Amos 2:11 Cross References

Amos 2:11

11: I chose some of your sons to be prophets and others to be Nazirites. Can you deny this, my people of Israel?" asks the LORD.

Numbers 6:2

  1. If some of the people, either men or women, take the special vow of a Nazirite, setting themselves apart to the LORD in a special way,
  2. they must give up wine and other alcoholic drinks. They must not use vinegar made from wine, they must not drink other fermented drinks or fresh grape juice, and they must not eat grapes or raisins.

Jeremiah 7:25

  1. From the day your ancestors left Egypt until now, I have continued to send my prophets--day in and day out.

Jeremiah 2:31

  1. "O my people, listen to the words of the LORD! Have I been like a desert to Israel? Have I been to them a land of darkness? Why then do my people say, `At last we are free from God! We won't have anything to do with him anymore!'

1 Kings 20:35

  1. Meanwhile, the LORD instructed one of the group of prophets to say to another man, "Strike me!" But the man refused to strike the prophet.

2 Kings 17:13

  1. Again and again the LORD had sent his prophets and seers to warn both Israel and Judah: "Turn from all your evil ways. Obey my commands and laws, which are contained in the whole law that I commanded your ancestors and which I gave you through my servants the prophets."

2 Kings 6:1

  1. One day the group of prophets came to Elisha and told him, "As you can see, this place where we meet with you is too small.

Amos 7:12

  1. Then Amaziah sent orders to Amos: "Get out of here, you seer! Go on back to the land of Judah and do your preaching there!
  2. Don't bother us here in Bethel with your prophecies, especially not here where the royal sanctuary is!"

1 Kings 20:41

  1. Then the prophet pulled the bandage from his eyes, and the king of Israel recognized him as one of the prophets.

Luke 1:3

  1. Having carefully investigated all of these accounts from the beginning, I have decided to write a careful summary for you,
  2. to reassure you of the truth of all you were taught.
  3. It all begins with a Jewish priest, Zechariah, who lived when Herod was king of Judea. Zechariah was a member of the priestly order of Abijah. His wife, Elizabeth, was also from the priestly line of Aaron.
  4. Zechariah and Elizabeth were righteous in God's eyes, careful to obey all of the Lord's commandments and regulations.
  5. They had no children because Elizabeth was barren, and now they were both very old.

Jeremiah 11:21

  1. The men of Anathoth wanted me dead. They said they would kill me if I did not stop speaking in the LORD's name.

1 Kings 20:13

  1. Then a prophet came to see King Ahab and told him, "This is what the LORD says: Do you see all these enemy forces? Today I will hand them all over to you. Then you will know that I am the LORD."

Lamentations 4:7

  1. Our princes were once glowing with health; they were as clean as snow and as elegant as jewels.

Micah 2:6

  1. "Don't say such things," the people say. "Don't prophesy like that. Such disasters will never come our way!"

1 Samuel 3:20

  1. All the people of Israel from one end of the land to the other knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the LORD.

Isaiah 30:10

  1. They tell the prophets, "Shut up! We don't want any more of your reports." They say, "Don't tell us the truth. Tell us nice things. Tell us lies.
  2. Forget all this gloom. We have heard more than enough about your `Holy One of Israel.' We are tired of listening to what he has to say."

Deuteronomy 18:18

  1. I will raise up a prophet like you from among their fellow Israelites. I will tell that prophet what to say, and he will tell the people everything I command him.

1 Kings 22:8

  1. King Ahab replied, "There is still one prophet of the LORD, but I hate him. He never prophesies anything but bad news for me! His name is Micaiah son of Imlah.You shouldn't talk like that," Jehoshaphat said. "Let's hear what he has to say."

Jeremiah 2:5

  1. This is what the LORD says: "What sin did your ancestors find in me that led them to stray so far? They worshiped foolish idols, only to become foolish themselves.

Micah 6:3

  1. O my people, what have I done to make you turn from me? Tell me why your patience is exhausted! Answer me!
  2. For I brought you out of Egypt and redeemed you from your slavery. I sent Moses, Aaron, and Miriam to help you.

1 Samuel 19:20

  1. he sent troops to capture him. But when they arrived and saw Samuel and the other prophets prophesying, the Spirit of God came upon Saul's men, and they also began to prophesy.

2 Chronicles 36:15

  1. The LORD, the God of their ancestors, repeatedly sent his prophets to warn them, for he had compassion on his people and his Temple.

Judges 13:4

  1. You must not drink wine or any other alcoholic drink or eat any forbidden food.
  2. You will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and his hair must never be cut. For he will be dedicated to God as a Nazirite from birth. He will rescue Israel from the Philistines."
  3. The woman ran and told her husband, "A man of God appeared to me! He was like one of God's angels, terrifying to look at. I didn't ask where he was from, and he didn't tell me his name.
  4. But he told me, `You will become pregnant and give birth to a son. You must not drink wine or any other alcoholic drink or eat any forbidden food. For your son will be dedicated to God as a Nazirite from the moment of his birth until the day of his death.'"

1 Kings 18:4

  1. Once when Jezebel had tried to kill all the LORD's prophets, Obadiah had hidden one hundred of them in two caves. He had put fifty prophets in each cave and had supplied them with food and water.)

Acts 7:51

  1. "You stubborn people! You are heathen at heart and deaf to the truth. Must you forever resist the Holy Spirit? But your ancestors did, and so do you!

Matthew 21:34

  1. At the time of the grape harvest he sent his servants to collect his share of the crop.
  2. But the farmers grabbed his servants, beat one, killed one, and stoned another.
  3. So the landowner sent a larger group of his servants to collect for him, but the results were the same.
  4. "Finally, the owner sent his son, thinking, 'Surely they will respect my son.'
  5. "But when the farmers saw his son coming, they said to one another, 'Here comes the heir to this estate. Come on, let's kill him and get the estate for ourselves!'

Isaiah 5:3

  1. "Now, you people of Jerusalem and Judah, you have heard the case; you be the judges.
  2. What more could I have done to cultivate a rich harvest? Why did my vineyard give me wild grapes when I expected sweet ones?

Jeremiah 26:11

  1. The priests and prophets presented their accusations to the officials and the people. "This man should die!" they said. "You have heard with your own ears what a traitor he is, for he has prophesied against this city."

2 Kings 2:2

  1. And Elijah said to Elisha, "Stay here, for the LORD has told me to go to Bethel." But Elisha replied, "As surely as the LORD lives and you yourself live, I will never leave you!" So they went on together to Bethel.
  2. The group of prophets from Bethel came to Elisha and asked him, "Did you know that the LORD is going to take your master away from you today?Quiet!" Elisha answered. "Of course I know it."
  3. Then Elijah said to Elisha, "Stay here, for the LORD has told me to go to Jericho." But Elisha replied again, "As surely as the LORD lives and you yourself live, I will never leave you." So they went on together to Jericho.
  4. Then the group of prophets from Jericho came to Elisha and asked him, "Did you know that the LORD is going to take your master away from you today?Quiet!" he answered again. "Of course I know it."

1 Kings 17:1

  1. Now Elijah, who was from Tishbe in Gilead, told King Ahab, "As surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives--the God whom I worship and serve--there will be no dew or rain during the next few years unless I give the word!"

1 Kings 19:16

  1. Then anoint Jehu son of Nimshi to be king of Israel, and anoint Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel-meholah to replace you as my prophet.

Acts 5:28

  1. "Didn't we tell you never again to teach in this man's name?" the high priest demanded. "Instead, you have filled all Jerusalem with your teaching about Jesus, and you intend to blame us for his death!"

Acts 4:18

  1. So they called the apostles back in and told them never again to speak or teach about Jesus.

2 Peter 1:20

  1. Above all, you must understand that no prophecy in Scripture ever came from the prophets themselves
  2. or because they wanted to prophesy. It was the Holy Spirit who moved the prophets to speak from God.

1 Thessalonians 2:15

  1. For some of the Jews had killed their own prophets, and some even killed the Lord Jesus. Now they have persecuted us and driven us out. They displease God and oppose everyone
  2. by trying to keep us from preaching the Good News to the Gentiles, for fear some might be saved. By doing this, they continue to pile up their sins. But the anger of God has caught up with them at last.
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