Amos 5:4
For thus saith the Lord unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:
Cross-references
In Amos 5:6, the same command 'Seek me and live' is repeated, reinforcing the call to repentance.
In 1 Chronicles 28:9, seeking God results in finding him — a similar promise to Amos 5:4's call to seek and live.
Zephaniah 2:3 similarly commands seeking the LORD with a promise of being hidden from wrath, mirroring 'seek me and live'.
Lamentations 3:25 affirms God's goodness to those who seek him—echoing the promise of life in Amos.
Jeremiah 29:13 directly parallels Amos: seeking God wholeheartedly leads to finding him and life.
Isaiah 55:6 urges seeking God while he may be found—a near parallel to Amos's urgent call to seek and live.
Isaiah 55:3 promises 'hear that your soul may live', directly parallel to Amos's 'seek me and live'.
Psalm 69:32 calls those who seek God to let their hearts revive, paralleling Amos's life promise.
Psalm 27:8 is a personal resolve to seek God's face, directly mirroring Amos's call to seek and live.
Psalm 22:26 directly links seeking Him with living hearts, just as Amos says 'seek me and live'.
2 Chronicles 15:2 echoes the same condition: seeking God brings his presence, just as Amos promises life.
In Deuteronomy 30:1-8, returning to the Lord brings restoration and life — parallel to the 'seek me and live' call in Amos 5:4.
Hosea 10:12 explicitly calls to 'seek the LORD' for righteousness — directly echoing the command to seek God and live.
Matthew 7:7 promises that those who seek will find — a NT echo of the same principle of seeking God for life.
Luke 11:9 repeats Jesus' teaching to seek and find — reinforcing the OT call to seek God and live.
Isaiah 31:1 warns against relying on Egypt instead of seeking the LORD, contrasting Amos's call to seek God for life.
Isaiah 55:7 expands seeking to include repentance—turning from sin to find mercy, complementing Amos's call.
Hosea 11:7 shows Israel bent on turning away — contrasting the call to seek God and live.
Isaiah 45:19 affirms that seeking God is not in vain — a parallel reassurance to 'seek me and live'.
Psalm 14:2 describes God looking for those who seek him—a parallel to Amos's command to seek and live.
Jeremiah 29:12 promises that calling and praying to God will be heard—a related act of seeking God.
2 Chronicles 34:3 describes Josiah's early seeking of God, illustrating the pursuit Amos calls for.
2 Chronicles 20:3 shows Jehoshaphat seeking God in crisis—an example of the 'seek me' command in action.
Ezekiel 18:9 links life to obeying God's statutes — a parallel emphasis on living through a right relationship with God.