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Look to what is good, not to what is evil. Then you will live. And the Lord God who rules over all will be with you, just as you say he is.
Reference
Greek: ἀφοράω (aphoráō)
to consider attentively
Hebrew: chêzêv
a sight
Hebrew: mân
who or what (properly, interrogatively, hence, also indefinitely and relatively)
Greek: βίος (bíos)
life, i.e. (literally) the present state of existence; by implication, the means of livelihood
Hebrew: rᵉkûwsh
property (as gathered)
Greek: οὐδαμῶς (oudamōs)
by no means
Hebrew: ʼîyn
is it not?
Hebrew: mân
who or what (properly, interrogatively, hence, also indefinitely and relatively)
Greek: φαῦλος (phaûlos)
"foul" or "flawy", i.e. (figuratively) wicked
Greek: τοίνυν (toínyn)
truly now, i.e. accordingly
Hebrew: ʼăzay
at that time
Greek: θέλησις (thélēsis)
determination (properly, the act), i.e. option
Hebrew: tsᵉbâʼ
to please
Greek: βιόω (bióō)
to spend existence
Hebrew: chăyâʼ
to live
Greek: καίγε (kaíge)
and at least (or even, indeed)
Hebrew: kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: ῥαββονί (rhabboní)
God
Hebrew: ʼâdôwn
sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine)
Greek: κύριος (kýrios)
supreme in authority, i.e. (as noun) controller; by implication, Master (as a respectful title)
Hebrew: ʼĕlâhh
God
Hebrew: ʻêllâʼ
above
Greek: ὅλος (hólos)
"whole" or "all", i.e. complete (in extent, amount, time or degree), especially (neuter) as noun or adverb
Hebrew: kôl
{properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)}
Greek: θέλησις (thélēsis)
determination (properly, the act), i.e. option
Hebrew: tsᵉbâʼ
to please
Greek: σύνειμι (sýneimi)
to be in company with, i.e. present at the time
Greek: ἔνδικος (éndikos)
in the right, i.e. equitable
Hebrew: tsaddîyq
just
Greek: καθά (kathá)
according to which things, i.e. just as
Hebrew: tachath
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.
Greek: ἀποφθέγγομαι (apophthéngomai)
to enunciate plainly, i.e. declare
Hebrew: mâlal
to speak (mostly poetical) or say
Greek: ὅδε (hóde)
the same, i.e. this or that one (plural these or those); often used as a personal pronoun
Hebrew: hûwʼ
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
Evil
Micah 3:11
Good
Joshua 1:9
Micah 6:8
1 Chronicles 28:20
Isaiah 55:2
Proverbs 11:27
Parallel theme
Amos 3:3
References God
Matthew 6:33
Psalm 46:11
References Lord
2 Timothy 4:22
Verse Explanation
Amos urges Israel to seek good rather than evil so that they may live, and he calls them to establish justice in their communities so that the Lord may truly be with them as they claim.
History
Covenant responsibility: Seeking good and practicing justice were essential expressions of faithful worship.