Lamentations 4:5

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Related verses

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• Luke 16:19
  Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
• Luke 15:16
  He longed to fill his belly with the pods the pigs were eating, but no one would give him a thing.
• Proverbs 31:21
  When it snows, she has no fear for her household, for they are all clothed in scarlet.
• Amos 6:3–7
  You dismiss the day of calamity and bring near a reign of violence.
• Revelation 18:7–9
  As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow and will never see grief.’
• 2 Samuel 1:24
  O daughters of Israel, weep for Saul, who clothed you in scarlet and luxury, who decked your garments with ornaments of gold.
• Isaiah 24:6–12
  Therefore a curse has consumed the earth, and its inhabitants must bear the guilt; the earth’s dwellers have been burned, and only a few survive.
• Deuteronomy 28:54–56
  The most gentle and refined man among you will begrudge his brother, the wife he embraces, and the rest of his children who have survived,
• Luke 7:25
  Otherwise, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? Look, those who wear elegant clothing and live in luxury are found in palaces.
• 1 Timothy 5:6
  But she who lives for pleasure is dead even while she is still alive.
• Isaiah 3:16–26
  The LORD also says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty—walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles—
• Jeremiah 6:2–3
  Though she is beautiful and delicate, I will destroy the Daughter of Zion.

Glossary

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Acrostic· Lamentations, Book of· Poetry, Biblical

Topics

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Colors: Crimson, Red, Purple, and Scarlet, Symbols of Various Ideas: Prosperity· Famine: Described· Famine: Often on Account of Sin· Famine: Things Eaten During: Dung· The Diet of the Jews of the Rich, Luxurious