Amos 6:4

Easy To Read Version

\{But now, you enjoy all the comforts.\}\par You lie on ivory beds,\par and stretch out on your couches.\par You eat tender young lambs from the flock,\par and young calves from the stable.\par

Cross References

Genesis 37:25

While Joseph was in the well, the brothers sat down to eat. Then they looked and saw a group of traders [226] traveling from Gilead to Egypt. Their camels were carrying many different spices and riches.

Esther 1:6

That inside garden had white and blue linen {\cf2\super [3]} hangings around the room. Those hangings were held in place with cords of white linen and purple material on silver rings and marble pillars. There were couches made of gold and silver. Those couches were setting on mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and other expensive stones.

Psalm 73:7

If those people like something they see,\par they go and take it.\par They do whatever they want to do.\par

Isaiah 22:13

But look! The people are happy now. The people are rejoicing. \{The people are saying\}:

Isaiah 28:1

Look at Samaria!\par The drunk people of Ephraim\par are proud of that city.\par That city sits on a hill\par with a rich valley around it.\par The people of Samaria think their city\par is a beautiful crown of flowers.\par But they are drunk with wine.\par And this “Beautiful Crown”\par is just a dying plant.\par

Jeremiah 16:8

“Jeremiah, don’t go into a house where the people are having a party. Don’t go into that house and sit down to eat and drink.

Ezekiel 16:49

\{God said,\} “Your sister Sodom and her daughters were proud, they had too much to eat, and too much time on their hands. And they did not help poor, helpless people.

Ezekiel 23:41

You sat on a fine bed with a table set before it. You put my incense {\cf2\super [195]} and my oil {\cf2\super [196]} on this table.

Amos 3:12

The Lord says,

Amos 8:3

The temple {\cf2\super [99]} songs will become sad funeral songs. The Lord my Master said those things. There will be dead bodies everywhere. In silence, people will take out the dead bodies and throw them \{onto the pile\}.” {\cf2\super [100]}

Micah 6:12

Rich people in that city are still cruel!\par The people in that city still tell lies.\par Yes, those people tell their lies!\par

Luke 16:19

Jesus said, “There was a rich man that always dressed in the finest clothes. He was so rich that he was able to enjoy all the best things every day.

James 5:5

Your life on earth was full of rich living. You pleased yourselves with everything you wanted. You made yourselves fat, \{like an animal ready\} for the day of slaughter. {\cf2\super [25]}