Thematic Bible: Amusements and worldly pleasures
Thematic Bible
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Characteristic of » The wicked
For enough time of life has past for you to accomplish the will of the Gentiles, having gone in debaucheries, lusts, excesses of wine, revelings, drinking parties, and lawless idolatries.
Now therefore hear this, thou who are given to pleasures, who sit securely, who say in thy heart, I am, and there is none else besides me. I shall not sit as a widow, nor shall I know the loss of sons.
This I say therefore, and solemnly declare in Lord, for you to walk no longer as also the other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,
Who, having become callous, gave themselves over to licentiousness for the work of all uncleanness in greed.
traitors, reckless, beclouded, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God,
For we also were formerly foolish, disobedient, being led astray, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in evil and envy, hateful, hating each other.
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Formed a part of idolatrous worship
And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt-offerings, and brought peace-offerings. And the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to revel.
And he received it at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, and made it a molten calf. And they said, These are thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
And it came to pass, as soon as he came near to the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing. And Moses' anger grew hot, and he cast the tablets out of his hands, and broke them beneath the mount.
Neither become ye idolaters as some of them, as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to revel.
And the lords of the Philistines gathered together to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice, for they said, Our god has delivered Samson our enemy into our hand. And when the people saw him, they praised their god, for they said, Our god has delivered into our hand our enemy, and the destroyer of our country who has slain many of us. And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make sport to us. And they called for Samson out of the prison-house, and he made sport before them. And they set him between the pilla
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Are transitory
having chosen rather to be mistreated with the people of God, than to have the pleasure of sin temporarily.
They sing to the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe. They spend their days in prosperity, and in a moment they go down to Sheol.
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Lead to greater evil
And it was so, when the days of their feasting were completed, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt-offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, It may be that my so
But Herod's birthday being brought, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst, and pleased Herod. Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatever she would ask. And she, having been put forward by her mother, says, Give me here on a platter the head of John the immerser.
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Disregard of the judgments and works of God
And the harp and the lute, the tambourine and the pipe, and wine, are [in] their feasts, but they do not regard the work of LORD, nor have they considered the operation of his hands.
Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, and to those who are secure in the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel come! Pass ye to Calneh, and see, and from there go ye to Hamath the great, then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are they better than these kingdoms? Or is their border greater than your border? Ye who put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near, read more.
who lay upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall, who sing idle songs to the sound of the viol, who invent for themselves instruments of music, like David, who drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief oils, but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
who lay upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall, who sing idle songs to the sound of the viol, who invent for themselves instruments of music, like David, who drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief oils, but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Punishment of
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes. But know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgmen
getting back a wage of unrighteousness. Men who consider soft living in the daytime to be pleasure, spots and blemishes reveling in their deceitfulness, feasting together with you,
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Lead to rejection of God
And they say to God, Depart from us, for we do not desire the knowledge of thy ways. What is the Almighty that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray to him?
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Denounced by God
Woe to those who rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink, who tarry late into the night, till wine inflame them! And the harp and the lute, the tambourine and the pipe, and wine, are [in] their feasts, but they do not regard the work of LORD, nor have they considered the operation of his hands.
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Belong to the works of the flesh
Now the works of the flesh are apparent, which are, adultery, fornication, uncleanness, licentiousness,
envyings, murders, intoxications, revelings, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, as I also did forewarn, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Renunciation of, exemplified by moses
having chosen rather to be mistreated with the people of God, than to have the pleasure of sin temporarily.
Amusements and worldly pleasures » An abuse of riches
Go now, ye rich, weep, howling for your miseries that are approaching.
Ye have lived in luxury on the earth, and were self-indulgent. Ye have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter.
Amusements and worldly pleasures » The wicked seek for happiness in
I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure. And, behold, this also was vanity.
I also gathered for me silver and gold, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces. I got for me men-singers and women-singers, and the luxuries of the sons of men, [and] a wife and wives.
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Wisdom of abstaining from
It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting. For that is the end of all men, and the living will lay it to his heart. Sorrow is better than laughter, for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made glad.
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Terminate in sorrow
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the end of mirth is heaviness.
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Poverty
He who loves pleasure shall be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil shall not be rich.
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Exclude from the kingdom of God
envyings, murders, intoxications, revelings, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, as I also did forewarn, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Shunned by the primitive saints
For enough time of life has past for you to accomplish the will of the Gentiles, having gone in debaucheries, lusts, excesses of wine, revelings, drinking parties, and lawless idolatries.
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Abstinence from, seems strange to the wicked
During which they think it strange of you not running together into the same pouring out of debauchery, while they slander.
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Choke the word of God in the heart
And that which fell in the thorns, these are those who heard, and as they go they are choked by cares and wealth and pleasures of life, and do not bring to maturity.
Amusements and worldly pleasures » A proof of spiritual death
But she who is self-indulgent is dead while she lives.
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Vain
Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do, and, behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Indulgence in is » A proof of folly
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
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