Ecclesiastes 2:1
I thought to myself, "Come now, I will try self-indulgent pleasure to see if it is worthwhile." But I found that it also is futile.
Ecclesiastes 8:15
So I recommend the enjoyment of life, for there is nothing better on earth for a person to do except to eat, drink, and enjoy life. So joy will accompany him in his toil during the days of his life which God gives him on earth.
Luke 12:19
And I will say to myself, "You have plenty of goods stored up for many years; relax, eat, drink, celebrate!"'
Genesis 11:3-4
Then they said to one another, "Come, let's make bricks and bake them thoroughly." (They had brick instead of stone and tar instead of mortar.)
Genesis 11:7
Come, let's go down and confuse their language so they won't be able to understand each other."
2 Kings 5:5
The king of Syria said, "Go! I will send a letter to the king of Israel." So Naaman went, taking with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of gold, and ten suits of clothes.
Psalm 10:6
He says to himself, "I will never be upended, because I experience no calamity."
Psalm 14:1
For the music director; by David. Fools say to themselves, "There is no God." They sin and commit evil deeds; none of them does what is right.
Psalm 27:8
My heart tells me to pray to you, and I do pray to you, O Lord.
Psalm 30:6-7
In my self-confidence I said, "I will never be upended."
Ecclesiastes 1:16-17
I thought to myself, "I have become much wiser than any of my predecessors who ruled over Jerusalem; I have acquired much wisdom and knowledge."
Ecclesiastes 2:15
So I thought to myself, "The fate of the fool will happen even to me! Then what did I gain by becoming so excessively wise?" So I lamented to myself, "The benefits of wisdom are ultimately meaningless!"
Ecclesiastes 3:17-18
I thought to myself, "God will judge both the righteous and the wicked; for there is an appropriate time for every activity, and there is a time of judgment for every deed.
Ecclesiastes 7:4
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of merrymaking.
Ecclesiastes 11:9
Rejoice, young man, while you are young, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Follow the impulses of your heart and the desires of your eyes, but know that God will judge your motives and actions.
Isaiah 5:5
Now I will inform you what I am about to do to my vineyard: I will remove its hedge and turn it into pasture, I will break its wall and allow animals to graze there.
Isaiah 50:5
The sovereign Lord has spoken to me clearly; I have not rebelled, I have not turned back.
Isaiah 50:11
Look, all of you who start a fire and who equip yourselves with flaming arrows, walk in the light of the fire you started and among the flaming arrows you ignited! This is what you will receive from me: you will lie down in a place of pain.
Luke 16:19
"There was a rich man who dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day.
Luke 16:23
And in hell, as he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far off with Lazarus at his side.
Titus 3:3
For we too were once foolish, disobedient, misled, enslaved to various passions and desires, spending our lives in evil and envy, hateful and hating one another.
James 4:13
Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go into this or that town and spend a year there and do business and make a profit."
James 5:1
Come now, you rich! Weep and cry aloud over the miseries that are coming on you.
James 5:5
You have lived indulgently and luxuriously on the earth. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.
Revelation 18:7-8
As much as she exalted herself and lived in sensual luxury, to this extent give her torment and grief because she said to herself, 'I rule as queen and am no widow; I will never experience grief!'