Cross references
Amos 6:4
You lie on beds inlaid with ivory,
and lounge upon your couches.
You dine on lambs from the flock
and calves from the stall.
Amos 6:4 has 10 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 1 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Amos 3:12 (4 votes) and 1 Samuel 25:36–38 (2 votes). 43 other verses point back to it. It links with 21 other books, from Genesis 18 to James 5.
Which verses does Amos 6:4 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Amos 3:124 votes
This is what the LORD says: “As the shepherd snatches from the mouth of the lion two legs or a piece of an ear, so the Israelites dwelling in Samaria will be rescued having just the corner of a bed or the cushion of a couch.
- 1 Samuel 25:36–382 votes
When Abigail returned to Nabal, there he was in the house, holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing until morning light. In the morning when Nabal was sober, his wife told him about these events, and his heart failed within him, and he became like a stone. …
- Psalm 73:72 votes
From their prosperity proceeds iniquity; the imaginations of their hearts run wild.
- Isaiah 5:11–122 votes
Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine. At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.
- Isaiah 22:132 votes
But look, there is joy and gladness, butchering of cattle and slaughtering of sheep, eating of meat and drinking of wine: “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”
- Ezekiel 34:2–32 votes
“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the shepherds of Israel, who only feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed their flock? You eat the fat, wear the wool, and butcher the fattened sheep, but you do not feed the flock.
- Luke 12:19–202 votes
Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’ But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’
- Luke 16:192 votes
Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
- James 5:52 votes
You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter.
- Romans 13:13–141 vote
Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.
Which verses point to Amos 6:4?
The 10 strongest of 43.