Amos 5

Treated in 4 passages across the library.

  • 5:8 [seek him] that maketh the Pleiades and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night; that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth ( Jehovah is his name); 2
  • 5:10 They hate him that reproveth in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly. 1
  • 5:12 For I know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins—ye that afflict the just, that take a bribe, and that turn aside the needy in the gate [from their right]. 1

American Standard Version

  1. All Things for Good · Thomas Watson

    An exhortation to love God cites Amos v. 8

    …ive you peace when nothing else can; He can turn the “ shadow of death into the morning” (Amos v. 8). He can apply Christ’s blood to refresh your soul; He can whisper His love by the Spirit…

  2. The Pilgrim's Progress · John Bunyan

    The Fourth Stage cites Amos 5:8

    …he day broke: then said Christian, “He hath turned the shadow of death into the morning.” Amos 5:8. Now morning being come, he looked back, not out of desire to return, but to see, by the …

  3. All Things for Good · Thomas Watson

    Why all things work for good cites Amos v. 10

    …al sermon. Wicked men are worse for preaching. “They hate him that rebuketh in the gate” (Amos v. 10). Sinners grow more resolved in sin; let God say what He will, they will do what they lis…

  4. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    3.2 Degrees of Sin cites Amos 5: 12

    …ifference in sin; some are greater than others; some are ‘mighty sins,’ and crying sins.’ Amos 5: 12; Gen 18: 21. Every sin has a voice to speak, but some sins cry. As some diseases are wors…