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.

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.
Isaiah 21:4

My mind reels, horror overwhelms me;
The twilight I longed for has been turned into fear and trembling for me.
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.”
Amos 6:3

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.”
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.

General references

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.
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.