Thematic Bible: Amusements and worldly pleasures
Thematic Bible
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Characteristic of » The wicked
For the time past of our life will suffice us to have done the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in licentiousness, lusts, excess of wine, reveling, carousing, and abominable idolatries:
Therefore hear now this, you that are given to pleasures, that dwell securely, that say in your heart, I am, and there is none else besides me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:
This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you no longer walk as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,
Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto licentiousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
Traitors, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
For we ourselves also were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Formed a part of idolatrous worship
And they rose up early on the next day, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.
And he received them from their hand, and fashioned it with an engraving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
And it came to pass, as soon as he came near unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger grew hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and broke them beneath the mount.
Neither be you idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
Then the lords of the Philistines gathered themselves together to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god has delivered Samson our enemy into our hand. And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, Our god has delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, who slew many of us. And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make sport for us. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made sport for them: and they set him between the pillars.
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Are transitory
Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a time;
They sing to the tambourine and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the flute. They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Lead to greater evil
And it was so, when the days of their feasting were finished, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.
But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod. So that he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask. And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John the Baptist's head on a platter.
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Disregard of the judgments and works of God
And the harp, and the lyre, the timbrel, and flute, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.
Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, who are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came! Pass you unto Calneh, and see; and from there go to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: are they better than these kingdoms? or their borders greater than your borders? You 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 yourselves upon your couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall; That chant to the sound of the harp, and invent for yourselves instruments of music, like David; That drink wine in bowls, and anoint yourselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch yourselves upon your couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall; That chant to the sound of the harp, and invent for yourselves instruments of music, like David; That drink wine in bowls, and anoint yourselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Punishment of
Rejoice, O young man, in your youth; and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes: but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.
And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to revel in the daytime. Spots they are and blemishes, reveling themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Lead to rejection of God
Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of your ways. What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Denounced by God
Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflames them! And the harp, and the lyre, the timbrel, and flute, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Belong to the works of the flesh
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, impurity, licentiousness,
Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revelings, and such like: of which I tell you beforehand, as I have also told you in time past, that they who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Renunciation of, exemplified by moses
Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a time;
Amusements and worldly pleasures » An abuse of riches
Come now, you rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
You have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; you have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
Amusements and worldly pleasures » The wicked seek for happiness in
I said in my heart, Come now, I will test you with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.
I gathered for myself also silver and gold, and the special treasures of kings and of the provinces: I got men singers and women singers, the delights of the sons of men, and musical instruments of all sorts.
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Wisdom of abstaining from
It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart. Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Terminate in sorrow
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is grief.
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Poverty
He that loves pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loves wine and oil shall not be rich.
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Exclude from the kingdom of God
Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revelings, and such like: of which I tell you beforehand, as I have also told you in time past, that they who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Shunned by the primitive saints
For the time past of our life will suffice us to have done the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in licentiousness, lusts, excess of wine, reveling, carousing, and abominable idolatries:
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Abstinence from, seems strange to the wicked
In which they think it strange that you run not with them to the same excess of dissipation, speaking evil of you:
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Choke the word of God in the heart
And that which fell among thorns are they, who, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to maturity.
Amusements and worldly pleasures » A proof of spiritual death
But she that lives in pleasure is dead while she lives.
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Vain
Then I looked on all the works that my hands had made, and on the labor that I had expended on it: and, behold, all was vanity and like grasping the wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Indulgence in is » A proof of folly
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
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