Thematic Bible: Indulgence in
Thematic Bible
worldly Amusements and pleasures » Indulgence in » A characteristic of the wicked
For the time that has passed was sufficient for you to do what the non-Christians desire. You lived then in debauchery, evil desires, drunkenness, carousing, drinking bouts, and wanton idolatries.
So now, listen to this, O one who lives so lavishly, who lives securely, who says to herself, 'I am unique! No one can compare to me! I will never have to live as a widow; I will never lose my children.'
So I say this, and insist in the Lord, that you no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.
Because they are callous, they have given themselves over to indecency for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness.
treacherous, reckless, conceited, loving pleasure rather than loving God.
For we too were once foolish, disobedient, misled, enslaved to various passions and desires, spending our lives in evil and envy, hateful and hating one another.
worldly Amusements and pleasures » Indulgence in » An abuse of riches
Come now, you rich! Weep and cry aloud over the miseries that are coming on you.
You have lived indulgently and luxuriously on the earth. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.
worldly Amusements and pleasures » Indulgence in » 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 merrymaking.
worldly Amusements and pleasures » Indulgence in » A proof of spiritual death
But the one who lives for pleasure is dead even while she lives.