Amos 6:4

New American Bible - revised edition

Those who lie on beds of ivory, and lounge upon their couches; Eating lambs taken from the flock, and calves from the stall;

Cross References

Genesis 37:25

Then they sat down to eat. Looking up, they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, their camels laden with gum, balm, and resin to be taken down to Egypt.

Psalm 73:7

Out of such blindness comes sin; evil thoughts flood their hearts.

Isaiah 22:13

But look! instead, there was celebration and joy, slaughtering cattle and butchering sheep, Eating meat and drinking wine: “Eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”

Isaiah 28:1

Ah! majestic garland of the drunkards of Ephraim, Fading blooms of his glorious beauty, at the head of the fertile valley, upon those stupefied with wine.

Jeremiah 16:8

Do not enter a house of feasting to sit eating and drinking with them.

Ezekiel 16:49

Now look at the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters were proud, sated with food, complacent in prosperity. They did not give any help to the poor and needy.

Ezekiel 23:41

You sat on a magnificent couch, set before it a table, on which to lay my incense and oil.

Amos 3:12

Thus says the Lord: As the shepherd rescues from the mouth of the lion a pair of sheep’s legs or the tip of an ear, So shall the Israelites escape, those who dwell in Samaria, With the corner of a couch or a piece of a cot.

Amos 8:3

The temple singers will wail on that day— oracle of the Lord God. Many shall be the corpses, strewn everywhere—Silence!

Micah 6:12

You whose wealthy are full of violence, whose inhabitants speak falsehood with deceitful tongues in their mouths!

Luke 16:19

“There was a rich man who dressed in purple garments and fine linen and dined sumptuously each day.

James 5:5

You have lived on earth in luxury and pleasure; you have fattened your hearts for the day of slaughter.