Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.
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Bible References
Behold
Isaiah 5:12
They have lyre and harp, tambourine and flute, and wine at their feasts;
But they do not regard nor even pay attention to the deeds of the Lord,
Nor do they consider the work of His hands.
They have lyre and harp, tambourine and flute, and wine at their feasts;
But they do not regard nor even pay attention to the deeds of the Lord,
Nor do they consider the work of His hands.
Isaiah 21:4
My mind reels, horror overwhelms me;
The twilight I longed for has beenturned into fear and trembling for me.
My mind reels, horror overwhelms me;
The twilight I longed for has been
Isaiah 56:12
“Come,” [they say,] “let us get wine, and let us fill ourselves with strong drink;
And tomorrow will be like today, very great indeed.”
“Come,” [they say,] “let us get wine, and let us fill ourselves with strong drink;
And tomorrow will be like today, very great indeed.”
Amos 6:3
Do you put off the day of punishment,
Yet cause the seat of violence to come near?
Do you put off the day of punishment,
Yet cause the seat of violence to come near?
Luke 17:26 And just as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be in the time of [the second coming of] the Son of Man:
Let
Isaiah 56:12
“Come,” [they say,] “let us get wine, and let us fill ourselves with strong drink;
And tomorrow will be like today, very great indeed.”
“Come,” [they say,] “let us get wine, and let us fill ourselves with strong drink;
And tomorrow will be like today, very great indeed.”
1 Corinthians 15:32
What good has it done me if, [merely] from a human point of view, I fought with wild animals at Ephesus? If the dead are not raised [at all], let us eat and drink [enjoying ourselves now], for tomorrow we die.
James 5:5
On the earth you have lived luxuriously and abandoned yourselves to soft living and led a life of wanton pleasure [self-indulgence, self-gratification]; you have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.
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Genesis 37:34
So Jacob tore his clothes [in grief], put on sackcloth and mourned many days for his son.
Job 21:12
“They lift up their voices and sing to the tambourine and the lyre
And rejoice to the sound of the flute.
“They lift up their voices and sing to the tambourine and the lyre
And rejoice to the sound of the flute.
Jeremiah 16:8
And you [Jeremiah] shall not go into a house of feasting to sit with them to eat and drink.”
Luke 17:27 the people were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage, [they were indifferent to God] until the day that Noah went into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.