Discovery Box| (0.14) | Amo 5:18 |
| Woe 1 to those who wish for the day of the Lord! Why do you want the Lord’s day of judgment to come? It will bring darkness, not light. |
| (0.14) | Amo 6:1 |
| Woe 1 to those who live in ease in Zion, 2 to those who feel secure on Mount Samaria. They think of themselves as 3 the elite class of the best nation. The family 4 of Israel looks to them for leadership. 5 |
| (0.14) | Amo 6:2 |
| They say to the people: 1 “Journey over to Calneh and look at it! Then go from there to Hamath-Rabbah! 2 Then go down to Gath of the Philistines! Are they superior to our two 3 kingdoms? Is their territory larger than yours?” 4 |
| (0.14) | Amo 6:12 |
| Can horses run on rocky cliffs? Can one plow the sea with oxen? 1 Yet you have turned justice into a poisonous plant, and the fruit of righteous actions into a bitter plant. 2 |
| (0.14) | Amo 8:5 |
| You say, “When will the new moon festival 1 be over, 2 so we can sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, 3 so we can open up the grain bins? 4 We’re eager 5 to sell less for a higher price, 6 and to cheat the buyer with rigged scales! 7 |
| (0.14) | Jon 1:10 |
| Hearing this, 1 the men became even more afraid 2 and said to him, “What have you done?” (The men said this because they knew that he was trying to escape 3 from the Lord, 4 because he had previously told them. 5 ) |
| (0.14) | Jon 4:10 |
| The Lord said, “You were upset 1 about this little 2 plant, something for which you have not worked nor did you do anything to make it grow. It grew up overnight and died the next day. 3 |
| (0.14) | Mic 1:5 |
| All this is because of Jacob’s rebellion and 1 the sins of the nation 2 of Israel. How has Jacob rebelled, you ask? 3 Samaria epitomizes their rebellion! 4 Where are Judah’s pagan worship centers, you ask? 5 They are right in Jerusalem! 6 |
| (0.14) | Mic 2:1 |
| Those who devise sinful plans are as good as dead, 1 those who dream about doing evil as they lie in bed. 2 As soon as morning dawns they carry out their plans, 3 because they have the power to do so. |
| (0.14) | Mic 2:11 |
| If a lying windbag should come and say, 1 ‘I’ll promise you blessings of wine and beer,’ 2 he would be just the right preacher for these people! 3 |
| (0.14) | Mic 6:8 |
| He has told you, O man, what is good, and what the Lord really wants from you: 1 He wants you to 2 promote 3 justice, to be faithful, 4 and to live obediently before 5 your God. |
| (0.14) | Mic 7:3 |
| They are determined to be experts at doing evil; 1 government officials and judges take bribes, 2 prominent men make demands, and they all do what is necessary to satisfy them. 3 |
| (0.14) | Mic 7:9 |
| I must endure 1 the Lord’s anger, for I have sinned against him. But then 2 he will defend my cause, 3 and accomplish justice on my behalf. He will lead me out into the light; I will experience firsthand 4 his deliverance. 5 |
| (0.14) | Nah 3:18 |
| Your shepherds 1 are sleeping, O king of Assyria! Your officers 2 are slumbering! 3 Your people are scattered like sheep 4 on the mountains and there is no one to regather them! |
| (0.14) | Hab 2:3 |
| For the message is a witness to what is decreed; 1 it gives reliable testimony about how matters will turn out. 2 Even if the message 3 is not fulfilled right away, wait patiently; 4 for it will certainly come to pass – it will not arrive late. |
| (0.14) | Hab 2:18 |
| What good 1 is an idol? Why would a craftsman make it? 2 What good is a metal image that gives misleading oracles? 3 Why would its creator place his trust in it 4 and make 5 such mute, worthless things? |
| (0.14) | Hab 2:19 |
| The one who says to wood, ‘Wake up!’ is as good as dead 1 – he who says 2 to speechless stone, ‘Awake!’ Can it give reliable guidance? 3 It is overlaid with gold and silver; it has no life’s breath inside it. |
| (0.14) | Zep 2:5 |
| Those who live by the sea, the people who came from Crete, 1 are as good as dead. 2 The Lord has decreed your downfall, 3 Canaan, land of the Philistines: “I will destroy everyone who lives there!” 4 |
| (0.14) | Hag 2:13 |
| Then Haggai asked, “If a person who is ritually unclean because of touching a dead body 1 comes in contact with one of these items, will it become unclean?” The priests answered, “It will be unclean.” |
| (0.14) | Hag 2:14 |
| Then Haggai responded, “‘The people of this nation are unclean in my sight,’ 1 says the Lord. ‘And so is all their effort; everything they offer is also unclean. 2 |
