53 Bible Verses about Beds

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Job 17:13-16

Though I tarry never so much, yet the grave is my house, and I must make my bed in the dark. I call corruption my father, and the worms call I my mother and my sister. What helpeth then my long tarrying? Or, who will fulfill the thing that I look for?read more.
All that I have, shall go down into the pit, and lie with me in the dust."

Isaiah 57:7

Thou hast made thy bed upon high mountains; thou wentest up thither, and there hast thou slain sacrifices.

Luke 11:7

And he within should answer and say, 'Trouble me not, now is the door shut, and my servants are with me in the chamber, I cannot rise and give them to thee.'

2 Samuel 4:5-7

And these sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went and came in the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, as he slept on a bed at noon. And behold, they came into the house as though they would have bought wheat, and smote him under the short ribs and fled. For they came into the house as he slept on his bed in his resting chamber, and smote him and slew him and beheaded him and took his head and gat them away through the wild fields all night.

Genesis 49:33

When Jacob had commanded all that he would unto his sons, he plucked up his feet upon the bed and died, and was put unto his people.

Amos 6:4

Ye that lie upon beds of ivory, and use your wantonness upon your couches; ye that eat the best lambs of the flock, and the fattest calves of the drove;

Proverbs 7:16

I have decked my bed with coverings and clothes of Egypt.

Psalm 36:4

He imagineth mischief upon his bed, and hath set himself in no good way; neither doth he abhor any thing that is evil.

Psalm 149:5

Let the saints be joyful with glory; let them rejoice in their beds.

Genesis 28:11

and came unto a place and tarried there all night, because the son was down. And took a stone of the place, and put it under his head, and laid him down in the same place to sleep.

Deuteronomy 3:11

For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the Giants: behold, his iron bed is yet at Rabbah, among the children of Ammon: nine cubits long and four cubits broad, of the cubits of a man.

Esther 1:6

where there hanged white, red and yellow cloths, fastened with cords of linen and scarlet in silver rings, upon pillars of Marble stone. The benches were of gold and silver made upon a pavement of green, white, yellow and black Marble.

Exodus 21:18

If men strive together and one smite another with a stone or with his fist, so that he die not, but lieth in bed:

Leviticus 15:4

Every couch whereon he lieth and every thing whereon he sitteth shall be unclean.

Leviticus 15:6

He that sitteth on that whereon he sat, shall wash his clothes and bathe himself with water and be unclean until the evening.

Proverbs 22:27

for if thou hast nothing to pay, they shall take away thy bed from under thee.

Ezekiel 23:17

Now when the Babylonians came to her, they lay with her, and defiled her with their whoredom, and so was she polluted with them. And when her lust was abated from them,

Hosea 7:14

They call not upon me with their hearts, but lie howling upon their beds. Whereas they come together, it is but for meat and drink, and me will they not obey.

Amos 3:12

Thus sayeth the LORD, 'like as a herdsman taketh two legs or a piece of an ear out of the lion's mouth: Even so the children of Israel that dwell in Samaria, having their couches in the corner, and the beds at Damascus, shall be plucked away.

Mark 6:55

and ran forth throughout all the region round about, and began to carry about in beds all that were sick, to place where they heard tell that he was there.

Acts 5:15

insomuch that they brought the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and pallets: that at the least way the shadow of Peter, when he came by, might shadow some of them.

2 Samuel 17:28

brought beds, basins, and earthen vessels: and also corn, barley, flour and parched corn, beans and rice,

2 Kings 4:10

Let us make him a chamber with a little wall, and let us set him there a bed, a table, a stool and a candlestick, that he may turn in thither, when he cometh to us."

Isaiah 28:20

For the bed shall be so narrow that a man cannot lie upon it: And the covering too small, that a man may not wind himself therein.

Esther 7:8

And when the king came again out of the palace garden into the parlor where they had eaten, Haman had laid him upon the bed that Esther sat upon. Then said the king, "Will he force the queen also? Beside me, in the house?" As soon as that word went out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.

Matthew 9:2

And, lo, they brought unto him a man sick of the palsy, lying in his bed: and when Jesus saw the faith of them, he said to the sick of the palsy, "Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee."

Luke 5:18

And behold, men brought a man lying in his bed, which was taken with a palsy, and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before him.

Matthew 9:6

That ye may know that the son of man hath power to forgive sins in earth" - then said he unto the sick of the palsy - "Arise, take up thy bed, and go home to thine house."

Mark 2:9

Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy; thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say, arise, take up thy bed and walk?

Mark 2:11-12

"I say unto thee, Arise and take up thy bed, and get thee hence into thine own house." And by and by he arose, 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 power to forgive sins on earth," he said unto the sick of the palsy, "I say to thee, arise, take up thy bed and go home to thy house."

John 5:8-12

And Jesus said unto him, "Rise, take up thy bed, and walk." And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and went. And the same day was the Sabbath day. The Jews therefore said unto him that was made whole, "It is the Sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed."read more.
He answered them, "He that made me whole, said unto me, 'Take up thy bed, and get thee hence.'" Then asked they him, "What man is that which said unto thee, 'Take up thy bed and walk?'"

Acts 9:34

Then said Peter unto him, "Aeneas, the Lord Jesus Christ make thee whole: Arise and make thy bed." And he arose immediately.

Acts 9:33

And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, which had kept his bed eight years sick of the palsy.

2 Samuel 4:7

For they came into the house as he slept on his bed in his resting chamber, and smote him and slew him and beheaded him and took his head and gat them away through the wild fields all night.

2 Samuel 4:11

And how much more ought I to deal with wicked men that have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? Now therefore think ye that I will not require his blood of your hands and take you from the earth?"

2 Samuel 11:2

And it chanced in an evening that David arose from his couch and walked upon the roof of the king's palace; and from the roof saw a very beautiful woman washing herself. And he sent to enquire what woman it should be.

Proverbs 26:14

Like as the door turneth about upon the threshold, even so doth the slothful welter himself in his bed.

Job 7:13

When I think, 'My bed shall comfort me; I shall have some refreshing by talking to myself upon my couch,'

Isaiah 57:8

Behind the doors and posts, hast thou set up thy remembrance: When thou hast uncovered thyself to another than me, when thou wentest down and made thy bed wider, when thou didst carve the certain of yonder Idols, and lovedest their couches, where thou sawest them.

Mark 7:30

And when she was come home to her house she found the devil departed, and her daughter lying on the bed.

Luke 17:34

I tell you, In that night, there shall be two in one bed: that one shall be received, and the other shall be forsaken.

Revelation 2:22

Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit fornication with her into great adversity, except they turn from their deeds.

Genesis 47:31

And he said, "Swear unto me." And he sware unto him. And then Israel bowed him unto the bed's head.

Genesis 48:2

Then was it said unto Jacob, "Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee." And Israel took his strength unto him, and sat up on the bed,

1 Samuel 28:23

But he refused it and said, "I will not eat." But his servants and the woman together compelled him, that he heard their voice. And so he arose from the earth and sat him on a bed.

Exodus 8:3

And the river shall scrale with frogs, and they shall come up and go into thine house and into thy chamber where thou sleepest and upon thy bed, and into the houses of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and upon thy victuals which thou hast in store.

1 Samuel 19:13-16

And then she took an image and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow stuffed with goat's hair under the head of it, and covered it with a cloth. And when Saul sent messengers to fetch David, she said that he was sick. Then Saul sent the messengers to see David saying, "Bring him to me, bed and all, that he may be slain."read more.
And when the messengers were come in, "Behold there lay an image in the bed, with a pillow of goat's hair under the head of it.

Mark 2:4

and because they could not come nigh unto him for press, they uncovered the roof of the house where he was. And when they had broken it open, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.

Luke 5:19

And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in, because of the press, they went up on the top of the house, and let him down through the tiling, bed and all, in the midst before Jesus.

From Thematic Bible


Beds » Used for » Reclining on at meals

1 Samuel 28:23-25

But he refused it and said, "I will not eat." But his servants and the woman together compelled him, that he heard their voice. And so he arose from the earth and sat him on a bed. The woman had a fat calf in the house, and that she hasted and killed it, and took flour and kneaded it and did bake him sweet cakes, and brought them before Saul and before his servants. And when they had eaten, they stood up, and went away the same night.

Amos 6:4-6

Ye that lie upon beds of ivory, and use your wantonness upon your couches; ye that eat the best lambs of the flock, and the fattest calves of the drove; ye that sing to the lute, and in playing of instruments compare yourselves unto David; ye that drink wine out of goblets, and anoint yourselves with the best oil: but no man is sorry for Joseph's hurt.

Luke 7:36-38

And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat. And behold a woman in that city, which was a sinner, as soon as she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, she brought an alabaster box of ointment, and she stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with ointment.

Beds » Saints meditate and praise God while on

Psalm 149:5

Let the saints be joyful with glory; let them rejoice in their beds.

Song of Songs 3:1

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

Beds » Not used in affliction

2 Samuel 13:31

Then the king arose and tare his garments and lay along on the earth: and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.

Beds » Supplied with pillows

1 Samuel 26:7

And so David and Abishai came to the people by night. And behold, Saul lay sleeping within a round bank and his spear pitched in the ground at his head, Abner and the people lying round about him.

1 Samuel 19:13

And then she took an image and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow stuffed with goat's hair under the head of it, and covered it with a cloth.

Beds » Often perfumed

Proverbs 7:17

My bed have I made to smell of Myrrh, Aloes, and Cinnamon.

Ezekiel 23:41

Thou sattest upon a goodly bed, and a table spread before thee: whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oil.

Beds » Used for » Reclining on by day

2 Samuel 11:2

And it chanced in an evening that David arose from his couch and walked upon the roof of the king's palace; and from the roof saw a very beautiful woman washing herself. And he sent to enquire what woman it should be.

2 Samuel 4:5

And these sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went and came in the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, as he slept on a bed at noon.

Beds » Antiquity of

Genesis 47:31

And he said, "Swear unto me." And he sware unto him. And then Israel bowed him unto the bed's head.

Exodus 8:3

And the river shall scrale with frogs, and they shall come up and go into thine house and into thy chamber where thou sleepest and upon thy bed, and into the houses of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and upon thy victuals which thou hast in store.

Beds » Persons sometimes took to, in grief

1 Kings 21:4

Then went Ahab unto his house wayward and evil apaid, because of the words which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken unto him, saying, "I will not give to thee the inheritance of my fathers." And he laid him down upon his bed and turned away his face, and would eat no meat.

Hosea 7:14

They call not upon me with their hearts, but lie howling upon their beds. Whereas they come together, it is but for meat and drink, and me will they not obey.

Beds » Made of » Wood

Song of Songs 3:7-8

Behold, about Solomon's bedstead there stand sixty valiant men of the most mighty in Israel. They hold swords every one, 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

Psalm 36:4

He imagineth mischief upon his bed, and hath set himself in no good way; neither doth he abhor any thing that is evil.

Beds » Used for » Sleeping on

Job 33:15

In dreams and visions of the night season - When slumbering cometh upon men, that they fall a sleep in their beds -

Luke 11:7

And he within should answer and say, 'Trouble me not, now is the door shut, and my servants are with me in the chamber, I cannot rise and give them to thee.'

Beds » Couches or divans used as

Job 7:13

When I think, 'My bed shall comfort me; I shall have some refreshing by talking to myself upon my couch,'

Psalm 6:6

I am weary of my groaning; every night wash I my bed, and 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 Giants: behold, his iron bed is yet at Rabbah, among the children of Ammon: nine cubits long and four cubits broad, of the cubits of a man.

Beds » Of the poor covered with their upper garment

Exodus 22:26-27

If thou take thy neighbor's raiment to pledge, see that thou deliver it unto him again by that the sun go down. For that is his coverlet only: even the raiment for his skin wherein he sleepeth: or else he will cry unto me and I will hear him, for I am merciful.

Beds » A small pallet or mattress used as

1 Samuel 19:15

Then Saul sent the messengers to see David saying, "Bring him to me, bed and all, that he may be slain."

Beds » Subject to ceremonial defilement

Leviticus 15:4

Every couch whereon he lieth and every thing whereon he sitteth shall be unclean.

Beds » Of the poor often sold for debt

Proverbs 22:27

for if thou hast nothing to pay, they shall take away thy bed from under thee.

Beds » The slothful too fond of

Proverbs 26:14

Like as the door turneth about upon the threshold, even so doth the slothful welter himself in his bed.

Beds » Covered with tapestry and linen

Proverbs 7:16

I have decked my bed with coverings and clothes of Egypt.

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

Isaiah 28:20

For the bed shall be so narrow that a man cannot lie upon it: And the covering too small, that a man may not wind himself therein.

Beds » Considered necessary

2 Kings 4:10

Let us make him a chamber with a little wall, and let us set him there a bed, a table, a stool and a candlestick, that he may turn in thither, when he cometh to us."

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

Isaiah 57:7

Thou hast made thy bed upon high mountains; thou wentest up thither, and there hast thou slain sacrifices.

Beds » Illustrative » Of the grave

Isaiah 57:2

that he himself might be in rest, lie quietly upon his bed, and live after his own pleasure.

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

Beds » Made of » Gold and silver

Esther 1:6

where there hanged white, red and yellow cloths, fastened with cords of linen and scarlet in silver rings, upon pillars of Marble stone. The benches were of gold and silver made upon a pavement of green, white, yellow and black Marble.

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

Job 17:13

Though I tarry never so much, yet the grave is my house, and I must make my bed in the dark.

Beds » Made of » Ivory

Amos 6:4

Ye that lie upon beds of ivory, and use your wantonness upon your couches; ye that eat the best lambs of the flock, and the fattest calves of the drove;

Beds » Purification of

Mark 7:4

And when they come from the market, except they wash themselves they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have taken upon them to observe, as the washing of cups and cruses, and of brazen vessels, and of tables.

Ivory » Other articles made of » Beds

Amos 6:4

Ye that lie upon beds of ivory, and use your wantonness upon your couches; ye that eat the best lambs of the flock, and the fattest calves of the drove;

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