9 Bible Verses about Worldly Pleasures, Leads To

The lover of pleasure will be a poor man: the lover of wine and oil will not get wealth.

But she who gives herself to pleasure is dead while she is living.

Come now, you men of wealth, give yourselves to weeping and crying because of the bitter troubles which are coming to you.

Though they said to God, Go away from us, for we have no desire for the knowledge of your ways. What is the Ruler of all, that we may give him worship? and what profit is it to us to make prayer to him?

And corded instruments and wind-instruments and wine are in their feasts: but they give no thought to the work of the Lord, and they are not interested in what his hands are doing.

Sorrow to those who are resting in comfort in Zion, and to those who have no fear of danger in the mountain of Samaria, the noted men of the chief of the nations, to whom the people of Israel come! Go on to Calneh and see; and from there go to Hamath the great; then go down to Gath of the Philistines: are you better than these kingdoms? or is your land wider than theirs? You who put far away the evil day, causing the rule of the violent to come near;read more.
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.

Even while laughing the heart may be sad; and after joy comes sorrow.

And at the end of their days of feasting, Job sent and made them clean, getting up early in the morning and offering burned offerings for them all. For, Job said, It may be that my sons have done wrong and said evil of God in their hearts. And Job did this whenever the feasts came round.

The hearts of the wise are in the house of weeping; but the hearts of the foolish are in the house of joy.