Amos 5:5
but don’t seek Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and don’t pass to Beersheba; for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nothing.
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Amos 5:5
but don’t seek Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and don’t pass to Beersheba; for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nothing.
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Genesis 21:32
So they made a covenant at Beersheba. Abimelech rose up with Phicol, the captain of his army, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
Genesis 22:19
So Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba. Abraham lived at Beersheba.
Genesis 26:23
He went up from there to Beersheba.
Genesis 26:33
He called it “Shibah”. Therefore the name of the city is “Beersheba” to this day.
Genesis 28:10
Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.
Joshua 15:28
Hazar Shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah,
Joshua 15:30
Eltolad, Chesil, Hormah,
Judges 20:1
Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was assembled as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, to Yahweh at Mizpah.
1 Samuel 8:2
Now the name of his firstborn was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah. They were judges in Beersheba.
1 Kings 19:3
When he saw that, he arose and ran for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.
2 Chronicles 19:4
Jehoshaphat lived at Jerusalem; and he went out again among the people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim, and brought them back to Yahweh, the God of their fathers.
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Genesis 27:23
He didn’t recognize him, because his hands were hairy, like his brother Esau’s hands. So he blessed him.
Genesis 27:24
He said, “Are you really my son Esau?” He said, “I am.”
Genesis 27:25
He said, “Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s venison, that my soul may bless you.” He brought it near to him, and he ate. He brought him wine, and he drank.
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Genesis 46:2
God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night, and said, “Jacob, Jacob!” He said, “Here I am.”
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Genesis 46:3
He said, “I am God, the God of your father. Don’t be afraid to go down into Egypt, for there I will make of you a great nation.
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Leviticus 26:30
I will destroy your high places, and cut down your incense altars, and cast your dead bodies upon the bodies of your idols; and my soul will abhor you.
Leviticus 26:31
I will lay your cities waste, and will bring your sanctuaries to desolation. I will not take delight in the sweet fragrance of your offerings.
Leviticus 26:32
I will bring the land into desolation, and your enemies who dwell in it will be astonished at it.
Luke 21:24
They will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led captive into all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled down by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
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Joshua 4:21
He spoke to the children of Israel, saying, “When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, ‘What do these stones mean?’
Joshua 4:22
Then you shall let your children know, saying, ‘Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.
Joshua 4:23
For Yahweh your God dried up the waters of the Jordan from before you until you had crossed over, as Yahweh your God did to the Red Sea, which he dried up from before us, until we had crossed over,
Joshua 4:24
that all the peoples of the earth may know that Yahweh’s hand is mighty, and that you may fear Yahweh your God forever.’ ”
Joshua 5:2
At that time, Yahweh said to Joshua, “Make flint knives, and circumcise again the sons of Israel the second time.”
Joshua 5:3
Joshua made himself flint knives, and circumcised the sons of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.
Joshua 5:4
This is the reason Joshua circumcised them: all the people who came out of Egypt, who were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness along the way, after they came out of Egypt.
Joshua 5:5
For all the people who came out were circumcised; but all the people who were born in the wilderness along the way as they came out of Egypt had not been circumcised.
Joshua 5:6
For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness until all the nation, even the men of war who came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they didn’t listen to Yahweh’s voice. Yahweh swore to them that he wouldn’t let them see the land which Yahweh swore to their fathers that he would give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.
Joshua 5:7
Their children, whom he raised up in their place, were circumcised by Joshua, for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them on the way.
Joshua 5:8
When they were done circumcising the whole nation, they stayed in their places in the camp until they were healed.
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Joshua 7:2
Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth Aven, on the east side of Bethel, and spoke to them, saying, “Go up and spy out the land.” The men went up and spied out Ai.
Joshua 18:21
Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, Beth Hoglah, Emek Keziz,
Joshua 18:22
Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,
1 Kings 16:34
In his days Hiel the Bethelite built Jericho. He laid its foundation with the loss of Abiram his firstborn, and set up its gates with the loss of his youngest son Segub, according to Yahweh’s word, which he spoke by Joshua the son of Nun.
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Joshua 10:6
The men of Gibeon sent to Joshua at the camp at Gilgal, saying, “Don’t abandon your servants! Come up to us quickly and save us! Help us; for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the hill country have gathered together against us.”
Joshua 15:7
The border went up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that faces the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the river. The border passed along to the waters of En Shemesh, and ended at En Rogel.
1 Samuel 7:16
He went from year to year in a circuit to Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah; and he judged Israel in all those places.
1 Samuel 11:14
Then Samuel said to the people, “Come! Let’s go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.”
1 Samuel 11:15
All the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before Yahweh in Gilgal. There they offered sacrifices of peace offerings before Yahweh; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.
1 Samuel 15:33
Samuel said, “As your sword has made women childless, so your mother will be childless among women!” Then Samuel cut Agag in pieces before Yahweh in Gilgal.
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1 Kings 10:15
in addition to that which the traders brought, and the traffic of the merchants, and of all the kings of the mixed people, and of the governors of the country.
1 Kings 12:26
Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom will return to David’s house.
1 Kings 12:27
If this people goes up to offer sacrifices in Yahweh’s house at Jerusalem, then the heart of this people will turn again to their lord, even to Rehoboam king of Judah; and they will kill me, and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.”
1 Kings 12:30
This thing became a sin, for the people went even as far as Dan to worship before the one there.
1 Kings 12:31
He made houses of high places, and made priests from among all the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.
1 Kings 12:32
Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like the feast that is in Judah, and he went up to the altar. He did so in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves that he had made, and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places that he had made.
Hosea 8:5
Let Samaria throw out his calf idol! My anger burns against them! How long will it be until they are capable of purity?
Hosea 8:6
For this is even from Israel! The workman made it, and it is no God; indeed, the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
Hosea 10:6
It also will be carried to Assyria for a present to a great king. Ephraim will receive shame, and Israel will be ashamed of his own counsel.
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2 Kings 2:23
He went up from there to Bethel. As he was going up by the way, some youths came out of the city and mocked him, and said to him, “Go up, you baldy! Go up, you baldy!”
2 Kings 2:24
He looked behind him and saw them, and cursed them in Yahweh’s name. Then two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of those youths.
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2 Kings 4:15
He said, “Call her.” When he had called her, she stood in the door.
2 Kings 9:15
but king Joram had returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) Jehu said, “If this is your thinking, then let no one escape and go out of the city to go to tell it in Jezreel.”
2 Kings 12:11
They gave the money that was weighed out into the hands of those who did the work, who had the oversight of Yahweh’s house; and they paid it out to the carpenters and the builders who worked on Yahweh’s house,
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2 Kings 12:1
Jehoash began to reign in the seventh year of Jehu, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah of Beersheba.
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2 Kings 23:16
As Josiah turned himself, he spied the tombs that were there in the mountain; and he sent, and took the bones out of the tombs, and burned them on the altar, and defiled it, according to Yahweh’s word which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these things.
2 Chronicles 15:9
He gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and those who lived with them out of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon; for they came to him out of Israel in abundance when they saw that Yahweh his God was with him.
2 Chronicles 30:1
Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to Yahweh’s house at Jerusalem, to keep the Passover to Yahweh, the God of Israel.
2 Chronicles 30:2
For the king had taken counsel with his princes and all the assembly in Jerusalem to keep the Passover in the second month.
2 Chronicles 30:3
For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not sanctified themselves in sufficient number, and the people had not gathered themselves together to Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 30:4
The thing was right in the eyes of the king and of all the assembly.
2 Chronicles 30:6
So the couriers went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, according to the commandment of the king, saying, “You children of Israel, turn again to Yahweh, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, that he may return to the remnant of you that have escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.
2 Chronicles 30:7
Don’t be like your fathers and like your brothers, who trespassed against Yahweh, the God of their fathers, so that he gave them up to desolation, as you see.
2 Chronicles 30:8
Now don’t be stiff-necked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves to Yahweh, and enter into his sanctuary, which he has sanctified forever, and serve Yahweh your God, that his fierce anger may turn away from you.
2 Chronicles 30:9
For if you turn again to Yahweh, your brothers and your children will find compassion with those who led them captive, and will come again into this land, because Yahweh your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you if you return to him.”
2 Chronicles 30:10
So the couriers passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, even to Zebulun, but people ridiculed them and mocked them.
2 Chronicles 30:11
Nevertheless some men of Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.
Psalms 81:11
But my people didn’t listen to my voice. Israel desired none of me.
Hosea 11:2
They called to them, so they went from them. They sacrificed to the Baals, and burned incense to engraved images.
Hosea 11:7
My people are determined to turn from me. Though they call to the Most High, he certainly won’t exalt them.
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Psalms 116:7
Return to your rest, my soul, for Yahweh has dealt bountifully with you.
Jeremiah 3:23
Truly help from the hills, the tumult on the mountains, is in vain. Truly the salvation of Israel is in Yahweh our God.
Jeremiah 51:25
“Behold, I am against you, destroying mountain,” says Yahweh, “which destroys all the earth. I will stretch out my hand on you, roll you down from the rocks, and will make you a burned mountain.
Amos 1:5
I will break the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the valley of Aven, and him who holds the scepter from the house of Eden; and the people of Syria shall go into captivity to Kir,” says Yahweh.
Jonah 2:8
Those who regard vain idols forsake their own mercy.
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Psalms 133:3
like the dew of Hermon, that comes down on the hills of Zion; for there Yahweh gives the blessing, even life forever more.
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Job 8:22
Those who hate you will be clothed with shame. The tent of the wicked will be no more.”
Psalms 33:10
Yahweh brings the counsel of the nations to nothing. He makes the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.
Isaiah 8:10
Take counsel together, and it will be brought to nothing; speak the word, and it will not stand, for God is with us.”
Isaiah 29:20
For the ruthless is brought to nothing, and the scoffer ceases, and all those who are alert to do evil are cut off—
1 Corinthians 1:28
God chose the lowly things of the world, and the things that are despised, and the things that don’t exist, that he might bring to nothing the things that exist,
1 Corinthians 2:6
We speak wisdom, however, among those who are full grown, yet a wisdom not of this world nor of the rulers of this world who are coming to nothing.
Revelation 18:17
For in an hour such great riches are made desolate.’ Every ship master, and everyone who sails anywhere, and mariners, and as many as gain their living by sea, stood far away,
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Psalms 101:2
I will be careful to live a blameless life. When will you come to me? I will walk within my house with a blameless heart.
Isaiah 31:1
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, and trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong, but they don’t look to the Holy One of Israel, and they don’t seek Yahweh!
Isaiah 64:7
There is no one who calls on your name, who stirs himself up to take hold of you; for you have hidden your face from us, and have consumed us by means of our iniquities.
Daniel 9:13
As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil has come on us. Yet we have not entreated the favor of Yahweh our God, that we should turn from our iniquities and have discernment in your truth.
Hosea 4:11
Prostitution, wine, and new wine take away understanding.
Hosea 7:7
They are all hot as an oven, and devour their judges. All their kings have fallen. There is no one among them who calls to me.
Hosea 7:10
The pride of Israel testifies to his face; yet they haven’t returned to Yahweh their God, nor sought him, for all this.
Hosea 7:13
Woe to them! For they have wandered from me. Destruction to them! For they have trespassed against me. Though I would redeem them, yet they have spoken lies against me.
Hosea 7:14
They haven’t cried to me with their heart, but they howl on their beds. They assemble themselves for grain and new wine. They turn away from me.
Hosea 7:15
Though I have taught and strengthened their arms, yet they plot evil against me.
Amos 5:8
Seek him who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night; who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth, Yahweh is his name,
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Song of Solomon 6:13
Return, return, Shulammite! Return, return, that we may gaze at you. Lover Why do you desire to gaze at the Shulammite, as at the dance of Mahanaim?
Isaiah 55:6
Seek Yahweh while he may be found. Call on him while he is near.
Isaiah 55:7
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return to Yahweh, and he will have mercy on him, to our God, for he will freely pardon.
Jeremiah 3:13
Only acknowledge your iniquity, that you have transgressed against Yahweh your God, and have scattered your ways to the strangers under every green tree, and you have not obeyed my voice,’ ” says Yahweh.
Jeremiah 3:14
“Return, backsliding children,” says Yahweh, “for I am a husband to you. I will take one of you from a city, and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion.
Jeremiah 4:1
“If you will return, Israel,” says Yahweh, “if you will return to me, and if you will put away your abominations out of my sight; then you will not be removed;
Jeremiah 4:2
and you will swear, ‘As Yahweh lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in righteousness. The nations will bless themselves in him, and they will glory in him.”
Jeremiah 29:12
You shall call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you.
Jeremiah 29:13
You shall seek me and find me, when you search for me with all your heart.
Hosea 10:12
Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to kindness. Break up your fallow ground, for it is time to seek Yahweh, until he comes and rains righteousness on you.
Matthew 7:7
“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.
2 Corinthians 6:16
What agreement does a temple of God have with idols? For you are a temple of the living God. Even as God said, “I will dwell in them and walk in them. I will be their God and they will be my people.”
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Jeremiah 48:40
For Yahweh says: “Behold, he will fly as an eagle, and will spread out his wings against Moab.
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Daniel 1:1
In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.
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Amos 5:1
Listen to this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel:
Amos 5:10
They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks blamelessly.
Amos 5:11
Therefore, because you trample on the poor and take taxes from him of wheat, you have built houses of cut stone, but you will not dwell in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.
Amos 5:12
For I know how many are your offenses, and how great are your sins— you who afflict the just, who take a bribe, and who turn away the needy in the courts.
Amos 5:13
Therefore a prudent person keeps silent in such a time, for it is an evil time.
Amos 5:16
Therefore Yahweh, the God of Armies, the Lord, says: “Wailing will be in all the wide ways. They will say in all the streets, ‘Alas! Alas!’ They will call the farmer to mourning, and those who are skillful in lamentation to wailing.
Amos 5:17
In all vineyards there will be wailing, for I will pass through the middle of you,” says Yahweh.
Amos 7:16
Now therefore listen to Yahweh’s word: ‘You say, Don’t prophesy against Israel, and don’t preach against the house of Isaac.’
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Hosea 9:14
Give them—Yahweh what will you give? Give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.
Hosea 13:15
Though he is fruitful among his brothers, an east wind will come, the breath of Yahweh coming up from the wilderness; and his spring will become dry, and his fountain will be dried up. He will plunder the storehouse of treasure.
Amos 3:7
Surely the Lord Yahweh will do nothing, unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.
Amos 4:2
The Lord Yahweh has sworn by his holiness, “Behold, the days shall come on you that they will take you away with hooks, and the last of you with fish hooks.
Amos 4:3
You will go out at the breaks in the wall, everyone straight before her; and you will cast yourselves into Harmon,” says Yahweh.
Amos 9:4
Though they go into captivity before their enemies, there I will command the sword, and it will kill them. I will set my eyes on them for evil, and not for good.
Amos 9:8
Behold, the eyes of the Lord Yahweh are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the surface of the earth, except that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,” says Yahweh.
Amos 9:12
that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations who are called by my name,” says Yahweh who does this.
Amos 9:15
I will plant them on their land, and they will no more be plucked up out of their land which I have given them,” says Yahweh your God.
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Zephaniah 2:2
before the appointed time when the day passes as the chaff, before the fierce anger of Yahweh comes on you, before the day of Yahweh’s anger comes on you.
Zephaniah 2:4
For Gaza will be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation. They will drive out Ashdod at noonday, and Ekron will be rooted up.
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Jeremiah 4:14
Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved. How long will your evil thoughts lodge within you?
Matthew 7:8
For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.
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