Amos 3:12 (WEB)
The LORD says: “As the shepherd rescues out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, so shall the children of Israel be rescued who sit in Samaria on the corner of a couch, and on the silken cushions of a bed.”
Fathers and councils · 1
“Though it be but two legs or a lobe of an ear, spring back from the beast that has wounded you.” — editor's note: cf. Amos iii. 12.
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Cited together with
Cited together in Letters Letter 44.
Cited together in Letters Letter 44.
Cited together in Letters Letter 44.
Cited together in Letters Letter 44.
Cited together in Letters Letter 44.
Cited together in Letters Letter 44.
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2 Timothy 4:17 takes up the words of Amos 3:12 (7 words in common).