Amos 6:4

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Summary

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;

Lie

James 5:5

Stretch themselves upon their couches

1 Samuel 25:36

Psalm 73:7

Luke 12:19

General references

Bible References

Lie

Alas, for them who rise early in the morning that strong drink, they may pursue, - Who follow on in the evening cool until with wine, they are heated;

Then lo! joy and rejoicing, killing oxen and slaughtering sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine, - Let us eat and drink, For to-morrow, we may die!

Now, a certain man, was rich, and he used to clothe himself with purple and fine linen, making merry day by day, brilliantly.

As in daytime, becomingly let us walk: not in revellings and in drunken bouts, not in chamberings and in wanton deeds, not in strife and envy; -

Ye have luxuriated upon the land, and run riot, ye have pampered your hearts in a day of slaughter;

Stretch themselves upon their couches

And, when Abigail came unto Nabal, lo! he, had a banquet in his house, like the banquet of a king, and, the heart of Nabal, was glad accordingly, he having drunk deeply, - so she told him nothing - less or more, until the light of the morning.

Their iniquity, hath proceeded from fatness, They have surpassed the imaginations of the heart;

and will say to my soul - Soul! thou hast many good things lying by for many years: be taking thy rest, eat, drink,be making merry!

General references

And unto the herd, ran Abraham, - and took a calf tender and good and gave unto the young man, and he hastened to make it ready.

They rejoice aloud as with timbrel and lyre, and make merry to the sound of the pipe;

And the house of banqueting, shall thou not enter To sit with them, To eat and to drink.

And I will cause to cease the hum of thy songs; And the sound of thy lyres, shall not be heard any more.