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Thematic Bible: Worldly Amusements and pleasures


Thematic Bible


1 Peter 4:3
Because for long enough, in times past, we have been living after the way of the Gentiles, given up to the desires of the flesh, to drinking and feasting and loose behaviour and unclean worship of images; Verse ConceptsLewdnessGiving, Of TimeLicentiousnessAdultsConformityAmusementsExcessCommitment, to the worlddesiresLeisure, And PastimesLustPagansSexualityHedonismAbominations, Idolatry IsWorldly Pleasures, Characteristic Of The WickedSexual ChastityDissipationFruits Of SinPathways Of SinRevelryNew Birth, Evidenced ByLiving For The MaterialWhat Foreigners DoNot Worshipping IdolsWasting TimePartyingDrunkennessThe Pastpastalcoholismdrunkards

Isaiah 47:8
So now take note of this, you who are given up to pleasure, living without fear of evil, saying in your heart, I am, and there is no one like me; I will never be a widow, or have my children taken from me. Verse ConceptsCarePride, Examples OfWorldly Pleasures, Characteristic Of The WickedPleasure SeekersUnique NationsNo Loss

Ephesians 4:17
This I say, then, and give witness in the Lord, that you are to go no longer in the way of the Gentiles whose minds are turned to that which has no profit, Verse ConceptsConformityThe Carnal MindWorldly Pleasures, Characteristic Of The WickedNot Imitating EvilUseless PeopleWhat Foreigners Are LikeGentiles

Ephesians 4:19
Who having no more power of feeling, have given themselves up to evil passions, to do all unclean things with overmuch desire. Verse ConceptsLicentiousnessBad ConsciencesDebaucheryLove, In RelationshipsSanctification, Means And ResultsCorrupted ConsciencesSelf IndulgenceSexualityApathyCharacter Of WickedInsensitivitySexual ChastityNations DescribedInsensibilityImpurityDissipationWantonnessAbsence Of FeelingThey Committed ImmoralityGreedSexual ImmoralityEmotionsFeeling LostMoralitySexual Purity

2 Timothy 3:4
False to their friends, acting without thought, lifted up in mind, loving pleasure more than 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 in the past we were foolish, hard in heart, turned from the true way, servants of evil desires and pleasures, living in bad feeling and envy, hated and 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

Exodus 32:6
So early on the day after they got up and made burned offerings and peace-offerings; and took their seats at the feast, and then gave themselves to pleasure. Verse ConceptsGluttonyFellowship OfferingFeastingAmusementsBurnt offeringPagansSittingRising EarlyRecreationRevelrySitting In FellowshipThose Who Rose EarlyEating And DrinkingFood Offered To IdolsEarly RisingRoses

Exodus 32:4
And he took the gold from them and, hammering it with an instrument, he made it into the metal image of a young ox: and they said, This is your god, O Israel, who took you out of the land of Egypt. Verse ConceptsAaron, Life EventsArts And Crafts, Types ofMaterialism, As An Aspect Of SinSculptureToolsIdolsWorldly Pleasures, Nature OfProclaimingGolden CalvesWhat Is Not GodBringing Israel Out Of EgyptOthers Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

Exodus 32:19
And when he came near the tents he saw the image of the ox, and the people dancing; and in his wrath Moses let the stones go from his hands, and they were broken at the foot of the mountain. Verse ConceptsdanceGesturesAmusements, Evil ResultsAnger, HumanLaw, Ten CommandmentsLeisure, And PastimesMoses, Significance OfMoses, Life OfThrowing AwayAnger, Justified ExamplesAnger Of Man, RighteousAnger Of Man, CauseSplitting RocksNamed People Angry With Othersthe Law of mosesBreaking The Ten Commandments

1 Corinthians 10:7
Then do not go after false gods, as some of them did; as it is said in the holy Writings, After resting and feasting, the people got up to take their pleasure. Verse ConceptsGluttonyFeastingLaw, Ten CommandmentsPagansSittingToleranceIdolatry, Wicked Practices OfPagan PracticesWorldly Pleasures, Nature OfRevelrySitting In FellowshipIdolatryAvoiding IdolatryEating And DrinkingFood Offered To IdolsSportsgames

Judges 16:23-25
And the chiefs of the Philistines came together to make a great offering to Dagon their god, and to be glad; for they said, Our god has given into our hands Samson our hater. And when the people saw him, they gave praise to their god; for they said, Our god has given into our hands the one who was fighting against us, who made our country waste, and who put great numbers of us to death. Now when their hearts were full of joy, they said, Send for Samson to make sport for us. And they sent for Samson out of the prison-house, and he made sport before them; and they put him between the pillars.

Ecclesiastes 2:1
I said in my heart, I will give you joy for a test; so take your pleasure--but it was to no purpose. Verse ConceptsVanitySoliloquyUseless EndeavourBeing Happy And Enjoying Lifejournaling

Ecclesiastes 2:8
I got together silver and gold and the wealth of kings and of countries. I got makers of song, male and female; and the delights of the sons of men--girls of all sorts to be my brides. Verse ConceptsChoirsThe Vanity Of Human KnowledgeSingersSupplied With Money

Ecclesiastes 11:9
Have joy, O young man, while you are young; and let your heart be glad in the days of your strength, and go in the ways of your heart, and in the desire of your eyes; but be certain that for all these things God will be your judge. Verse ConceptsCheerfulnessFreshness Of YouthImpulsesWork From YouthGod SuingAdolescent DepressionJudgmentsDaysRejoicing When Someone Is SavedFunJudgement DayGod Turning Bad Things Into GoodBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeJudgementEnjoying Lifemanhoodconsequencesteenagercheerleading

2 Peter 2:13
For the evil which overtakes them is the reward of their evil-doing: such men take their pleasure in the delights of the flesh even in the daytime; they are like the marks of a disease, like poisoned wounds among you, feasting together with you in joy; Verse ConceptsDaylightExcessBlemishLove FeastLove, Nature OfWagesPleasure SeekersRiotsBlemished PeopleDuring The DayWages For EvilPartying

Galatians 5:19
Now the works of the flesh are clear, which are these: evil desire, unclean things, wrong use of the senses, Verse ConceptsLewdnessLicentiousnessAdulterersAdultery, DefinedImmorality, Nature Of SexualSexual AberrationsFornicationSelf IndulgenceSexual Sin, Nature OfLasciviousnessWorldly Pleasures, Nature OfAnger Of Man, CauseSexual RelationshipsPornographyManifesting (making Something Clear)PartyingAdultery In The ChurchSorcerysexSexual ImmoralityBeing GayGay MarriageSex Before MarriageInfidelityMoralitySexual Purity

Galatians 5:21
Envy, uncontrolled drinking and feasting, and such things: of which I give you word clearly, even as I did in the past, that they who do such things will have no part in the kingdom of God. Verse ConceptsAdulterersAlcoholWatchfulness, Of LeadersExclusionRevelryAlcohol ConsumptionWarning IndividualsThings LikeDo Not Get DrunkDrunkennessSexual ImmoralityBeing GayGay Marriagepracticealcoholismdrunkards

Isaiah 5:12
And corded instruments and wind-instruments and wine are in their feasts: but they give no thought to the work of the Lord, and they are not interested in what his hands are doing. Verse ConceptsFlutesAmusementsBanquets, ActivitiesHarpsLyreMusical Instruments, types ofWorldly Pleasures, Leads ToDrunkenness, ResultsDissipationTambourinesLyresdrums

Amos 6:1-6
Sorrow to those who are resting in comfort in Zion, and to those who have no fear of danger in the mountain of Samaria, the noted men of the chief of the nations, to whom the people of Israel come! Go on to Calneh and see; and from there go to Hamath the great; then go down to Gath of the Philistines: are you better than these kingdoms? or is your land wider than theirs? You who put far away the evil day, causing the rule of the violent to come near; read more.
Who are resting on beds of ivory, stretched out on soft seats, feasting on lambs from the flock and young oxen from the cattle-house; Making foolish songs to the sound of corded instruments, and designing for themselves instruments of music, like David; Drinking wine in basins, rubbing themselves with the best oils; but they have no grief for the destruction of Joseph.

Job 1:5
And at the end of their days of feasting, Job sent and made them clean, getting up early in the morning and offering burned offerings for them all. For, Job said, It may be that my sons have done wrong and said evil of God in their hearts. And Job did this whenever the feasts came round. Verse ConceptsCustomBad ParentsParents Prayer For Their ChildrenRising Early, Examples OfFamilies, Examples OfMorning DevotionsBurnt offeringOfferingsSonsWorldly Pleasures, Leads ToParents Duty To ChildrenRising EarlyThose Who Rose EarlyCursing GodMaking People HolyEarly RisingSacrificeKidsRoses

Matthew 14:6-8
But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias was dancing before them, and Herod was pleased with her. So he gave her his word with an oath to let her have whatever she might make request for. And she, at her mother's suggestion, said, Give me here on a plate the head of John the Baptist.

James 5:1
Come now, you men of wealth, give yourselves to weeping and crying because of the bitter troubles which are coming to you. Verse ConceptsKingdom Of God, Entry IntoWeepingWorldly Pleasures, Leads ToMiseryBarking And HowlingSatisfied With RichesThe Ungodly Suffering

James 5:5
You have been living delicately on earth and have taken your pleasure; you have made your hearts fat for a day of destruction. Verse ConceptsGluttonyLeisure, Nature And Purpose OfLove, Abuse OfRich, TheRiches, Dangers OfRiches, Can Lead ToPleasure SeekersWantonnessThe Day Of JudgementFat PeoplePartying

Ecclesiastes 7:2-3
It is better to go to the house of weeping, than to go to the house of feasting; because that is the end of every man, and the living will take it to their hearts. Sorrow is better than joy; when the face is sad the mind gets better.

Ecclesiastes 2:11
Then I saw all the works which my hands had made, and everything I had been working to do; and I saw that all was to no purpose and desire for wind, and there was no profit under the sun. Verse ConceptsAchievementPhysical LabourdissatisfactionUseless EndeavourUnder The SunSuccess And Hard Work

Ecclesiastes 7:4
The hearts of the wise are in the house of weeping; but the hearts of the foolish are in the house of joy. Verse ConceptsPleasure, WorldlyWorldly Pleasures, Leads ToThe Work Of FoolsThe Work Of The Wise

Proverbs 21:17
The lover of pleasure will be a poor man: the lover of wine and oil will not get wealth. Verse ConceptsAddictionsAlcoholAmusements, Evil ResultsExcessemptinessLeisure, Nature And Purpose OfOintmentPoverty, Causes OfSelf IndulgenceThriftWineAmusementsPleasure, WorldlyWorldly Pleasures, Leads ToDrunkenness, ResultsFrugalityPleasure SeekersAvoiding PovertyRich FoodGetting Richpressure

Proverbs 14:13
Even while laughing the heart may be sad; and after joy comes sorrow. Verse ConceptsAmusements, Evil ResultsAmusementsLaughterWorldly Pleasures, Leads ToLack Of RejoicingHeavinessHeartacheDepressionJoy And HappinessSmilinggrievingheartbroken

Isaiah 5:11-12
Cursed are those who get up early in the morning to give themselves up to strong drink; who keep on drinking far into the night till they are heated with wine! And corded instruments and wind-instruments and wine are in their feasts: but they give no thought to the work of the Lord, and they are not interested in what his hands are doing.

Hebrews 11:25
Feeling that it was better to undergo pain with the people of God, than for a short time to have a taste of the pleasures of sin; Verse ConceptsAfflicted Saints, Examples OfFellowship, In Christian ServicePleasureSelf DenialUnity, Of God's PeopleWorldly Pleasures, Nature OfLove to Others, Examples OfSuffering For Christ's SakeUnworldlinessTemporary Affliction Of Saints

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

Job 21:14-15
Though they said to God, Go away from us, for we have no desire for the knowledge of your ways. What is the Ruler of all, that we may give him worship? and what profit is it to us to make prayer to him?

Job 21:12-13
They make songs to the instruments of music, and are glad at the sound of the pipe. Their days come to an end without trouble, and suddenly they go down to the underworld.

1 Peter 4:3
Because for long enough, in times past, we have been living after the way of the Gentiles, given up to the desires of the flesh, to drinking and feasting and loose behaviour and unclean worship of images; Verse ConceptsLewdnessGiving, Of TimeLicentiousnessAdultsConformityAmusementsExcessCommitment, to the worlddesiresLeisure, And PastimesLustPagansSexualityHedonismAbominations, Idolatry IsWorldly Pleasures, Characteristic Of The WickedSexual ChastityDissipationFruits Of SinPathways Of SinRevelryNew Birth, Evidenced ByLiving For The MaterialWhat Foreigners DoNot Worshipping IdolsWasting TimePartyingDrunkennessThe Pastpastalcoholismdrunkards

1 Peter 4:4
And they are wondering that you no longer go with them in this violent wasting of life, and are saying evil things of you: Verse ConceptsAbuse, To God's PeopleInsultsSuffering, Of BelieversNot SharingPartyingAbusebehaviorpetersurprises

Luke 8:14
And those which went among thorns are those who have given hearing, and go on their way, but they are overcome by cares and wealth and the pleasures of life, and they give no fruit. 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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