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worldly Amusements and pleasures » Lead to » Disregard of the judgments and works of God
And harp and lyre, tambour and flute, and wine are in their banquets; but they regard not the work of Jehovah, nor do they see the operation of his hands.
Woe to them that are at ease in Zion and that are secure in the mountain of Samaria, the renowned of the first of the nations, to whom the house of Israel come. Pass unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go to Hamath the great; and go down to Gath of the Philistines: are they better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border? Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near; read more.
that lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves from the midst of the stall; that chant to the sound of the lute, and invent them instruments of music, like David; that drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments; but are not grieved for the breach of Joseph.
that lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves from the midst of the stall; that chant to the sound of the lute, and invent them instruments of music, like David; that drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments; but are not grieved for the breach of Joseph.
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Disregard of the judgments and works of God
And harp and lyre, tambour and flute, and wine are in their banquets; but they regard not the work of Jehovah, nor do they see the operation of his hands.
Woe to them that are at ease in Zion and that are secure in the mountain of Samaria, the renowned of the first of the nations, to whom the house of Israel come. Pass unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go to Hamath the great; and go down to Gath of the Philistines: are they better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border? Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near; read more.
that lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves from the midst of the stall; that chant to the sound of the lute, and invent them instruments of music, like David; that drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments; but are not grieved for the breach of Joseph.
that lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves from the midst of the stall; that chant to the sound of the lute, and invent them instruments of music, like David; that drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments; but are not grieved for the breach of Joseph.
Anointing » Of the body
Olive-trees shalt thou have throughout all thy borders, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with oil; for thine olive-tree shall cast its fruit.
Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thyself, and put thy raiment upon thee, and go down to the floor; make not thyself known to the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.
And when every maiden's turn came to go in to king Ahasuerus after that she had been treated for twelve months, according to the manner of the women (for so were the days of their purification accomplished six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with spices, and with things for the purifying of the women,
But my horn shalt thou exalt like a buffalo's: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.
And wine which gladdeneth the heart of man; making his face shine with oil; and with bread he strengtheneth man's heart.
Let the righteous smite me, it is kindness; and let him reprove me, it is an excellent oil which my head shall not refuse: for yet my prayer also is for them in their calamities.
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart; and the sweetness of one's friend is the fruit of hearty counsel.
whosoever will restrain her restraineth the wind, and his right hand encountereth oil.
Let thy garments be always white, and let not thy head lack oil.
Thine ointments savour sweetly; Thy name is an ointment poured forth: Therefore do the virgins love thee.
How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! How much better is thy love than wine! And the fragrance of thine ointments than all spices!
And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst multiply thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers afar off, and didst debase thyself unto Sheol.
that drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments; but are not grieved for the breach of Joseph.
Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and new wine, but shalt not drink wine.
Anointing » General references to application of oil to the body
Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thyself, and put thy raiment upon thee, and go down to the floor; make not thyself known to the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.
But my horn shalt thou exalt like a buffalo's: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.
Let thy garments be always white, and let not thy head lack oil.
And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst multiply thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers afar off, and didst debase thyself unto Sheol.
that drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments; but are not grieved for the breach of Joseph.
Anointing » Ointment for » Most expensive
that drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments; but are not grieved for the breach of Joseph.
And Hezekiah hearkened to them, and shewed them all his treasure-house, the silver and the gold, and the spices and the fine oil, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found among his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah did not shew them.
Mary therefore, having taken a pound of ointment of pure nard of great price, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair, and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.
Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?
Anointing » Was used for » The jews very fond of
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart; and the sweetness of one's friend is the fruit of hearty counsel.
that drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments; but are not grieved for the breach of Joseph.
Beds » Used for » Reclining on at meals
But he refused and said, I will not eat. Then his servants, and the woman also, compelled him, and he hearkened to their voice; and he arose from the earth and sat on the bed. And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hasted and killed it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and baked unleavened bread thereof; and she brought it near before Saul, and before his servants, and they ate. And they rose up and went away that night.
that lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves from the midst of the stall; that chant to the sound of the lute, and invent them instruments of music, like David; that drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments; but are not grieved for the breach of Joseph.
But one of the Pharisees begged him that he would eat with him. And entering into the house of the Pharisee he took his place at table; and behold, a woman in the city, who was a sinner, and knew that he was sitting at meat in the house of the Pharisee, having taken an alabaster box of myrrh, and standing at his feet behind him weeping, began to wash his feet with tears; and she wiped them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the myrrh.
Now there was at table one of his disciples in the bosom of Jesus, whom Jesus loved.
Conscience » Dead
This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye should no longer walk as the rest of the nations walk in the vanity of their mind, being darkened in understanding, estranged from the life of God by reason of the ignorance which is in them, by reason of the hardness of their hearts, who having cast off all feeling, have given themselves up to lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greedy unsatisfied lust.
Are they ashamed that they have committed abomination? Nay, they are not at all ashamed, neither know they what it is to blush. Therefore they shall fall among them that fall; at the time that I visit them they shall stumble, saith Jehovah.
speaking lies in hypocrisy, cauterised as to their own conscience,
All things are pure to the pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.
There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof is the ways of death.
Such is the way of an adulterous woman: she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
Woe to them that are at ease in Zion and that are secure in the mountain of Samaria, the renowned of the first of the nations, to whom the house of Israel come.
Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near; that lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves from the midst of the stall; that chant to the sound of the lute, and invent them instruments of music, like David; read more.
that drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments; but are not grieved for the breach of Joseph.
that drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments; but are not grieved for the breach of Joseph.
They shall put you out of the synagogues; but the hour is coming that every one who kills you will think to render service to God; and these things they will do because they have not known the Father nor me.
Because, knowing God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but fell into folly in their thoughts, and their heart without understanding was darkened: professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into the likeness of an image of corruptible man and of birds and quadrupeds and reptiles. read more.
Wherefore God gave them up also in the lusts of their hearts to uncleanness, to dishonour their bodies between themselves: who changed the truth of God into falsehood, and honoured and served the creature more than him who had created it, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
Wherefore God gave them up also in the lusts of their hearts to uncleanness, to dishonour their bodies between themselves: who changed the truth of God into falsehood, and honoured and served the creature more than him who had created it, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
Ointment » Not sacred
And when every maiden's turn came to go in to king Ahasuerus after that she had been treated for twelve months, according to the manner of the women (for so were the days of their purification accomplished six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with spices, and with things for the purifying of the women,
Thine ointments savour sweetly; Thy name is an ointment poured forth: Therefore do the virgins love thee.
How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! How much better is thy love than wine! And the fragrance of thine ointments than all spices!
that drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments; but are not grieved for the breach of Joseph.
And Hezekiah hearkened to them, and shewed them all his treasure-house, the silver and the gold, and the spices and the fine oil, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found among his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah did not shew them.
Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to stink and ferment; so a little folly is weightier than wisdom and honour.
A good name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death than the day of one's birth.
And when he was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he lay at table, there came a woman having an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly; and having broken the alabaster flask, she poured it out upon his head. And there were some indignant in themselves, and saying, Why has this waste been made of the ointment? for this ointment could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and given to the poor. And they spoke very angrily at her.
Mary therefore, having taken a pound of ointment of pure nard of great price, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair, and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment. One of his disciples therefore, Judas son of Simon, Iscariote, who was about to deliver him up, says, Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?
Pleasure, worldly » Results of a pleasure-seeking life » Prodigality, general references to
that drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments; but are not grieved for the breach of Joseph.
And after not many days the younger son gathering all together went away into a country a long way off, and there dissipated his property, living in debauchery.
but when this thy son, who has devoured thy substance with harlots, is come, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
He also who is indolent in his work is brother of the destroyer.
There is costly store and oil in the dwelling of a wise man; but a foolish man swalloweth it up.
Prodigality » General references to
that drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments; but are not grieved for the breach of Joseph.
And after not many days the younger son gathering all together went away into a country a long way off, and there dissipated his property, living in debauchery.
but when this thy son, who has devoured thy substance with harlots, is come, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
He also who is indolent in his work is brother of the destroyer.
There is costly store and oil in the dwelling of a wise man; but a foolish man swalloweth it up.
Wine » The jews frequently drank, to excess
that drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments; but are not grieved for the breach of Joseph.
and they have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine, and have drunk it.
Woe unto them that, rising early in the morning, run after strong drink; that linger till twilight, till wine inflameth them!
Worldly » Pleasure results of a pleasure-seeking life » Prodigality, general references to
that drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments; but are not grieved for the breach of Joseph.
And after not many days the younger son gathering all together went away into a country a long way off, and there dissipated his property, living in debauchery.
but when this thy son, who has devoured thy substance with harlots, is come, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
He also who is indolent in his work is brother of the destroyer.
There is costly store and oil in the dwelling of a wise man; but a foolish man swalloweth it up.