53 Bible Verses about Beds

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Job 17:13-16

If I look for Sheol as my house; If I have spread my couch in the darkness; If I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; To the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister; Where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it?read more.
It shall go down to the bars of Sheol, When once there is rest in the dust.

Isaiah 57:7

Upon a high and lofty mountain hast thou set thy bed; thither also wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.

Luke 11:7

and he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee?

2 Samuel 4:5-7

And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ish-bosheth, as he took his rest at noon. And they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat; and they smote him in the body: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped. Now when they came into the house, as he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and went by the way of the Arabah all night.

Genesis 49:33

And when Jacob made an end of charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.

Amos 6:4

that lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;

Proverbs 7:16

I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, With striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.

Psalm 36:4

He deviseth iniquity upon his bed; He setteth himself in a way that is not good; He abhorreth not evil.

Psalm 149:5

Let the saints exult in glory: Let them sing for joy upon their beds.

Genesis 28:11

And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set. And he took one of the stones of the place, and put it under his head, and lay down in that place to sleep.

Deuteronomy 3:11

(For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the Rephaim; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbah of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.)

Esther 1:6

There were hangings of white cloth , of green, and of blue, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the couches were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and white, and yellow, and black marble.

Exodus 21:18

And if men contend, and one smite the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keep his bed;

Leviticus 15:4

Every bed whereon he that hath the issue lieth shall be unclean; and everything whereon he sitteth shall be unclean.

Leviticus 15:6

And he that sitteth on anything whereon he that hath the issue sat shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

Proverbs 22:27

If thou hast not wherewith to pay, Why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

Ezekiel 23:17

And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their whoredom, and she was polluted with them, and her soul was alienated from them.

Hosea 7:14

And they have not cried unto me with their heart, but they howl upon their beds: they assemble themselves for grain and new wine; they rebel against me.

Amos 3:12

Thus saith Jehovah: As the shepherd rescueth out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, so shall the children of Israel be rescued that sit in Samaria in the corner of a couch, and on the silken cushions of a bed.

Mark 6:55

and ran round about that whole region, and began to carry about on their beds those that were sick, where they heard he was.

Acts 5:15

insomuch that they even carried out the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that, as Peter came by, at the least his shadow might overshadow some one of them.

2 Samuel 17:28

brought beds, and basins, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and meal, and parched grain , and beans, and lentils, and parched pulse ,

2 Kings 4:10

Let us make, I pray thee, a little chamber on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a seat, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.

Isaiah 28:20

For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it; and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.

Esther 7:8

Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the couch whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he even force the queen before me in the house? As the word went out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.

Matthew 9:2

And behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, be of good cheer; thy sins are forgiven.

Luke 5:18

And behold, men bring on a bed a man that was palsied: and they sought to bring him in, and to lay him before him.

Matthew 9:6

But that ye may know that the Son of man hath authority on earth to forgive sins (then saith he to the sick of the palsy), Arise, and take up thy bed, and go up unto thy house.

Mark 2:9

Which is easier, to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins are forgiven; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?

Mark 2:11-12

I say unto thee, Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thy house. And he arose, and straightway took up the bed, and went forth before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion.

Luke 5:24

But that ye may know that the Son of man hath authority on earth to forgive sins (he said unto him that was palsied), I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go unto thy house.

John 5:8-12

Jesus saith unto him, Arise, take up thy bed, and walk. And straightway the man was made whole, and took up his bed and walked. Now it was the sabbath on that day. So the Jews said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath, and it is not lawful for thee to take up thy bed.read more.
But he answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk. They asked him, Who is the man that said unto thee, Take up thy bed , and walk?

Acts 9:34

And Peter said unto him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ healeth thee: arise and make thy bed. And straightway he arose.

Acts 9:33

And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, who had kept his bed eight years; for he was palsied.

2 Samuel 4:7

Now when they came into the house, as he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and went by the way of the Arabah all night.

2 Samuel 4:11

How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed, shall I not now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?

2 Samuel 11:2

And it came to pass at eventide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.

Proverbs 26:14

As the door turneth upon its hinges, So doth the sluggard upon his bed.

Job 7:13

When I say, My bed shall comfort me, My couch shall ease my complaint;

Isaiah 57:8

And behind the doors and the posts hast thou set up thy memorial: for thou hast uncovered thyself to another than me, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant with them: thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest it.

Mark 7:30

And she went away unto her house, and found the child laid upon the bed, and the demon gone out.

Luke 17:34

I say unto you, In that night there shall be two men on one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.

Revelation 2:22

Behold, I cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of her works.

Genesis 47:31

And he said, Swear unto me: and he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed's head.

Genesis 48:2

And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.

1 Samuel 28:23

But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, constrained him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.

Exodus 8:3

and the river shall swarm with frogs, which shall go up and come into thy house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneading-troughs:

1 Samuel 19:13-16

And Michal took the teraphim, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats hair at the head thereof, and covered it with the clothes. And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick. And Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.read more.
And when the messengers came in, behold, the teraphim was in the bed, with the pillow of goats hair at the head thereof.

Mark 2:4

And when they could not come nigh unto him for the crowd, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed whereon the sick of the palsy lay.

Luke 5:19

And not finding by what way they might bring him in because of the multitude, they went up to the housetop, and let him down through the tiles with his couch into the midst before Jesus.

From Thematic Bible


Beds » Used for » Reclining on at meals

1 Samuel 28:23-25

But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, constrained him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed. And the woman had a fatted calf in the house; and she hasted, and killed it; and she took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened bread thereof: and she brought it before Saul, and before his servants; and they did eat. Then they rose up, and went away that night.

Amos 6:4-6

that lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall; that sing idle songs to the sound of the viol; that invent for themselves instruments of music, like David; that drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief oils; but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.

Luke 7:36-38

And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he entered into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat. And behold, a woman who was in the city, a sinner; and when she knew that he was sitting at meat in the Pharisee's house, she brought an alabaster cruse of ointment, and standing behind at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.

Beds » Saints meditate and praise God while on

Psalm 149:5

Let the saints exult in glory: Let them sing for joy upon their beds.

Song of Songs 3:1

By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

Beds » Not used in affliction

2 Samuel 13:31

Then the king arose, and rent his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.

Beds » Supplied with pillows

1 Samuel 26:7

So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the place of the wagons, with his spear stuck in the ground at his head; and Abner and the people lay round about him.

1 Samuel 19:13

And Michal took the teraphim, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats hair at the head thereof, and covered it with the clothes.

Beds » Often perfumed

Proverbs 7:17

I have perfumed my bed With myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

Ezekiel 23:41

and sit upon a stately bed, with a table prepared before it, whereupon thou didst set mine incense and mine oil.

Beds » Used for » Reclining on by day

2 Samuel 11:2

And it came to pass at eventide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.

2 Samuel 4:5

And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ish-bosheth, as he took his rest at noon.

Beds » Antiquity of

Genesis 47:31

And he said, Swear unto me: and he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed's head.

Exodus 8:3

and the river shall swarm with frogs, which shall go up and come into thy house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneading-troughs:

Beds » Persons sometimes took to, in grief

1 Kings 21:4

And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him; for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.

Hosea 7:14

And they have not cried unto me with their heart, but they howl upon their beds: they assemble themselves for grain and new wine; they rebel against me.

Beds » Made of » Wood

Song of Songs 3:7-8

Behold, it is the litter of Solomon; Threescore mighty men are about it, Of the mighty men of Israel. They all handle the sword, and are expert in war: Every man hath his sword upon his thigh, Because of fear in the night.

Beds » The wicked devise mischief while on

Micah 2:1

Woe to them that devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.

Psalm 36:4

He deviseth iniquity upon his bed; He setteth himself in a way that is not good; He abhorreth not evil.

Beds » Used for » Sleeping on

Job 33:15

In a dream, in a vision of the night, When deep sleep falleth upon men, In slumberings upon the bed;

Luke 11:7

and he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee?

Beds » Couches or divans used as

Job 7:13

When I say, My bed shall comfort me, My couch shall ease my complaint;

Psalm 6:6

I am weary with my groaning; Every night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.

Beds » Made of » Iron

Deuteronomy 3:11

(For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the Rephaim; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbah of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.)

Beds » Of the poor covered with their upper garment

Exodus 22:26-27

If thou at all take thy neighbor's garment to pledge, thou shalt restore it unto him before the sun goeth down: for that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? And it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.

Beds » A small pallet or mattress used as

1 Samuel 19:15

And Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.

Beds » Subject to ceremonial defilement

Leviticus 15:4

Every bed whereon he that hath the issue lieth shall be unclean; and everything whereon he sitteth shall be unclean.

Beds » Of the poor often sold for debt

Proverbs 22:27

If thou hast not wherewith to pay, Why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

Beds » The slothful too fond of

Proverbs 26:14

As the door turneth upon its hinges, So doth the sluggard upon his bed.

Beds » Covered with tapestry and linen

Proverbs 7:16

I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, With striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.

Beds » Illustrative » (too short,) of plans which afford no rest or peace

Isaiah 28:20

For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it; and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.

Beds » Considered necessary

2 Kings 4:10

Let us make, I pray thee, a little chamber on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a seat, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.

Beds » Illustrative » (made on high,) of carnal security

Isaiah 57:7

Upon a high and lofty mountain hast thou set thy bed; thither also wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.

Beds » Illustrative » Of the grave

Isaiah 57:2

He entereth into peace; they rest in their beds, each one that walketh in his uprightness.

Beds » Illustrative » (made in sickness,) of divine support and comfort

Beds » Made of » Gold and silver

Esther 1:6

There were hangings of white cloth , of green, and of blue, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the couches were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and white, and yellow, and black marble.

Beds » Illustrative » (made in darkness,) of extreme misery

Job 17:13

If I look for Sheol as my house; If I have spread my couch in the darkness;

Beds » Made of » Ivory

Amos 6:4

that lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;

Beds » Purification of

Mark 7:4

and when they come from the market-place, except they bathe themselves, they eat not; and many other things there are, which they have received to hold, washings of cups, and pots, and brasen vessels.)

Ivory » Other articles made of » Beds

Amos 6:4

that lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;

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