Amos 6:4

New English Translation

They lie around on beds decorated with ivory, and sprawl out on their couches. They eat lambs from the flock, and calves from the middle of the pen.

Cross References

Genesis 37:25

When they sat down to eat their food, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh down to Egypt.

Esther 1:6

The furnishings included linen and purple curtains hung by cords of the finest linen and purple wool on silver rings, alabaster columns, gold and silver couches displayed on a floor made of valuable stones of alabaster, mother-of-pearl, and mineral stone.

Psalm 73:7

Their prosperity causes them to do wrong; their thoughts are sinful.

Isaiah 22:13

But look, there is outright celebration! You say, “Kill the ox and slaughter the sheep, eat meat and drink wine. Eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”

Isaiah 28:1

The splendid crown of Ephraim’s drunkards is doomed, the withering flower, its beautiful splendor, situated at the head of a rich valley, the crown of those overcome with wine.

Jeremiah 16:8

“‘Do not go to a house where people are feasting and sit down to eat and drink with them either.

Ezekiel 16:49

“‘See here – this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters had majesty, abundance of food, and enjoyed carefree ease, but they did not help the poor and needy.

Ezekiel 23:41

You sat on a magnificent couch, with a table arranged in front of it where you placed my incense and my olive oil.

Amos 3:12

This is what the Lord says: “Just as a shepherd salvages from the lion’s mouth a couple of leg bones or a piece of an ear, so the Israelites who live in Samaria will be salvaged. They will be left with just a corner of a bed, and a part of a couch.”

Amos 8:3

The women singing in the temple will wail in that day.” The sovereign Lord is speaking. “There will be many corpses littered everywhere! Be quiet!”

Micah 6:12

The city’s rich men think nothing of resorting to violence; her inhabitants lie, their tongues speak deceptive words.

Luke 16:19

“There was a rich man who dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day.

James 5:5

You have lived indulgently and luxuriously on the earth. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.