Thematic Bible: Pleasure results of a pleasure-seeking life


Thematic Bible


Ecclesiastes 2:1
I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure. So enjoy yourself.” And behold, it too was futility. Verse ConceptsVanitySoliloquyUseless EndeavourBeing Happy And Enjoying Lifejournaling

Amos 6:4
Those who recline on beds of ivory
And sprawl on their couches,
And eat lambs from the flock
And calves from the midst of the stall,
 Verse ConceptsBedsArtIvoryLambs

1 Corinthians 15:32
If from human motives I fought with wild beasts at Ephesus, what does it profit me? If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die. Verse ConceptsFightingBitingMortalityPaul, Life OfPresent, ThePunishment, Legal Aspects OfCynicismMerrinessBeastsHow Death Is InevitableMen Similar To AnimalsImminent TomorrowMammalsAre The Dead Raised?Eating And Drinking

Acts 17:18
And also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him. Some were saying, “What would this idle babbler wish to say?” Others, “He seems to be a proclaimer of strange deities,”—because he was preaching Jesus and the resurrection. Verse ConceptsBabblersevangelism, nature ofPhilosophyResurrection, Of The DeadFalse Teachers, Examples OfScoffersAmateursAmbiguityEncouraged To Serve Foreign gods

Ecclesiastes 2:24
There is nothing better for a man than to eat and drink and tell himself that his labor is good. This also I have seen that it is from the hand of God. Verse ConceptsEating And DrinkingGood ActivityCaused By GodFinding LoveSuccess And Hard WorkBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeEnjoying Lifeuncertaintyhardwork

Ecclesiastes 5:18
Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat, to drink and enjoy oneself in all one’s labor in which he toils under the sun during the few years of his life which God has given him; for this is his reward. Verse ConceptsDietsEating And DrinkingEating Drinking And RejoicingSunHaving A Good DayBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeEnjoying Lifefatehardwork

Ecclesiastes 8:15
So I commended pleasure, for there is nothing good for a man under the sun except to eat and to drink and to be merry, and this will stand by him in his toils throughout the days of his life which God has given him under the sun. Verse ConceptsLifestylesExperience, of lifeEating And DrinkingUnder The SunSunFunStaying Strong During Hard TimesSleeping PeacefullyBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeSunshineEnjoying Liferelaxing

Ecclesiastes 9:7
Go then, eat your bread in happiness and drink your wine with a cheerful heart; for God has already approved your works. Verse ConceptsAlcoholMerrinessDrinking WineFoodAlcoholic BeveragesBreadJoy And HappinessFunBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeEnjoying Lifebeeralcoholismjoyfulness

Isaiah 22:13
Instead, there is gaiety and gladness,
Killing of cattle and slaughtering of sheep,
Eating of meat and drinking of wine:
“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we may die.”
 Verse ConceptsBitingMortalityPresent, TheSelf IndulgenceWinePleasure SeekersAlcohol ConsumptionEating And DrinkingEating Drinking And Rejoicing

Amos 6:4
Those who recline on beds of ivory
And sprawl on their couches,
And eat lambs from the flock
And calves from the midst of the stall,
 Verse ConceptsBedsArtIvoryLambs

Luke 16:19
“Now there was a rich man, and he habitually dressed in purple and fine linen, joyously living in splendor every day. Verse ConceptsFriendlessnessClothingClothing, Kinds OfLinenLuxuryAbraham, New Testament ReferencesColors, PurpleRich ApparelPurple ClothesDrawbacks To RichesEating Drinking And Rejoicinglazarus

Esther 1:5-6
When these days were completed, the king gave a banquet lasting seven days for all the people who were present at the citadel in Susa, from the greatest to the least, in the court of the garden of the king's palace. There were hangings of fine white and violet linen held by cords of fine purple linen on silver rings and marble columns, and couches of gold and silver on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl and precious stones.

Esther 1:7
Drinks were served in golden vessels of various kinds, and the royal wine was plentiful according to the king’s bounty. Verse ConceptsPlenty Of Wine

1 Kings 4:22-23
Solomon's provision for one day was thirty kors of fine flour and sixty kors of meal, ten fat oxen, twenty pasture-fed oxen, a hundred sheep besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened fowl.

1 Kings 10:21-22
All King Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold. None was of silver; it was not considered valuable in the days of Solomon. For the king had at sea the ships of Tarshish with the ships of Hiram; once every three years the ships of Tarshish came bringing gold and silver, ivory and apes and peacocks.

Amos 6:6
Who drink wine from sacrificial bowls
While they anoint themselves with the finest of oils,
Yet they have not grieved over the ruin of Joseph.
 Verse ConceptsAnointing, Social CustomOintmentDrinking WineAnointing OneselfNot Mourning

Luke 15:13
And not many days later, the younger son gathered everything together and went on a journey into a distant country, and there he squandered his estate with loose living. Verse ConceptsGluttonyExtravaganceExcessBad Decision Making ExamplesBuying and sellingLeisure, Nature And Purpose OfLossThriftWantonnessDeparturesA Short TimeFar From HereShort Time Till The EndThey Committed Immorality

Luke 15:30
but when this son of yours came, who has devoured your wealth with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.’ Verse ConceptsBitterness, Examples OfProstitutionWantonnessFat AnimalsKilling Domesticated AnimalsEating Cattle

Proverbs 18:9
He also who is slack in his work
Is brother to him who destroys.
 Verse ConceptsLazinessServants, BadSluggardsBusiness EthicsSlothfulnessThose Who DestroyWorking Hard And Not Being Lazysloth

Proverbs 21:20
There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise,
But a foolish man swallows it up.
 Verse ConceptsAccountancyExtravaganceWise MenHousesThriftWasteWisdom, Human NatureFrugalityContentiousnessProvision Of OilWisdom Gives WealthA Fool And His Money Shall Partnagging

2 Timothy 3:4
treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, Verse ConceptsLeisure, Nature And Purpose OfPleasureSuperiorityHedonismWorldly Pleasures, Characteristic Of The WickedCharacter Of WickedHaughtinessPleasure SeekersBad CompanyEvil AssociationsLoving EvilNot Loving GodRash PeopleDenial In End TimesSelf Loveloversimpulsivenesstraitors

Titus 3:3
For we also once were foolish ourselves, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various lusts and pleasures, spending our life in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another. Verse ConceptsEnvyHatredMalicePleasureSelf IndulgenceSlavery, SpiritualSuffering, Causes OfCharacter Of WickedHedonismPleasure, WorldlyWorldly Pleasures, Characteristic Of The WickedDisobedience, To GodFools, Description OfMalice Of The WickedPleasure SeekersFoolish PeopleAvoiding DeceitHating GodSubject To EvilThose Who EnviedPassionDeceptiondisobediencevulnerability

James 5:5
You have lived luxuriously on the earth and led a life of wanton pleasure; you have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter. Verse ConceptsGluttonyLeisure, Nature And Purpose OfLove, Abuse OfRich, TheRiches, Dangers OfRiches, Can Lead ToPleasure SeekersWantonnessThe Day Of JudgementFat PeoplePartying

1 Timothy 5:6
But she who gives herself to wanton pleasure is dead even while she lives. Verse ConceptsAmusements, Evil ResultsLeisure, Nature And Purpose OfPleasureSelf IndulgenceWorldly Pleasures, Leads ToInsensibilityPleasure SeekersBeing Dead In SinWantonnessSinners Grasped By Deathvulnerability

2 Peter 2:18
For speaking out arrogant words of vanity they entice by fleshly desires, by sensuality, those who barely escape from the ones who live in error, Verse ConceptsFutilityFaultsemptinessEloquenceCharmdesiresTemptation, Sources OfEnticersBoastersAllurements Of SinWantonnessLiving For The MaterialEnticingUseless WordsEscaping From PeopleEvil DesiresError

James 5:5
You have lived luxuriously on the earth and led a life of wanton pleasure; you have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter. Verse ConceptsGluttonyLeisure, Nature And Purpose OfLove, Abuse OfRich, TheRiches, Dangers OfRiches, Can Lead ToPleasure SeekersWantonnessThe Day Of JudgementFat PeoplePartying

Proverbs 29:3
A man who loves wisdom makes his father glad,
But he who keeps company with harlots wastes his wealth.
 Verse ConceptsFathers, Responsibilities OfAdultery, Results OfExtravaganceProstitutionProverbsThriftWasteChildren, A BlessingHarlotsWantonnessFathers And SonsThe Joy Of Fathers

Luke 15:30
but when this son of yours came, who has devoured your wealth with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.’ Verse ConceptsBitterness, Examples OfProstitutionWantonnessFat AnimalsKilling Domesticated AnimalsEating Cattle

Proverbs 21:17
He who loves pleasure will become a poor man;
He who loves wine and oil will not become rich.
 Verse ConceptsAddictionsAlcoholAmusements, Evil ResultsExcessemptinessLeisure, Nature And Purpose OfOintmentPoverty, Causes OfSelf IndulgenceThriftWineAmusementsPleasure, WorldlyWorldly Pleasures, Leads ToDrunkenness, ResultsFrugalityPleasure SeekersAvoiding PovertyRich FoodGetting Richpressure

Isaiah 22:13
Instead, there is gaiety and gladness,
Killing of cattle and slaughtering of sheep,
Eating of meat and drinking of wine:
“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we may die.”
 Verse ConceptsBitingMortalityPresent, TheSelf IndulgenceWinePleasure SeekersAlcohol ConsumptionEating And DrinkingEating Drinking And Rejoicing

Isaiah 47:8-9
"Now, then, hear this, you sensual one, Who dwells securely, Who says in your heart, 'I am, and there is no one besides me I will not sit as a widow, Nor know loss of children.' "But these two things will come on you suddenly in one day: Loss of children and widowhood They will come on you in full measure In spite of your many sorceries, In spite of the great power of your spells.

2 Peter 2:13
suffering wrong as the wages of doing wrong. They count it a pleasure to revel in the daytime. They are stains and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions, as they carouse with you, Verse ConceptsDaylightExcessBlemishLove FeastLove, Nature OfWagesPleasure SeekersRiotsBlemished PeopleDuring The DayWages For EvilPartying

Luke 12:19
And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years to come; take your ease, eat, drink and be merry.”’ Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceComplacencyHappinessPerils Of LuxurySelf DelusionPleasure SeekersRiches, Dangers OfSoliloquyStores Of FoodAction For A Long TimeEating And DrinkingEating Drinking And RejoicingThe SoulBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeEnjoying Lifelucktomorrow

Luke 8:14
The seed which fell among the thorns, these are the ones who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with worries and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to maturity. Verse ConceptsCareBusynessAffluenceGospel, Responses ToLeisure, Nature And Purpose OfMaterialism, As An Aspect Of SinMaturity, SpiritualMoney, Attitudes ToPleasureRich, TheRiches, Dangers OfTemptation, Sources OfThornsUnfruitfulnessWorryHedonismPleasure, WorldlyWorldliness, AvoidWorldly Pleasures, Nature OfPleasure SeekersChokingHearing God's WordDo Not Be AnxiousSatisfied With RichesMaturityworries

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