Amos 6:4

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Woe to those who lie on beds of ivory and lounge on their couches and eat lambs from the flock and calves from the stall,

Cross References

Genesis 37:25

Then they sat down to eat, and looking up they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, with their camels carrying gum, balm, and resin, on their way to carry it down to Egypt.

Esther 1:6

There were white cotton curtains and blue hangings tied with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and marble pillars. There were couches of gold and silver on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and colored stones.

Psalm 73:7

Their eyes swell out with fatness; their hearts overflow with follies.

Isaiah 22:13

but instead there was joy and festivity, killing oxen and slaughtering sheep, eating meat and drinking wine. “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”

Isaiah 28:1

Woe to the proud garland of the drunkards of Ephraim and the fading flower of its glorious beauty, at the head of the fertile valley, those overcome with wine!

Jeremiah 16:8

You shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and drink.

Ezekiel 16:49

This was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had pride, excess of food, and prosperous ease but did not aid the poor and needy.

Ezekiel 23:41

you sat on a stately couch, with a table spread before it on which you had placed my incense and my oil.

Amos 3:12

Thus says the Lord: As the shepherd rescues from the mouth of the lion two legs or a piece of an ear, so shall the people of Israel who live in Samaria be rescued, with the corner of a couch and part of a bed.

Amos 8:3

The songs of the temple shall become wailings on that day,” says the Lord God; “the dead bodies shall be many, cast out in every place. Be silent!”

Micah 6:12

Your wealthy are full of violence; your inhabitants speak lies with tongues of deceit in their mouths.

Luke 16:19

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

James 5:5

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