Amos 6:4

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

You rich people lounge around on beds with ivory posts, while dining on the meat of your lambs and calves.

Cross References

Genesis 37:25

As Joseph's brothers sat down to eat, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were loaded with all kinds of spices that they were taking to Egypt.

Esther 1:6

The area was decorated with blue and white cotton curtains tied back with purple linen cords that ran through silver rings fastened to marble columns. Couches of gold and silver rested on pavement that had all kinds of designs made from costly bright-coloured stones and marble and mother-of-pearl.

Psalm 73:7

Their eyes bulge with fat, and their minds are flooded with foolish thoughts.

Isaiah 22:13

But instead, you celebrated by feasting on beef and lamb and by drinking wine, because you said, “Let's eat and drink! Tomorrow we may die.”

Isaiah 28:1

The city of Samaria above a fertile valley is in for trouble! Its leaders are drunkards, who stuff themselves with food and wine. But they will be like flowers that dry up and wilt.

Jeremiah 16:8

Don't even set foot in a house where there is eating and drinking and celebrating.

Ezekiel 16:49

They were arrogant and spoilt; they had everything they needed and still refused to help the poor and needy.

Ezekiel 23:41

They sat on a fine couch, and in front of them was a table for the olive oil and incense that had belonged to me.

Amos 3:12

The LORD has promised that only a few from Samaria will escape with their lives and with some broken pieces of their beds and couches. It will be like when a shepherd rescues two leg bones and part of a sheep's ear from the jaws of a lion.

Amos 8:3

Instead of singing in the temple, they will cry and weep. Dead bodies will be everywhere. So keep silent! I, the LORD, have spoken!”

Micah 6:12

You rich people are violent, and everyone tells lies.

Luke 16:19

There was once a rich man who wore expensive clothes and every day ate the best food.

James 5:5

While here on earth, you have thought only of filling your own stomachs and having a good time. But now you are like fat cattle on their way to be butchered.