Thematic Bible: Indulgence in
Thematic Bible
worldly Amusements and pleasures » Indulgence in » A characteristic of the wicked
For we have spent enough of our past time doing the desire of the Gentiles, and having walked in lewdness, lusts, drunken binges, orgies, carousings, and abominable idolatries.
"Now therefore hear this, you who are given to pleasures, who sit securely, who 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 the rest of the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind,
who having become callous gave themselves up to lust, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
traitors, headstrong, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;
For we were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
worldly Amusements and pleasures » Indulgence in » An abuse of riches
Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you.
You have lived delicately on the earth, and taken your pleasure. You have nourished your hearts as 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 mirth.
worldly Amusements and pleasures » Indulgence in » A proof of spiritual death
But she who gives herself to pleasure is dead while she lives.