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Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live; and so Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be with you, as ye say.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Seek good and not evil - that is, and “seek not evil.” Amos again takes up his warning, “seek not Bethel; seek the Lord.” Now they …

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Break in like a beam of sunshine in the darkness. The fearful doom, already spoken of, is after all conditional. Let a moral change be worked in th…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

National sins bring down national judgments; and when God grows angry against the people, he makes the places of their feasting, the vineyards wher…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

The Prophet again repeats, that it was only owing to the Israelites themselves that it was not well with them; for God was ready to grant them his…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Seek good, and not evil
Seek not evil persons and evil things; not the company and conversation of evil men, which i…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

The same almighty power can, for repenting sinners, easily turn affliction and sorrow into prosperity and joy, and as easily turn the prosperity of…

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