Thematic Bible: Sought by the epicureans as the chief aim of life
Thematic Bible
Pleasure, worldly » Results of a pleasure-seeking life » Sought by the epicureans as the chief aim of life
I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also was vanity.
that lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;
If after the manner of men I fought with beasts at Ephesus, what doth it profit me? If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die.
And certain also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. And some said, What would this babbler say? others, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.
There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.
Behold, that which I have seen to be good and to be comely is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, wherein he laboreth under the sun, all the days of his life which God hath given him: for this is his portion.
Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: for that shall abide with him in his labor all the days of his life which God hath given him under the sun.
Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God hath already accepted thy works.
and behold, joy and gladness, slaying oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine: let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we shall die.
Worldly » Pleasure results of a pleasure-seeking life » Sought by the epicureans as the chief aim of life
I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also was vanity.
that lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;
If after the manner of men I fought with beasts at Ephesus, what doth it profit me? If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die.
And certain also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. And some said, What would this babbler say? others, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.
There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.
Behold, that which I have seen to be good and to be comely is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, wherein he laboreth under the sun, all the days of his life which God hath given him: for this is his portion.
Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: for that shall abide with him in his labor all the days of his life which God hath given him under the sun.
Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God hath already accepted thy works.
and behold, joy and gladness, slaying oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine: let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we shall die.
Related Topics
- Alcohol
- Alcohol Consumption
- Alcoholic Beverages
- Amateurs
- Ambiguity
- Are The Dead Raised?
- Art
- Babblers
- Beasts
- Beds
- Being Happy And Enjoying Life
- Biting
- Bread
- Caused By God
- Cynicism
- Diets
- Drinking Wine
- Eating And Drinking
- Eating Drinking And Rejoicing
- Encouraged To Serve Foreign gods
- Enjoying Life
- Experience, of life
- False Teachers, Examples Of
- Fighting
- Finding Love
- Food
- Fun
- Good Activity
- Having A Good Day
- How Death Is Inevitable
- Imminent Tomorrow
- Ivory
- Joy And Happiness
- Lambs
- Lifestyles
- Mammals
- Men Similar To Animals
- Merriness
- Mortality
- Paul, Life Of
- Philosophy
- Pleasure Seekers
- Present, The
- Punishment, Legal Aspects Of
- Resurrection, Of The Dead
- Scoffers
- Self Indulgence
- Sleeping Peacefully
- Soliloquy
- Staying Strong During Hard Times
- Success And Hard Work
- Sun
- Sunshine
- Under The Sun
- Useless Endeavour
- Vanity
- Wine
- Alcoholism
- Beer
- Evangelism, nature of
- Fate
- Hardwork
- Journaling
- Joyfulness
- Relaxing
- Uncertainty
- 2 more topics on Sought
- 4 more topics on Chief
- 100 more topics on Life