Bible Verses About "Who Was Amos in the Bible"
Amos was a shepherd and fig tree farmer from Tekoa whom God sent to prophesy against Israel's social injustice and empty religious formalism.
Amos was a shepherd and fig tree farmer from Tekoa whom God sent to prophesy against Israel's social injustice and empty religious formalism.
"But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream." — Amos 5:24 (KJV)
KJV Verses That Answer This Question
The Scriptures below are gathered specifically to address "Who Was Amos in the Bible?" Each is quoted in the King James Version with a link to its full chapter.
"But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream."
"Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit: And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel."
"In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old: That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the LORD that doeth this."
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