seeking good for God's presence.