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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0;"/><title>Topical Bible: Lounge</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/topical/l/lounge.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/newtopical.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/topical/vmenus/amos/6-4.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmcde/l/lounge.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/topical/">Topical</a> > Lounge</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="/topical/l/loud-voiced.htm" title="Loud-voiced">◄</a> Lounge <a href="/topical/l/loungers.htm" title="Loungers">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="topverse">Jump to: <a href="#web" title="Webster's Dictionary">Webster's</a> • <a href="#cnc" title="Multiversion Concordance">Concordance</a> • <a href="#thes" title="Bible Thesaurus">Thesaurus</a> • <a href="#lib" title="Library">Library</a> • <a href="#sub" title="Subtopics">Subtopics</a> • <a href="#rel" title="Related Terms">Terms</a></div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><a name="te" id="te"></a><div class="vheading2">Topical Encyclopedia</div>In the context of biblical literature, the term "lounge" does not appear explicitly in the Scriptures. However, the concept of lounging, understood as reclining or resting in a leisurely manner, can be inferred from various passages that describe settings of rest, relaxation, or idleness. The Bible often addresses the attitudes and behaviors associated with rest and leisure, providing guidance on how believers should approach these aspects of life.<br><br><b>Rest and Leisure in Scripture</b><br><br>The Bible acknowledges the necessity of rest, as seen in the creation narrative where God Himself rested on the seventh day (<a href="/genesis/2-2.htm">Genesis 2:2-3</a>). This divine rest established the Sabbath, a day set apart for rest and worship, underscoring the importance of balancing work with rest. The principle of rest is further emphasized in the Fourth Commandment, which instructs the Israelites to remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy (<a href="/exodus/20-8.htm">Exodus 20:8-11</a>).<br><br><b>Warnings Against Idleness</b><br><br>While rest is a biblical principle, the Scriptures also caution against idleness and laziness. Proverbs frequently addresses the dangers of slothfulness, warning that it leads to poverty and want (<a href="/proverbs/6-9.htm">Proverbs 6:9-11</a>). The New Testament echoes this sentiment, as the Apostle Paul admonishes believers to work diligently and not to be idle (<a href="/2_thessalonians/3-10.htm">2 Thessalonians 3:10-12</a>).<br><br><b>Lounging in the Context of Feasting and Fellowship</b><br><br>In biblical times, lounging was often associated with feasting and fellowship. The practice of reclining at meals was common in ancient Near Eastern cultures, including among the Israelites. This is evident in the accounts of Jesus dining with others, where He and His disciples reclined at the table (<a href="/matthew/26-20.htm">Matthew 26:20</a>; <a href="/john/13-23.htm">John 13:23</a>). Such settings provided opportunities for teaching, fellowship, and the strengthening of community bonds.<br><br><b>Spiritual Implications of Lounging</b><br><br>The Bible encourages believers to be mindful of their spiritual state, even in times of rest and leisure. In <a href="/amos/6-4.htm">Amos 6:4-6</a> , the prophet Amos condemns those who lounge on beds of ivory and indulge in excess while neglecting the plight of the poor and the impending judgment. This passage serves as a reminder that comfort and leisure should not lead to complacency or neglect of spiritual and moral responsibilities.<br><br><b>Balance and Stewardship</b><br><br>From a biblical perspective, lounging, like all aspects of life, should be approached with balance and stewardship. Believers are called to enjoy God's creation and the blessings of rest while remaining vigilant in their spiritual walk. The Apostle Paul advises that whether eating, drinking, or whatever one does, it should all be done for the glory of God (<a href="/1_corinthians/10-31.htm">1 Corinthians 10:31</a>).<br><br>In summary, while the Bible does not explicitly mention "lounging," it provides principles that guide believers in their approach to rest, leisure, and the stewardship of time. These principles encourage a balanced life that honors God and serves others.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>v.</I>) To spend time lazily, whether lolling or idly sauntering; to pass time indolently; to stand, sit, or recline, in an indolent manner.<p>2. (<I>n.</I>) An idle gait or stroll; the state of reclining indolently; a place of lounging.<p>3. (<I>n.</I>) A piece of furniture resembling a sofa, upon which one may lie or recline.<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/brown/the_story_of_the_hymns_and_tunes/chapter_xi_hymns_of_wales.htm"><span class="l">Hymns of Wales.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> A day for drunkenness, a day for sport, A day to dance, a day to <b>lounge</b> away, A<br> day for riot and excess, too short Amongst the Welshmen is the Sabbath day. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../brown/the story of the hymns and tunes/chapter xi hymns of wales.htm</font><p><a href="/library/wilson-carmichael/things_as_they_are/chapter_vii_the_dust_of.htm"><span class="l">"The Dust of the Actual"</span></a> <br><b>...</b> exchange observations. Three young men with nothing particular to do <b>lounge</b><br> at the far end of the platform near the goats. A bright <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../wilson-carmichael/things as they are/chapter vii the dust of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/borrow/letters_of_george_borrow/to_the_rev_j_jowett_5.htm"><span class="l">To the Rev. J. Jowett</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Liverpool. Another city adjoins it called Altona, the park of which and the<br> environs are the favourite Sunday <b>lounge</b> of the Hamburgers. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../borrow/letters of george borrow/to the rev j jowett 5.htm</font><p><a href="/library/wesley/the_journal_of_john_wesley/wesley_criticizes_the_scotch_universities.htm"><span class="l">Wesley Criticizes the Scotch Universities</span></a> <br><b>...</b> These all come to their several colleges in November and return home in May! So<br> they may study five months in the year and <b>lounge</b> all the rest! <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../wesley/the journal of john wesley/wesley criticizes the scotch universities.htm</font><p><a href="/library/justin/justin_on_the_sole_government_of_god_/chapter_v_the_vain_pretensions_of.htm"><span class="l">The Vain Pretensions of False Gods.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> spears. Of larger impious ones; yea, and methinks. If any man <b>lounge</b> idly,<br> and abstain. From working with his hands for sustenance,. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../justin on the sole government of god /chapter v the vain pretensions of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/various/the_wonders_of_prayer/money_for_postage.htm"><span class="l">Money for Postage.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> From this illness I never recovered so as to labor or walk abroad. When not confined<br> to my bed, I have been on the <b>lounge</b>, as you have known me. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/various/the wonders of prayer/money for postage.htm</font><p><a href="/library/corelli/the_master-christian/ix_low_beetling_brows_.htm"><span class="l">Low Beetling Brows, -- a Sensual, Cruel Mouth with a Loosely <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> pleasanter lives. And the men for whom these poor wretched women work, <b>lounge</b><br> about in cafes all day, smoking and playing dominoes. The <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/...//christianbookshelf.org/corelli/the master-christian/ix low beetling brows .htm</font><p><a href="/library/milligan/men_of_the_bible_some_lesser-known/asa.htm"><span class="l">Asa</span></a> <br><b>...</b> do not triumph in their hands; men who have holes enough in their armour, God knows,<br> easy to be hit by respectabilities sitting in their <b>lounge</b>-chairs, and <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/milligan/men of the bible some lesser-known/asa.htm</font><p><a href="/library/jerome/the_principal_works_of_st_jerome/letter_l_to_domnio.htm"><span class="l">Letter L. To Domnio.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> If he tries to do this, he will find that what seems forcible on a <b>lounge</b> is not<br> equally forcible in court; and that it is one thing to discuss the doctrines <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../jerome/the principal works of st jerome/letter l to domnio.htm</font><p><a href="/library/stalker/the_life_of_st_paul/chapter_vi_his_missionary_travels.htm"><span class="l">His Missionary Travels</span></a> <br><b>...</b> In the market-place, the <b>lounge</b> of the learned, he entered into conversation with<br> students and philosophers, as Socrates had been wont to do on the same spot <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../stalker/the life of st paul/chapter vi his missionary travels.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/l/lounge.htm"><span class="l"><b>Lounge</b> (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 3. (n.) A piece of furniture resembling a sofa, upon which one may lie or<br> recline. Multi-Version Concordance <b>Lounge</b> (1 Occurrence). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/l/lounge.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/l/loud-voiced.htm"><span class="l">Loud-voiced (6 Occurrences)</span></a><br>Loud-voiced. Loud-tongued, Loud-voiced. <b>Lounge</b> . Noah Webster's Dictionary <b>...</b><br> (BBE). Loud-tongued, Loud-voiced. <b>Lounge</b> . Reference Bible. <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/l/loud-voiced.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/l/loungers.htm"><span class="l">Loungers (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/l/loungers.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/l/loaf.htm"><span class="l">Loaf (14 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2. (vi) To spend time in idleness; to <b>lounge</b> or loiter about. 3. (vt) To<br> spend in idleness; -- with away; as, to loaf time away. Int. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/l/loaf.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/couch.htm"><span class="l">Couch (55 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 12. (n.) A bed or place for repose or sleep; particularly, in the United States,<br> a <b>lounge</b>. 13. (vt) Any place for repose, as the lair of a beast, etc. 14. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/couch.htm - 25k</font><p><a href="/topical/l/lounging.htm"><span class="l">Lounging (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Noah Webster's Dictionary (p. pr. & vb. n.) of <b>Lounge</b>. Multi-Version<br> Concordance Lounging (2 Occurrences). Isaiah 47:8 So now take <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/l/lounging.htm - 7k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://clyx.com/term/lounge.htm">Lounge: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Lounge (1 Occurrence)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/amos/6-4.htm">Amos 6:4</a></span><br />Who lie on beds of ivory, and stretch themselves on their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/l/lounge.htm">Lounge</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/u/unbelieving.htm">Unbelieving (22 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/j/jason's.htm">Jason's (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/l/lounging.htm">Lounging (2 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/l/lounge.htm">Lounge (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/assailed.htm">Assailed (3 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/setting.htm">Setting (82 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/seeking.htm">Seeking (182 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/l/loud-voiced.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Loud-voiced"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Loud-voiced" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/l/loungers.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Loungers"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Loungers" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>