阿摩司书 5:14

Chinese Union (Simplified)

你 们 要 求 善 ， 不 要 求 恶 ， 就 必 存 活 。 这 样 ， 耶 和 华 ─ 万 军 之 　 神 必 照 你 们 所 说 的 与 你 们 同 在 。

Parallel Translations

Chinese NCV (Simplified)
你們要尋求良善，不要尋求邪惡，這樣才可以存活。耶和華萬軍的　神就必與你們同在，正如你們所說的。

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Seek: Psalms 34:12-16, Proverbs 11:27, Isaiah 1:16, Isaiah 1:17, Isaiah 55:2, Micah 6:8, Matthew 6:33, Romans 2:7-9

and so: Amos 3:3, Genesis 39:2, Genesis 39:3, Genesis 39:23, Exodus 3:12, Joshua 1:9, 1 Chronicles 28:20, 2 Chronicles 15:2, Psalms 46:11, Isaiah 8:10, Matthew 1:23, Matthew 28:20, Philippians 4:8, Philippians 4:9, 2 Timothy 4:22

as: Numbers 16:3, Isaiah 48:1, Isaiah 48:2, Jeremiah 7:3, Jeremiah 7:4, Micah 3:11

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 20:17 - for the Lord Ezekiel 18:9 - he shall Hosea 11:7 - are bent Amos 5:24 - let Zephaniah 2:3 - Seek ye Zechariah 7:7 - cried Matthew 7:12 - for Philippians 1:10 - ye

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Seek good, and not evil,.... Seek not unto, or after, evil persons and evil things; not the company and conversation of evil men, which is infectious and dangerous; nor anything that is evil, or has the appearance of it, especially the evil of evils, sin; which is hateful to God, contrary to his nature and will; is evil in its own nature, and bad in its consequences, and therefore not to be sought, but shunned and avoided; but seek that which is good, persons and things: seek the "summum bonnum", "the chief good", God, who is essentially, perfectly, immutably, and communicatively good, the fountain of all goodness, and the portion of his people; seek Christ the good Saviour and sacrifice, the good Shepherd, and the good Samaritan, who is good in all his relations, as a father, husband, and friend, and in whom all good things are laid up; seek the good Spirit of God, who works good things in his people, and shows good things to them, and is the Comforter of them; seek to him for assistance in prayer, and to help in the exercise of every grace, and in the discharge of every duty, and as the guide into all truth, and to eternal glory; seek the good ways of God, the way of truth, the path of faith and holiness, and especially the good way to the Father, the way of life and salvation by Christ; seek the good word of God, the Scriptures of truth, the promises contained in them, and the Gospel of them; seek the company of good men, and that good part that shall not be taken away, the true grace of God, the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; seek the glories of another world, the goodness of God laid up, the best things which are reserved to last:

that ye may live; comfortably, spiritually, and eternally, which is the consequence of all this; :-;

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and so the Lord, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken; as they used to say, and boasted of; though they had not the temple, the ark of the testimony, the symbols of the divine Presence, as Judah had; but this they would have in reality, both his gracious presence here, and his glorious presence hereafter, did they truly and rightly seek those things; than which nothing is more desirable to good men, or can make them more comfortable, or more happy. The Targum is,

"seek to do well, and not to do ill, that ye may live; and then the word of the Lord God of hosts shall be your help, as ye have said.''

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 not only “did evil,” but they “sought” it diligently; they were diligent in doing it, and so, in bringing it on themselves; they sought it out and the occasions of it. People “cannot seek good without first putting away evil, as it is written, ‘cease to do evil, learn to do well’ Isaiah 1:16-17.” “Ye cannot serve God and Mammon.” He bids them use the same diligence in seeking good which they now used for evil. Seek it also wholly, not seeking at one while good, at another, evil, but wholly good, and Him who is Good. “He seeketh good, who believeth in Him who saith, ‘I am the Good Shepherd’ John 10:11.”

That ye may live - In Him who “is the Life; and so the Lord, the God of hosts shall be with you,” by His holy presence, grace and protection, “as ye have spoken.” Israel looked away from the sins whereby he displeased God, and looked to his half-worship of God as entitling him to all which God had promised to full obedience. : “They gloried in the nobleness of their birth after the flesh, not in imitating the faith and lives of the patriarchs. So then, because they were descended from Abraham, they thought that God must defend them. Such were those Jews, to whom the Saveour said, “If ye were Abraham’s seed, ye would do the works of Abraham” John 8:39; and His forerunner, ‘think not to say within yourselves, we have Abraham for our father’ Matthew 3:9.” They wished that God should abide with them, that they might “abide in the land” Psalms 37:3, but they cared not to abide with God.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 14. Seek good, and not evil — Is there a greater mystery in the world, than that a mall, instead of seeking good, will seek evil, knowing that it is evil?

And so the Lord — As God is the Fountain of good, so they who seek the supreme good seek him: and they who seek shall find him; for the Lord, the God of hosts, shall be with him.