Lamentations 4:5

Those once raised in luxury now lie destitute in the streets and cling to refuse heaps.

Cross-references · 15

• Luke 16:19“Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.
• Prov 31:21She is not afraid of the snow for her household; for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
• Amos 6:3–7Those who put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;
• Luke 15:16He wanted to fill his belly with the husks that the pigs ate, but no one gave him any.
• Isa 24:6–12Therefore the curse has devoured the earth, and those who dwell therein are found guilty. Therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.
• 1 Tim 5:6But she who gives herself to pleasure is dead while she lives.
• 2 Sam 1:24You daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you delicately in scarlet, who put ornaments of gold on your clothing.
• Luke 7:25But what did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft clothing? Behold, those who are gorgeously dressed, and live delicately, are in kings’ courts.
• Rev 18:7–9However much she glorified herself, and grew wanton, so much give her of torment and mourning. For she says in her heart, ‘I sit a queen, and am no widow, and will in no way see mourning.’
• Deut 28:54–56The man who is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye will be evil toward his brother, toward the wife whom he loves, and toward the remnant of his children whom he has remaining;
• Isa 3:16–26Moreover Yahweh said, “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with outstretched necks and flirting eyes, walking to trip as they go, jingling ornaments on their feet;
• Jer 6:2–3I will cut off the comely and delicate one, the daughter of Zion.
• Isa 32:9–14Rise up, you women who are at ease! Hear my voice! You careless daughters, give ear to my speech!
• Jer 9:21–22For death has come up into our windows. It has entered into our palaces; to cut off the children from outside, and the young men from the streets.
• Job 24:8They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for lack of a shelter.

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