53 Bible Verses about Beds
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If I am waiting for the underworld as my house, if I have made my bed in the dark; If I say to the earth, You are my father; and to the worm, My mother and my sister; Where then is my hope? and who will see my desire?read more.
Will they go down with me into the underworld? Will we go down together into the dust?
The Lord will be his support on his bed of pain: by you will all his grief be turned to strength.
You have put your bed on a high mountain: there you went up to make your offering.
And he, from inside the house, would say in answer, Do not be a trouble to me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; it is not possible for me to get up and give to you?
And Rechab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, went out and came to the house of Ish-bosheth in the heat of the day, when he was resting in the middle of the day. Now the woman who kept the door was cleaning grain, and sleep overcame her. And Rechab and his brother Baanah got in without being seen. And when they came into the house, Ish-bosheth was stretched on his bed in his bedroom; and they made an attack on him and put him to death, and, cutting off his head, they took it with them and went by the road through the Arabah all night.
And when Jacob had come to the end of these words to his sons, stretching himself on his bed, he gave up his spirit, and went the way of his people.
My bed is covered with cushions of needlework, with coloured cloths of the cotton thread of Egypt;
He gives thought to evil on his bed; he takes a way which is not good; he is not a hater of evil.
Let married life be honoured among all of you and not made unclean; for men untrue in married life will be judged by God.
Let the saints have joy and glory: let them give cries of joy on their beds.
And coming to a certain place, he made it his resting-place for the night, for the sun had gone down; and he took one of the stones which were there, and putting it under his head he went to sleep in that place.
(For Og, king of Bashan, was the last of all the Rephaim; his bed was made of iron; is it not in Rabbah, in the land of the children of Ammon? It was nine cubits long and four cubits wide, measured by the common cubit.)
There were fair hangings of white and green and blue, fixed with cords of purple and the best linen to silver rings and pillars of polished stone: the seats were of gold and silver on a floor of red and white and yellow and black stone.
If, in a fight, one man gives another a blow with a stone, or with the shut hand, not causing his death, but making him keep in bed;
Every bed on which he has been resting will be unclean, and everything on which he has been seated will be unclean.
And he who has been seated on anything on which the unclean man has been seated is to have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water and be unclean till evening.
If you have nothing with which to make payment, he will take away your bed from under you.
And the Babylonians came to her, into the bed of love, and made her unclean with their loose desire, and she became unclean with them, and her soul was turned from them.
And they have not made prayer to me in their hearts, but they make loud cries on their beds; they are cutting themselves for food and wine, they are turned against me.
These are the words of the Lord: As the keeper of sheep takes out of the mouth of the lion two legs or part of an ear; so will the children of Israel be made safe, who are resting in Samaria on seats of honour or on the silk cushions of a bed.
And went running through all the country round about, and took on their beds those who were ill, to where it was said that he was.
And they even took into the streets people who were ill, and put them on beds, so that when Peter went by, some of them might be in his shade.
Came with beds and basins and pots, and grain and meal, and all sorts of dry foods,
So let us make a little room on the wall; and put a bed there for him, and a table and a seat and a light; so that when he comes to us, he will be able to go in there.
For the bed is not long enough for a man to be stretched out on: and the cover is not wide enough for him to be covered with.
Then the king came back from the garden into the room where they had been drinking; and Haman was stretched out on the seat where Esther was. Then the king said, Is he taking the queen by force before my eyes in my house? And while the words were on the king's lips, they put a cloth over Haman's face.
And they took to him a man stretched on a bed who had no power of moving; and Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the man who was ill, Son, take heart; you have forgiveness for your sins.
And some men had with them, on a bed, a man who was ill, without power of moving; and they made attempts to get him in and put him before Jesus.
But so that you may see that on earth the Son of man has authority for the forgiveness of sins, (then said he to the man who was ill,) Get up, and take up your bed, and go to your house.
Which is the simpler, to say to a man who is ill, You have forgiveness for your sins, or, Get up, take up your bed, and go?
I say to you, Get up, take up your bed, and go to your house. And he got up, and straight away took up the bed and went out before them all, so that they were all full of wonder, and gave glory to God, saying, We have never seen anything like this.
But so that you may see that on earth the Son of man has authority for the forgiveness of sins, (he said to the man who was ill,) I say to you, Get up, and take up your bed, and go into your house.
Jesus said to him, Get up, take your bed and go. And the man became well straight away, and took up his bed and went. Now that day was the Sabbath. So the Jews said to the man who had been made well, It is the Sabbath; and it is against the law for you to take up your bed.read more.
He said to them, But he who made me well, said to me, Take up your bed and go. Then they put to him the question: Who is the man who said to you, Take it up and go?
And Peter said to him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ makes you well: get up and make your bed. And straight away he got up.
And there was a certain man there, named Aeneas, who for eight years had been in bed, without power of moving.
And when they came into the house, Ish-bosheth was stretched on his bed in his bedroom; and they made an attack on him and put him to death, and, cutting off his head, they took it with them and went by the road through the Arabah all night.
How much more, when evil men have put an upright person to death, in his house, sleeping on his bed, will I take payment from you for his blood, and have you cut off from the earth?
Now one evening, David got up from his bed, and while he was walking on the roof of the king's house, he saw from there a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful.
When I say, In my bed I will have comfort, there I will get rest from my disease;
And on the back of the doors and on the pillars you have put your sign: for you have been false to me with another; you have made your bed wide, and made an agreement with them; you had a desire for their bed where you saw it
And she went away to her house, and saw the child on the bed, and the evil spirit gone out.
I say to you, In that night there will be two men sleeping in one bed, and one will be taken away and the other let go.
And he himself was in the back of the boat, sleeping on the cushion: and they, awaking him, said, Master, is it nothing to you that we are in danger of destruction?
See, I will put her into a bed, and those who make themselves unclean with her, into great trouble, if they go on with her works.
And he said, Take an oath to me; and he took an oath to him: and Israel gave worship on the bed's head.
And when they said to Jacob, Your son Joseph is coming to see you: then Israel, getting all his strength together, had himself lifted up in his bed.
But he would not, saying, I have no desire for food. But his servants, together with the woman, made him take food, and he gave way to them. So he got up from the earth, and took his seat on the bed.
The Nile will be full of frogs, and they will come up into your house and into your bedrooms and on your bed, and into the houses of your servants and your people, and into your ovens and into your bread-basins.
Then Michal took the image and put it in the bed, with a cushion of goat's hair at its head, and she put clothing over it. And when Saul sent men to take David, she said, He is ill. And Saul sent his men to see David, saying, Do not come back without him, take him in his bed, so that I may put him to death.read more.
And when the men came in, there was the image in the bed, with the cushion of goat's hair at its head
And when they were unable to get near him because of all the people, they got the roof uncovered where he was: and when it was broken up, they let down the bed on which the man was.
And because of the mass of people, there was no way to get him in; so they went up on the top of the house and let him down through the roof, on his bed, into the middle in front of Jesus.
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Beds » Used for » Reclining on at meals
But he would not, saying, I have no desire for food. But his servants, together with the woman, made him take food, and he gave way to them. So he got up from the earth, and took his seat on the bed. And the woman had in the house a young cow, made fat for food; and she put it to death straight away; and she took meal and got it mixed and made unleavened bread; And she put it before Saul and his servants, and they had a meal. Then they got up and went away the same night.
Who are resting on beds of ivory, stretched out on soft seats, feasting on lambs from the flock and young oxen from the cattle-house; Making foolish songs to the sound of corded instruments, and designing for themselves instruments of music, like David; Drinking wine in basins, rubbing themselves with the best oils; but they have no grief for the destruction of Joseph.
And one of the Pharisees made a request that he would take a meal with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house and took his seat at the table. And there was a woman in the town who was a sinner; and when she had news that he was a guest in the Pharisee's house, she took a bottle of perfume, And went in and took her place at the back of him, near his feet, weeping, so that his feet were washed with the drops from her eyes, and with her hair she made them dry, and kissing his feet she put the perfume on them.
There was at table one of his disciples, the one dear to Jesus, resting his head on Jesus' breast.
Beds » Saints meditate and praise God while on
Let there be fear in your hearts, and do no sin; have bitter feelings on your bed, but make no sound. (Selah.)
Let the saints have joy and glory: let them give cries of joy on their beds.
By night on my bed I was looking for him who is the love of my soul: I was looking for him, but I did not see him.
Beds » Not used in affliction
So David made prayer to God for the child; and he took no food day after day, and went in and, stretching himself out on the earth, was there all night.
Then the king got up in great grief, stretching himself out on the earth: and all his servants were by his side, with their clothing parted.
Beds » Supplied with pillows
So David and Abishai came down to the army by night: and Saul was sleeping inside the ring of carts with his spear planted in the earth by his head: and Abner and the people were sleeping round him.
Then Michal took the image and put it in the bed, with a cushion of goat's hair at its head, and she put clothing over it.
Beds » Often perfumed
And she took her seat on a great bed, with a table put ready before it on which she put my perfume and my oil.
Beds » Used for » Reclining on by day
Now one evening, David got up from his bed, and while he was walking on the roof of the king's house, he saw from there a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful.
And Rechab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, went out and came to the house of Ish-bosheth in the heat of the day, when he was resting in the middle of the day. Now the woman who kept the door was cleaning grain, and sleep overcame her.
Beds » Antiquity of
And he said, Take an oath to me; and he took an oath to him: and Israel gave worship on the bed's head.
The Nile will be full of frogs, and they will come up into your house and into your bedrooms and on your bed, and into the houses of your servants and your people, and into your ovens and into your bread-basins.
Beds » Persons sometimes took to, in grief
So Ahab came into his house bitter and angry because Naboth the Jezreelite had said to him, I will not give you the heritage of my fathers. And stretching himself on the bed with his face turned away, he would take no food.
And they have not made prayer to me in their hearts, but they make loud cries on their beds; they are cutting themselves for food and wine, they are turned against me.
Beds » Made of » Wood
See, it is the bed of Solomon; sixty men of war are about it, of the army of Israel, All of them armed with swords, trained in war; every man has his sword at his side, because of fear in the night.
Beds » The wicked devise mischief while on
A curse on the designers of evil, working on their beds! in the morning light they do it, because it is in their power.
He gives thought to evil on his bed; he takes a way which is not good; he is not a hater of evil.
Beds » Used for » Sleeping on
And he, from inside the house, would say in answer, Do not be a trouble to me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; it is not possible for me to get up and give to you?
Beds » Couches or divans used as
When I say, In my bed I will have comfort, there I will get rest from my disease;
The voice of my sorrow is a weariness to me; all the night I make my bed wet with weeping; it is watered by the drops flowing from my eyes.
Beds » Made of » Iron
(For Og, king of Bashan, was the last of all the Rephaim; his bed was made of iron; is it not in Rabbah, in the land of the children of Ammon? It was nine cubits long and four cubits wide, measured by the common cubit.)
Beds » Of the poor covered with their upper garment
If ever you take your neighbour's clothing in exchange for the use of your money, let him have it back before the sun goes down: For it is the only thing he has for covering his skin; what is he to go to sleep in? and when his cry comes up to me, I will give ear, for my mercy is great.
Beds » A small pallet or mattress used as
And Saul sent his men to see David, saying, Do not come back without him, take him in his bed, so that I may put him to death.
Beds » Subject to ceremonial defilement
Every bed on which he has been resting will be unclean, and everything on which he has been seated will be unclean.
Beds » Of the poor often sold for debt
If you have nothing with which to make payment, he will take away your bed from under you.
Beds » The slothful too fond of
Beds » Covered with tapestry and linen
My bed is covered with cushions of needlework, with coloured cloths of the cotton thread of Egypt;
Beds » Illustrative » (too short,) of plans which afford no rest or peace
For the bed is not long enough for a man to be stretched out on: and the cover is not wide enough for him to be covered with.
Beds » Considered necessary
So let us make a little room on the wall; and put a bed there for him, and a table and a seat and a light; so that when he comes to us, he will be able to go in there.
Beds » Illustrative » (made on high,) of carnal security
You have put your bed on a high mountain: there you went up to make your offering.
Beds » Illustrative » Of the grave
Beds » Illustrative » (made in sickness,) of divine support and comfort
The Lord will be his support on his bed of pain: by you will all his grief be turned to strength.
Beds » Made of » Gold and silver
There were fair hangings of white and green and blue, fixed with cords of purple and the best linen to silver rings and pillars of polished stone: the seats were of gold and silver on a floor of red and white and yellow and black stone.
Beds » Illustrative » (made in darkness,) of extreme misery
Beds » Made of » Ivory
Beds » Purification of
And when they come from the market-place, they take no food till their hands are washed; and a number of other orders there are, which have been handed down to them to keep--washings of cups and pots and brass vessels.