(A)You have lived on the earth in luxury and (B)in self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in (C)a day of slaughter.

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but (A)she who is self-indulgent is (B)dead even while she lives.

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25 But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that (A)you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish.

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The Rich Man and Lazarus

19 “There was a rich man who was clothed in (A)purple and fine linen and (B)who feasted sumptuously every day.

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(A)But you, O Lord, know me;
    (B)you see me, and test my heart toward you.
(C)Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter,
    and set them apart for (D)the day of slaughter.

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Woe to Those at Ease in Zion

(A)“Woe to those who are at ease in Zion,
    and to those who feel secure on (B)the mountain of Samaria,
(C)the notable men of (D)the first of the nations,
    to whom the house of Israel comes!

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34 (A)“Wail, (B)you shepherds, and cry out,
    (C)and roll in ashes, you lords of the flock,
for the days of your slaughter and dispersion have come,
    and you shall fall like a choice vessel.

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13 and behold, joy and gladness,
    killing oxen and slaughtering sheep,
    eating flesh and drinking wine.
(A)“Let us eat and drink,
    for tomorrow we die.”

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11 They send out their (A)little boys like a flock,
    and their children dance.
12 They sing to (B)the tambourine and (C)the lyre
    and rejoice to the sound of (D)the pipe.
13 They (E)spend their days in prosperity,
    and in (F)peace they go down to (G)Sheol.
14 They say to God, (H)‘Depart from us!
    We do not desire the knowledge of your ways.
15 (I)What is the Almighty, that we should serve him?
    And what (J)profit do we get if we pray to him?’

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36 And Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, (A)he was holding a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. And Nabal's heart (B)was merry within him, for he was very drunk. So she told him nothing (C)at all until the morning light.

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17 Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and with a loud voice he called to (A)all the birds that fly directly overhead, (B)“Come, gather for (C)the great supper of God, 18 (D)to eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all men, both free and slave,[a] both small and great.”

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 19:18 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface

(A)As she glorified herself and lived in luxury,
    so give her a like measure of torment and mourning,
since in her heart she says,
    (B)‘I sit as a queen,
I am no widow,
    and mourning I shall never see.’

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12 These are hidden reefs[a] (A)at your love feasts, as they feast with you without fear, (B)shepherds feeding themselves; (C)waterless clouds, (D)swept along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, (E)uprooted;

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Footnotes

  1. Jude 1:12 Or are blemishes

13 suffering wrong as (A)the wage for their wrongdoing. They count it pleasure (B)to revel in the daytime. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions,[a] while (C)they feast with you.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Peter 2:13 Some manuscripts love feasts

treacherous, reckless, (A)swollen with conceit, (B)lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,

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13 (A)Let us walk properly as in the daytime, (B)not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, (C)not in quarreling and jealousy.

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“Woe to those (A)who lie on (B)beds of ivory
    (C)and stretch themselves out on their couches,
and eat lambs from the flock
    (D)and calves from the midst of the stall,
(E)who sing idle songs to the sound of the harp
    and like David (F)invent for themselves instruments of music,
(G)who drink wine in bowls
    and (H)anoint themselves with the finest oils,
    but are not grieved over the ruin of Joseph!

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17 “As for you, (A)son of man, thus says the Lord God: (B)Speak to (C)the birds of every sort and to (D)all beasts of the field: ‘Assemble and come, gather from all around to (E)the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for you, a great sacrificial feast on the mountains of Israel, and you shall eat flesh and drink blood.

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12 (A)“Come,” they say, “let me get wine;
    let us fill ourselves with strong drink;
(B)and tomorrow will be like this day,
    great beyond measure.”

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Now therefore hear this, (A)you lover of pleasures,
    (B)who sit securely,
who say in your heart,
    (C)“I am, and there is no one besides me;
(D)I shall not sit as a widow
    or know the loss of children”:

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11 Woe to those who (A)rise early in the morning,
    that they may run after strong drink,
who tarry late into the evening
    as wine inflames them!
12 (B)They have lyre and harp,
    tambourine and flute and wine at their feasts,
(C)but they do not regard the deeds of the Lord,
    or see the work of his hands.

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16 The Lord said:
(A)Because (B)the daughters of Zion are haughty
    and walk with outstretched necks,
    glancing wantonly with their eyes,
mincing along as they go,
    (C)tinkling with their feet,

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(A)Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. (B)Walk in the ways of your heart and (C)the sight of your eyes. But know that for all these things (D)God will bring you into judgment.

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17 (A)Better is a dry morsel with quiet
    than a house full of feasting[a] with strife.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 17:1 Hebrew sacrifices

14 “I had to (A)offer sacrifices,[a]
    and today I have (B)paid my vows;

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 7:14 Hebrew peace offerings

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