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Amos 5:15 KJV (With Strong’s)

Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: iti may be that the Lord God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.

Ex. 32:30• ³⁰And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the Lord; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin. (Ex. 32:30)

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2 Kings 19:4• ⁴It may be the Lord thy God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which the Lord thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left. (2 Kings 19:4)

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Joel 2:14• ¹⁴Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the Lord your God? (Joel 2:14)

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Hate.

Psa. 34:14• ¹⁴Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. (Psa. 34:14)

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Psa. 36:4• ⁴He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil. (Psa. 36:4)

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Psa. 37:27• ²⁷Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore. (Psa. 37:27)

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Psa. 97:10• ¹⁰Ye that love the Lord, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked. (Psa. 97:10)

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Psa. 119:104• ¹⁰⁴Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way. (Psa. 119:104)

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Psa. 139:21‑22• ²¹Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
²²I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies. (Psa. 139:21‑22)

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Rom. 7:15‑16,22• ¹⁵For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.
¹⁶If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.
²²For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: (Rom. 7:15‑16,22)

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Rom. 8:7• ⁷Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. (Rom. 8:7)

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Rom. 12:9• ⁹Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. (Rom. 12:9)

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1 Thess. 5:21‑22• ²¹Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
²²Abstain from all appearance of evil. (1 Thess. 5:21‑22)

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3 John 11• ¹¹Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God. (3 John 11)

establish.

Amos 5:10,24• ¹⁰They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
²⁴But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream. (Amos 5:10,24)

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Amos 6:12• ¹²Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock: (Amos 6:12)

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2 Chron. 19:6‑11• ⁶And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the Lord, who is with you in the judgment.
⁷Wherefore now let the fear of the Lord be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the Lord our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.
⁸Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and of the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of the Lord, and for controversies, when they returned to Jerusalem.
⁹And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of the Lord, faithfully, and with a perfect heart.
¹⁰And what cause soever shall come to you of your brethren that dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and judgments, ye shall even warn them that they trespass not against the Lord, and so wrath come upon you, and upon your brethren: this do, and ye shall not trespass.
¹¹And, behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of the Lord; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, for all the king's matters: also the Levites shall be officers before you. Deal courageously, and the Lord shall be with the good. (2 Chron. 19:6‑11)

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Psa. 82:2‑4• ²How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
³Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
⁴Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked. (Psa. 82:2‑4)

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Jer. 7:5‑7• ⁵For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbor;
⁶If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:
⁷Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever. (Jer. 7:5‑7)

it may.

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2 Sam. 16:12• ¹²It may be that the Lord will look on mine affliction, and that the Lord will requite me good for his cursing this day. (2 Sam. 16:12)

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1 Kings 20:31• ³¹And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life. (1 Kings 20:31)

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Joel 2:14• ¹⁴Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the Lord your God? (Joel 2:14)

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Jonah 3:9• ⁹Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not? (Jonah 3:9)

the remnant.

Amos 5:6• ⁶Seek the Lord, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Beth-el. (Amos 5:6)

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2 Kings 13:7• ⁷Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing. (2 Kings 13:7)

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2 Kings 14:26‑27• ²⁶For the Lord saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter: for there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel.
²⁷And the Lord said not that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash. (2 Kings 14:26‑27)

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2 Kings 15:29• ²⁹In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria. (2 Kings 15:29)

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Jer. 31:7• ⁷For thus saith the Lord; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O Lord, save thy people, the remnant of Israel. (Jer. 31:7)

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Mic. 2:12• ¹²I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men. (Mic. 2:12)

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Mic. 5:3,7‑8• ³Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.
⁷And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the Lord, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.
⁸And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver. (Mic. 5:3,7‑8)

J. N. Darby Translation

Hate evil, and love good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.