Discovery Box| (0.34) | Amo 2:8 |
| They stretch out on clothing seized as collateral; they do so right 1 beside every altar! They drink wine bought with the fines they have levied; they do so right in the temple 2 of their God! 3 |
| (0.34) | Amo 3:5 |
| Does a bird swoop down into a trap on the ground if there is no bait? Does a trap spring up from the ground unless it has surely caught something? |
| (0.34) | Amo 4:1 |
| Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan 1 who live on Mount Samaria! You 2 oppress the poor; you crush the needy. You say to your 3 husbands, “Bring us more to drink!” 4 |
| (0.34) | Amo 4:2 |
| The sovereign Lord confirms this oath by his own holy character: 1 “Certainly the time is approaching 2 when you will be carried away 3 in baskets, 4 every last one of you 5 in fishermen’s pots. 6 |
| (0.34) | Amo 4:7 |
| “I withheld rain from you three months before the harvest. 1 I gave rain to one city, but not to another. One field 2 would get rain, but the field that received no rain dried up. |
| (0.34) | Amo 5:6 |
| Seek the Lord so you can live! Otherwise he will break out 1 like fire against Joseph’s 2 family; 3 the fire 4 will consume and no one will be able to quench it and save Bethel. 5 |
| (0.34) | 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 |
| (0.34) | Amo 7:8 |
| The Lord said to me, “What do you see, Amos?” I said, “Tin.” The sovereign One then said, “Look, I am about to place tin among my people Israel. I will no longer overlook their sin. 1 |
| (0.34) | Amo 8:2 |
| He said, “What do you see, Amos?” I replied, “A basket of summer fruit.” Then the Lord said to me, “The end 1 has come for my people Israel! I will no longer overlook their sins. 2 |
| (0.34) | Oba 1:4 |
| Even if you were to soar high like an eagle, 1 even if you 2 were to make your nest among the stars, I can bring you down even from there!” says the Lord. |
| (0.34) | Oba 1:5 |
| “If thieves came to rob you 1 during the night, 2 they would steal only as much as they wanted! 3 If grape pickers came to harvest your vineyards, 4 they would leave some behind for the poor! 5 But you will be totally destroyed! 6 |
| (0.34) | Jon 1:12 |
| He said to them, “Pick me up and throw me into the sea to make the sea quiet down, 1 because I know it’s my fault you are in this severe storm.” |
| (0.34) | Jon 2:2 |
| and said, “I 1 called out to the Lord from my distress, and he answered me; 2 from the belly of Sheol 3 I cried out for help, and you heard my prayer. 4 |
| (0.34) | Jon 3:7 |
| He issued a proclamation and said, 1 “In Nineveh, by the decree of the king and his nobles: No human or animal, cattle or sheep, is to taste anything; they must not eat and they must not drink water. |
| (0.34) | Jon 4:6 |
| The Lord God appointed 1 a little plant 2 and caused it to grow up over Jonah to be a shade over his head to rescue 3 him from his misery. 4 Now Jonah was very delighted 5 about the little plant. |
| (0.34) | Jon 4:8 |
| When the sun began to shine, God sent 1 a hot 2 east wind. So the sun beat down 3 on Jonah’s head, and he grew faint. So he despaired of life, 4 and said, “I would rather die than live!” 5 |
| (0.34) | 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 |
| (0.34) | Mic 1:6 |
| “I will turn Samaria 1 into a heap of ruins in an open field – vineyards will be planted there! 2 I will tumble 3 the rubble of her stone walls 4 down into the valley, and tear down her fortifications to their foundations. 5 |
| (0.34) | Mic 2:7 |
| Does the family 1 of Jacob say, 2 ‘The Lord’s patience 3 can’t be exhausted – he would never do such things’? 4 To be sure, my commands bring a reward for those who obey them, 5 |
| (0.34) | Mic 3:8 |
| But I 1 am full of the courage that the Lord’s Spirit gives, and have a strong commitment to justice. 2 This enables me to confront Jacob with its rebellion, and Israel with its sin. 3 |
