KJV King James Version
Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
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Amos 3:3
Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Can two walk together without agreeing where to go?
WEB World English Bible
Do two walk together, unless they have agreed?
ASV American Standard Version
Shall two walk together, except they have agreed?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Do two walk together if they have not met?
Surrounding context — Amos 3
1 Hear this word that the LORD hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying,
2 You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.
3 Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
4 Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?
5 Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin [is] for him? shall [one] take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all?
6 Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done [it]?
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2 Corinthians 6:14-16Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?Genesis 17:1And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I [am] the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.Genesis 5:22And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:Genesis 6:9These [are] the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man [and] perfect in his generations, [and] Noah walked with God.
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