Bible Cross References
Delight
Proverbs 30:21
There are four things that the earth itself cannot tolerate:
Proverbs 30:22
a slave who becomes a king, a fool who has all he wants to eat,
1 Samuel 25:36
Abigail went back to Nabal, who was at home having a feast fit for a king. He was drunk and in a good mood, so she did not tell him anything until the next morning.
Esther 3:15
At the king's command the decree was made public in the capital city of Susa, and runners carried the news to the provinces. The king and Haman sat down and had a drink while the city of Susa was being thrown into confusion.
Isaiah 5:11
You are doomed! You get up early in the morning to start drinking, and you spend long evenings getting drunk.
Isaiah 5:12
At your feasts you have harps and tambourines and flutes---and wine. But you don't understand what the LORD is doing,
Isaiah 22:12-14
12
The Sovereign LORD Almighty was calling you then to weep and mourn, to shave your heads and wear sackcloth.
13
Instead, you laughed and celebrated. You killed sheep and cattle to eat, and you drank wine. You said, "We might as well eat and drink! Tomorrow we'll be dead."
14
The Sovereign LORD Almighty himself spoke to me and said, "This evil will never be forgiven them as long as they live. I, the Sovereign LORD Almighty, have spoken."
Hosea 7:3-5
3
The LORD says, "People deceive the king and his officers by their evil plots.
4
They are all treacherous and disloyal. Their hatred smolders like the fire in an oven, which is not stirred by the baker until the dough is ready to bake.
5
On the day of the king's celebration they made the king and his officials drunk and foolish with wine.
Hosea 9:1
People of Israel, stop celebrating your festivals like pagans. You have turned away from your God and have been unfaithful to him. All over the land you have sold yourselves like prostitutes to the god Baal and have loved the grain you thought he paid you with!
Amos 6:3-6
3
You refuse to admit that a day of disaster is coming, but what you do only brings that day closer.
4
How terrible it will be for you that stretch out on your luxurious couches, feasting on veal and lamb!
5
You like to compose songs, as David did, and play them on harps.
6
You drink wine by the bowlful and use the finest perfumes, but you do not mourn over the ruin of Israel.
Luke 16:19
"There was once a rich man who dressed in the most expensive clothes and lived in great luxury every day.
Luke 16:23
and in Hades, where he was in great pain, he looked up and saw Abraham, far away, with Lazarus at his side.
James 4:9
Be sorrowful, cry, and weep; change your laughter into crying, your joy into gloom!
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2 Samuel 3:24
So Joab went to the king and said to him, "What have you done? Abner came to you---why did you let him go like that?
2 Samuel 3:25
He came here to deceive you and to find out everything you do and everywhere you go. Surely you know that!"
2 Samuel 3:39
Even though I am the king chosen by God, I feel weak today. These sons of Zeruiah are too violent for me. May the LORD punish these criminals as they deserve!"
Ecclesiastes 10:5-7
5
Here is an injustice I have seen in the world---an injustice caused by rulers.
6
Stupid people are given positions of authority while the rich are ignored.
7
I have seen slaves on horseback while noblemen go on foot like slaves.
Isaiah 3:5
Everyone will take advantage of everyone else. Young people will not respect their elders, and worthless people will not respect their superiors.