Seek good, and not evil, that you may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as you have spoken. Treasury of Scripture Seek. Psalm 34:12-16 What man is he that desires life, and loves many days, that he may see good... Proverbs 11:27 He that diligently seeks good procures favor: but he that seeks mischief, it shall come to him. Isaiah 1:16,17 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; cease to do evil... Isaiah 55:2 Why do you spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which satisfies not? listen diligently to me... Micah 6:8 He has showed you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you, but to do justly, and to love mercy... Matthew 6:33 But seek you first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added to you. Romans 2:7-9 To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life... and so. Amos 3:3 Can two walk together, except they be agreed? Genesis 39:2,3,23 And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian... Exodus 3:12 And he said, Certainly I will be with you; and this shall be a token to you, that I have sent you... Joshua 1:9 Have not I commanded you? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be you dismayed... 1 Chronicles 28:20 And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God... 2 Chronicles 15:2 And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, Hear you me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you... Psalm 46:11 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. Isaiah 8:10 Take counsel together, and it shall come to nothing; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us. Matthew 1:23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is... Matthew 28:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatever I have commanded you: and, see, I am with you always, even to the end of the world. Amen. Philippians 4:8,9 Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honest, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure... 2 Timothy 4:22 The Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Grace be with you. Amen. as. Numbers 16:3 And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, You take too much on you... Isaiah 48:1,2 Hear you this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah... Jeremiah 7:3,4 Thus said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place... Micah 3:11 The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money...
Context A Call to Repentance
4For thus said the LORD to the house of Israel, Seek you me, and you shall live: 5But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nothing. 6Seek the LORD, and you 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. 7You who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth, 8Seek him that makes the seven stars and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night: that calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the face of the earth: The LORD is his name: 9That strengthens the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress. 10They hate him that rebukes in the gate, and they abhor him that speaks uprightly. 11For as much therefore as your treading is on the poor, and you take from him burdens of wheat: you have built houses of hewn stone, but you shall not dwell in them; you have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink wine of them. 12For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right. 13Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time. 14Seek good, and not evil, that you may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as you have spoken. 15Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live; and so Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be with you, as ye say.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Seek ye good, and not evil, that you may live: and the Lord the God of hosts will be with you, as you have said.
Darby Bible Translation
Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live; and so Jehovah, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye say.
King James Bible
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.
Young's Literal Translation
Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live, And it is so; Jehovah, God of Hosts, is with you, as ye said.
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