Thematic Bible: Indulgence in
Thematic Bible
worldly Amusements and pleasures » Indulgence in » A characteristic of the wicked
For the time of life passed over sufficient for us to have wrought the will of the nations, having gone in licentiousness, eager desires, drunkenness, revellings, drinkings, and criminal idolatries:
And now hear this, thou living delicately, dwelling securely, saying in her heart, I, and none besides me; I shall not sit a widow, and I shall not know bereavement
Therefore this I say, and testify in the Lord, that ye no more walk as also the rest of the nations, in the vanity of their mind,
Who no longer having had feeling delivered themselves to licentiousness, to the work of all uncleanness in overreaching.
Traitors, rash, haughty, devoted to pleasure more than loving God;
For once we also were unwise disobedient, deceived, being slaves to eager desires and various pleasures, living in vexation and envy, hated, and hating one another.
worldly Amusements and pleasures » Indulgence in » An abuse of riches
Come on now, ye rich, weep, uttering loud cries of grief for the misfortunes coming upon you.
Ye have led a luxurious life upon the earth, and have rioted in luxury; ye have nourished your hearts, as in the day of slaughter.
worldly Amusements and pleasures » Indulgence in » A proof of folly
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; and the heart of the foolish in the house of gladness.
worldly Amusements and pleasures » Indulgence in » A proof of spiritual death
And she living luxuriously is dead, living.