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Amo 6:5 — That chant to the sound of the viol, [and] invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

chant		or, quaver
to the		Gen 31:27; Job 21:11,12; Ecc 2:8; Isa 5:12; 1Pe 4:3; Rev 18:22
like		Amo 5:23; Amo 8:3; 1Ch 23:5

Correlating Passages

to the

	Gen 31:27	Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?
	Job 21:11	They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
	Job 21:12	They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
	Ecc 2:8	I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, [as] musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
	Isa 5:12	And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.
	1Pe 4:3	For the time past of [our] life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
	Rev 18:22	And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft [he be], shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;

	Amo 5:23	Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.
	Amo 8:3	And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: [there shall be] many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast [them] forth with silence.
	1Ch 23:5	Moreover four thousand [were] porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, [said David], to praise [therewith].

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Scott, Thomas. "Amos 6:5," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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