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Esther 1:6
The furnishings included linen and purple curtains hung by cords of the finest linen and purple wool on silver rings, alabaster columns, gold and silver couches displayed on a floor made of valuable stones of alabaster, mother-of-pearl, and mineral stone.
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Amos 6:4
They lie around on beds decorated with ivory, and sprawl out on their couches. They eat lambs from the flock, and calves from the middle of the pen.
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Ezekiel 44:16
They will enter my sanctuary, and approach my table to minister to me; they will keep my charge.
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Isaiah 65:11
But as for you who abandon the LORD and forget about worshiping at my holy mountain, who prepare a feast for the god called‘ Fortune,’ and fill up wine jugs for the god called‘ Destiny’–
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Jeremiah 44:17
Instead we will do everything we vowed we would do. We will sacrifice and pour out drink offerings to the goddess called the Queen of Heaven just as we and our ancestors, our kings, and our leaders previously did in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For then we had plenty of food, were well-off, and had no troubles.
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Isaiah 57:7
On every high, elevated hill you prepare your bed; you go up there to offer sacrifices.
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Amos 2:8
They stretch out on clothing seized as collateral; they do so right beside every altar! They drink wine bought with the fines they have levied; they do so right in the temple of their God!
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Malachi 1:7
You are offering improper sacrifices on my altar, yet you ask,‘ How have we offended you?’ By treating the table of the LORD as if it is of no importance!
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Hosea 2:8-9
Yet until now she has refused to acknowledge that I was the one who gave her the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil; and that it was I who lavished on her the silver and gold– which they used in worshiping Baal!Therefore, I will take back my grain during the harvest time and my new wine when it ripens; I will take away my wool and my flax which I had provided in order to clothe her.
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Ezekiel 16:18-19
You took your embroidered clothing and used it to cover them; you offered my olive oil and my incense to them.As for my food that I gave you– the fine flour, olive oil, and honey I fed you– you placed it before them as a soothing aroma. That is exactly what happened, declares the sovereign LORD.
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Proverbs 7:16-17
I have spread my bed with elegant coverings, with richly colored fabric from Egypt.I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.