Amos 6:4

Catholic Public Domain Version

You sleep on beds of ivory, and you are lustful on your couches. You devour lambs from the flock and calves from the midst of the herd.

Cross References

Genesis 37:25

And sitting down to eat bread, they saw some Ishmaelites, travelers coming from Gilead, with their camels, carrying spices, and resin, and oil of myrrh into Egypt.

Esther 1:6

And at their cry all peoples rushed forth to fight against the nation of the just.

Psalm 73:7

They have set fire to your Sanctuary. They have polluted the tabernacle of your name on earth.

Isaiah 22:13

But behold: gladness and rejoicing, the killing of calves and the slaughter of rams, the eating of meat and the drinking of wine: "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we will die."

Isaiah 28:1

Woe to the crown of arrogance, to the inebriated of Ephraim, and to the falling flower, the glory of his exultation, to those who were at the top of the very fat valley, staggering from wine.

Jeremiah 16:8

And so, you shall not enter the house of feasting, so as to sit with them, and to eat and drink."

Ezekiel 16:49

Behold, this was the iniquity of Sodom, your sister: arrogance, indulgence in bread and abundance, and the idleness of her and her daughters; and they did not reach out their hand to the needy and the poor.

Ezekiel 23:41

You sat upon a very beautiful bed, and a table was adorned before you, on which you placed my incense and my ointment.

Amos 3:12

Thus says the Lord: Just as if a shepherd had rescued two legs from the mouth of a lion, or the tip of an ear, so also will the sons of Israel be rescued, who dwell in the sick bed of Samaria, and in the cot of Damascus.

Amos 8:3

And the hinges of the temple will creak in that day, says the Lord God. Many will die. Silence will be thrown away in all places.

Micah 6:12

By this, her wealthy have been filled with iniquity, and her inhabitants have spoken lies, and their tongue was deceitful in their mouth.

Luke 16:19

A certain man was wealthy, and he was clothed in purple and in fine linen. And he feasted splendidly every day.

James 5:5

You have feasted upon the earth, and you have nourished your hearts with luxuries, unto the day of slaughter.