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 are my father, to the worm, 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 thou have set thy bed. Thou also went up there to offer sacrifice.

Luke 11:7

and that man from inside, having answered, would say, Do not cause toils for me. The door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I am not able, after getting up, to 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 there 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 killed 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 spirit, and was gathered to his people.

Amos 6:4

who lay 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 devises iniquity upon his bed. He sets himself in a way that is not good. He does not abhor evil.

Psalm 149:5

Let the sanctified exult in glory. Let them sing for joy upon their beds,

Genesis 28:11

And he touched 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 sons of Ammon? Nine cubits was the length of it, and four cubits the breadth of it, after t

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

Exodus 21:18

And if men contend, and one smites the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he does not die, but keeps his bed,

Leviticus 15:4

Every bed on which he who has the issue lays shall be unclean, and everything on which he sits shall be unclean.

Leviticus 15:6

And he who sits on anything on which he who has the issue sat shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.

Proverbs 22:27

If thou have 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 to 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 says LORD: As the shepherd rescues out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, so shall the sons of Israel be rescued who sit in Samaria in the corner of a couch, and on the silken cushions of a bed.

Mark 6:55

after running around that whole region around, they began to carry about on beds those who were faring badly, where they heard he was there.

Acts 5:15

so as to bring the feeble to the thoroughfares, and to place them on cots and mats, so that while coming, the shadow of Peter might at the least overshadow some of them.

2 Samuel 17:28

brought beds, and basins, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and meal, and roasted [grain], and beans, and lentils, and roasted [pulse],

2 Kings 4:10

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

Isaiah 28:20

For the bed is shorter than what a man can stretch himself on it, and the covering narrower than what 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 on which Esther was. Then the king said, Will he even force the queen before me in the house? As the word we

Matthew 9:2

And behold, they brought to him a paralyzed man who was placed on a bed. And having seen their faith Jesus said to the paralyzed man, Cheer up, child, thy sins have been forgiven thee.

Luke 5:18

And behold, men bringing a man on a bed who was paralyzed. 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 has authority on earth to forgive sins (then he says to the paralyzed man), After rising, take up thy bed, and go to thy house.

Mark 2:9

Which is easier, to say to the paralyzed man, Thy sins are forgiven thee, or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed and walk?

Mark 2:11-12

I say to thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go to thy house. And straightaway he arose, and having taken up the bed, he went forth before them all, so as for all to be amazed, and to glorify God, saying, We never saw it like this.

Luke 5:24

But that ye may know that the Son of man has authority upon earth to forgive sins (he said to the paralyzed man), I say to thee, Arise, and after taking up thy small bed, go to thy house.

John 5:8-12

Jesus says to him, Arise, take up thy bed and walk. And straightaway the man became well, and took up his bed and walked. Now it was Sabbath on that day. The Jews therefore said to the man who was cured, It is Sabbath. It is not permitted for thee to take up the bed.read more.
He answered them, The man who made me well, that man said to me, Take up thy bed and walk. Therefore they asked him, Who is the man who said to thee, Take up thy bed and walk?

Acts 9:34

And Peter said to him, Aeneas, Jesus the Christ heals thee. Arise and make thy bed. And straightaway he arose.

Acts 9:33

And he found there a certain man named Aeneas, who was paralyzed, laying on a bed for eight years.

2 Samuel 4:7

Now when they came into the house, as he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, they smote him, and killed 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 evil men have slain a righteous man 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 evening, 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

The door turns upon its hinges, so does 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 thou have set up thy memorial. For thou have uncovered [thyself] to another than me, and have gone up. Thou have enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant with them. Thou loved their bed where th

Mark 7:30

And having departed to her house, she found the demon having gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed.

Luke 17:34

I say to you, in that night there will be two in one bed. The one man will be taken, and the other man will be left.

Mark 4:38

And he himself was in the stern sleeping on the cushion. And they awake him, and say to him, Teacher, does it not concern thee that we perish?

Revelation 2:22

Behold, I throw her into a bed, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, if they do not repent of her works.

Genesis 47:31

And he said, Swear to me, and he swore to him. And Israel bowed himself upon the head of the bed.

Genesis 48:2

And it was reported to Jacob, saying, Behold, thy son Joseph comes to 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 to their voice. So he arose from the ground, 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-trough

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 of it, 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 kill 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 of it.

Mark 2:4

And not being able to come near to him because of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where he was. And when they had broken through, they let down the bed on which the paralyzed man lay.

Luke 5:19

And not having found how they might bring him in because of the multitude, after going up upon the housetop, they let him down through the tiles with the small bed into the midst in front of 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 to their voice. So he arose from the ground, and sat upon the bed. And the woman had a fatted calf in the house. And she hastened, and killed it, and she took flour, and kneaded it, and baked unleavened bread of it. And she brought it before Saul, and before his servants, and they ate. Then they rose up, and went away that night.

Amos 6:4-6

who lay 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, who sing idle songs to the sound of the viol, who invent for themselves instruments of music, like David, who 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 a certain man of the Pharisees asked him that he would eat with him. And having entered into the Pharisee's house, he sat down. And behold, a woman in the city who was sinful. And when she knew that he sat in the Pharisee's house, having brought an alabaster cruse of ointment, and having stood behind near his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with the tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head. And she kissed his feet much, and anointed them with the ointment.

Beds » Saints meditate and praise God while on

Psalm 149:5

Let the sanctified 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 loves. I sought him, but I did not find him.

Beds » Not used in affliction

2 Samuel 13:31

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

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 of it, 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 sat upon a stately bed, with a table prepared before it, whereupon thou did set my incense and my oil.

Beds » Used for » Reclining on by day

2 Samuel 11:2

And it came to pass at evening, 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 to me, and he swore to him. And Israel bowed himself upon the head of 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-trough

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 himself down upon his bed, and tu

Hosea 7:14

And they have not cried to 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. Sixty mighty men are around it, of the mighty men of Israel. They all handle the sword, [and] are expert in war. Every man has his sword upon his thigh, because of fear in the night.

Beds » The wicked devise mischief while on

Micah 2:1

Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning is light they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.

Psalm 36:4

He devises iniquity upon his bed. He sets himself in a way that is not good. He does not abhor evil.

Beds » Used for » Sleeping on

Job 33:15

In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men, in slumberings upon the bed.

Luke 11:7

and that man from inside, having answered, would say, Do not cause toils for me. The door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I am not able, after getting up, to 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 I make 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 sons of Ammon? Nine cubits was the length of it, and four cubits the breadth of it, after t

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 shall restore it to him before the sun goes down, for that is his only covering. It is his garment for his skin. How shall he sleep? And it shall come to pass, when he cries to 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 kill him.

Beds » Subject to ceremonial defilement

Leviticus 15:4

Every bed on which he who has the issue lays shall be unclean, and everything on which he sits shall be unclean.

Beds » Of the poor often sold for debt

Proverbs 22:27

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

Beds » The slothful too fond of

Proverbs 26:14

The door turns upon its hinges, so does 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 what a man can stretch himself on it, and the covering narrower than what 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 a bed for him there, and a table, and a seat, and a candlestick. And it shall be, when he comes to us, that he shall turn in there.

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

Isaiah 57:7

Upon a high and lofty mountain thou have set thy bed. Thou also went up there to offer sacrifice.

Beds » Illustrative » Of the grave

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

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

who lay 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 coming from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they bathe. And there are many other things that they have taken in to retain: washings of cups, and pots, and brazen vessels, and beds.)

Ivory » Other articles made of » Beds

Amos 6:4

who lay 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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