Contradictions and Paradoxes in Amos 3:13

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Amos 3:13 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Amos 3:13. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the prophet Amos, God is speaking to the people of Israel and asking them to listen and tell others what He is saying. God wants them to know that He is the powerful leader of many angels and armies.

Amos 3:13: Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord GOD, the God of hosts,

Contradiction with Matthew 11:28

Contradicts Amos 3:13's message of proclaiming fearfulness with a call for those who labor and are heavy laden to find rest in Christ.

Matthew 11:28: Come unto me, all [ye] that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Contradiction with Psalm 33:12

Conflicts with Amos 3:13's focus on judgment by emphasizing that a nation is blessed whose God is the Lord.

Psalm 33:12: Blessed [is] the nation whose God [is] the LORD; [and] the people [whom] he hath chosen for his own inheritance.

Contradiction with John 3:17

Opposes Amos 3:13's warning of witness against Israel by declaring that God sent His Son not to condemn the world, but to save it.

John 3:17: For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

Contradiction with Luke 6:36

Challenges Amos 3:13's context of divine retribution by encouraging believers to be merciful, as God is merciful.

Luke 6:36: Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.

Contradiction with James 4:12

Contradicts Amos 3:13's pronouncement of judgment by affirming that there is one lawgiver who can save and destroy, questioning the act of judging others.

James 4:12: There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?

Contradiction with Romans 5:8

Differs from Amos 3:13's tone of judgment with the message of God's love demonstrated through Christ dying for sinners.

Romans 5:8: But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Contradiction with Hebrews 8:12

In contrast to Amos 3:13's witnessing against sins, this verse assures forgiveness and the remembrance of sins no more.

Hebrews 8:12: For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 31:34

Contradicts the call for witness against Israel in Amos 3:13 with the promise of knowing the Lord and the forgiveness of iniquity.

Jeremiah 31:34: And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
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