Thematic Bible: Worldly
Thematic Bible
Dancing » Worldly
They send out their little ones like a flock, and their children dance around.
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Moses came close enough to the camp at the foot of the mountain to see the bull-calf and to see the people dancing. He became furious! He threw down the tablets he was carrying and broke them.
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He led David to the Amalekites. They were eating, drinking and celebrating because of what they had taken from Philistia and Judah.
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Jephthah went back home to Mizpah. His daughter came out to meet him, dancing and playing the tambourine. She was his only child.
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When the young women of Shiloh come out to dance during the festival, you come out of the vineyards. Each of you should take a wife by force from among them and take her back to the territory of Benjamin with you.
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a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
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I will build you and you will be rebuilt, O virgin of Israel! You will take up your tambourines and go to the dances of the merrymakers.
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When the daughter of Herodias danced for Herod and his guests, she pleased him so much he promised her anything she desired.
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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 test you with rejoicing. Consider goodness. This also is vanity.
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You lie on beds of ivory, and stretch on couches. You eat the the best lambs out of the flock and the fattest calves out of the stall.
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If I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantage was it to me if the dead do not rise? Let us eat and drink for tomorrow we die.
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The Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. Some said: What is this babbler saying? Others: He seems to be advocating strange gods because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.
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There is nothing better for a man than to eat and drink, and delight in his work. This also I saw was from the hand of God.
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This is what I have seen. It is good and fitting for one to eat and drink and enjoy the good of his labor. He labors under the sun all the days of his life. For God gives this to him as his allotment (inheritance).
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Then I commended enjoyment (pleasure), because a man has no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry. That will remain with him in his labor all the days of his life, which God gives him under the sun.
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Go your way, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart for God now accepts your works.
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Instead there was joy and festivity, killing oxen and slaughtering sheep, eating meat and drinking wine. Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.
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Worldly » Host » A great host » Against
The Midianites, the Amalekites, and the desert tribesmen were spread out in the valley like a swarm of locusts. They had so many camels they could not be counted. They were as plentiful as there are grains of sand on the seashore.
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The king of Assyria sent his commander-in-chief (Tartan), his quartermaster, and his field commander with a large army from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They stood at the channel for the Upper Pool on the road to the Laundryman's Field.
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I am not afraid of the tens of thousands who have taken positions against me on all sides.
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Zerah from Ethiopia led an army of a million soldiers and three hundred chariots to the town of Mareshah in Judah.
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Even though an army sets up camp against me, my heart will not be afraid. Even though a war breaks out against me, I will trust in Jehovah.
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Some men reported to Jehoshaphat: A large crowd is coming against you from the other side of the Dead Sea, from Edom. The crowd is already in Hazazon Tamar (En Gedi).
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Saul was terrified when he saw the Philistine army.
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And the children of Israel assembled, and food was made ready and they went against them. The children of Israel camped like two little flocks of goats before them. All the country was full of the Syrians.
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Early the next morning Elisha's servant got up and went out of the house. He saw the Syrian troops with their horses and chariots surrounding the town. He went to Elisha and said: Alas my master what shall we do?
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As he spoke a crowd followed Judas, one of the twelve. They came to him. Judas approached Jesus and kissed him.
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Worldly » Labour » Worldly, sometimes disappointing
I looked at all the works my hands accomplished. I saw everything I had worked to do. I saw that all was vanity and grasping for the wind. It was to no purpose for there was no profit under the sun.
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Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and you will delight in the richest of fare.
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There is a man who is by himself, without a companion. He is without son or brother. There is no end to all his work. He never has enough wealth. Nor is his eye satisfied with riches. He never asks: For whom do I labor and deprive myself of pleasure? This too is vanity and a terrible problem.
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Do not work for food that perishes but for food that offers everlasting life. The Son of man will give you this food. The Father, even God, has set his seal upon him.
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What profit does a man have of all his labor that he works under the sun?
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I have seen all the works that are done under the sun. Behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.
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This also is a serious evil. Just as we came we will go. Whatever profit or gain we earned we loose as if we labored for the wind.
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Is it for Jehovah of Hosts that the peoples labor for the fire? Do the nations weary themselves for vanity?
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Worldly » Pleasure results of a pleasure-seeking life » Luxurious living, examples of
You lie on beds of ivory, and stretch on couches. You eat the the best lambs out of the flock and the fattest calves out of the stall.
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A rich man dressed in the most expensive clothes and lived in great luxury every day.
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At the end of that time, the king gave a feast for all the people who were present in Shushan, the king's town, small as well as great, for seven days, in the outer square of the garden of the king's house. There were hangings of white and green and blue, fixed with cords of purple and the best (cotton) linen to silver rings and pillars of polished stone. The seats were of gold and silver on a floor of red and white and yellow and black stone.
They served drinks in gold vessels. Every vessel was different. The king freely gave wine from the kingdom.
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The supplies Solomon needed each day were one hundred and fifty bushels of fine flour and three hundred bushels of meal. Also needed were ten stall-fed cattle, twenty pasture-fed cattle, and one hundred sheep, besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fowl (cuckoo).
All King Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold. All the vessels of the house of the Woods of Lebanon were of the best gold. Not one was of silver, for no one gave a thought to silver in the days of King Solomon. For the king had Tarshish-ships at sea with the ships of Hiram. Once every three years the Tarshish-ships came with gold and silver and ivory and apes (monkeys) and peacocks.
Worldly » Care, folly of » Dilemma
The servant thought: 'I am fired from my job. What shall I do? I am not strong enough for heavy work and I am ashamed to beg.
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Jesus said to them: The light will be with you for a little while. Walk while you have the light, that darkness does not overtake you. He who walks in the darkness does not know where he goes.
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Pilate said to them: What am I to do with Jesus, the one called Christ? They all said: Put him to death. Impale him!
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that even in bright sunshine you will have to feel your way around like a blind person. You will tell day from night! For the rest of your life, people will beat and rob you. No one will be able to stop them.
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They reeled and staggered like drunks, and all their skills as sailors became useless.
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He reasoned to himself, what will I do? I have nowhere to store my fruits?
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Worldly » Ambition » Adonijah
Adonijah, son of Haggith, was very handsome. His mother gave birth to him after Maacah had Absalom. Adonijah boasted about himself, saying, I will be king. He got a chariot and horses and fifty men to run ahead of him.
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It is true that you have overcome Edom and your heart is uplifted. Let that glory be enough for you and stay in your own country. Why do you make causes for trouble, putting yourself and Judah with you in danger of downfall?
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Inwardly they think their houses are forever, their dwelling place to all generations. So they named their lands after themselves.
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You thought: 'I will go up to heaven (Mount Zion) and set up my throne above God's stars (messengers). I will sit on the mountain of meeting far away in the north where the gods assemble.
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What right do you have here? Who are your relatives here that you have cut out a tomb here for yourself, cutting a tomb on the height, and carving a habitation for yourself in the rock?
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Wine is treacherous and never allows an arrogant man to rest. He never stays home. He has a large appetite like the grave. Like death he is never satisfied. He gathers all nations and collects all the people.
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Worldly » Pleasure results of a pleasure-seeking life » Prodigality, general references to
You drink wine in bowls, and anoint yourselves with the finest oils. But you are not grieved because of the affliction of Joseph.
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In a short time the younger son sold his share of the property. He left home with the money and traveled to a far away country where he wasted his money in reckless living.
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This son of yours wasted all your property on prostitutes. When he comes home you kill the prize calf for him!
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He is lazy in his work. His brother destroys.
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The wise have wealth and luxury but a fool spends all he gets.
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Worldly » Ambition » Builders
He said: I would pull down my barns and build larger barns. I will store all my grain and goods there.
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Woe to him who says: 'I will build myself a roomy house with spacious upper rooms, and cut out its windows. I will panel it with cedar and paint it bright red (vermilion).'
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The king spoke: Is this not great Babylon, which I have built for the royal dwelling-place, by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?
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The house he builds is like a moth's cocoon, like a hut made by a watchman.
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He who hears but does not do is like a man who built a house upon the earth without a foundation. A flood will send a stream of water and immediately it will fall. The ruin of that house will be great.
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Worldly » Fulness » Spiritual watchmen
Obey those who lead you. Submit to them: for they watch in behalf of your lives and must account for this. Obey them that their work may be a joy and not a burden; that would be without gain for you.
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I have posted watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem. They will never be silent day or night. Whoever calls on Jehovah, do not allow yourselves any rest,
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Son of man, I have made you a watchman over the people of Israel. Listen to what I say, and warn them for me.
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I set watchmen over you. I said: 'Listen to the sound of the trumpet! But they said: 'We will not listen!'
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Worldly » Pleasure results of a pleasure-seeking life » Spiritual death
traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
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For we also once were foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.
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You lived in luxury on the earth, and take your pleasure; you nourished your hearts in a day of slaughter.
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But she that gives herself to pleasure is dead while she lives.
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Worldly » Pleasure results of a pleasure-seeking life » Wantonness
For, uttering arrogant words of vanity, they entice in the desires (lusts) of the flesh, by sensuality (lasciviousness), those who are just escaping from the ones who live in error.
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You lived in luxury on the earth, and take your pleasure; you nourished your hearts in a day of slaughter.
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He who loves wisdom makes his father rejoice. But he who keeps company with fornicators wastes his wealth.
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This son of yours wasted all your property on prostitutes. When he comes home you kill the prize calf for him!
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Worldly » Care, folly of » The sinners' portion
To the man who is good, God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy. But to the sinner he gives the work of getting goods together and storing up wealth, to give to him who is good before God. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.
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One hand full of quietness is better than two hands full of trouble and striving after wind.
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Worldly » Ambition » The jews
How can you believe? You seek praise and glory from one another? Why do you not seek the glory that comes from the only God?
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He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god and object of worship. As a result, he seats himself in the sanctuary of God and declares (promotes) himself to be like God. (Ezekiel 28:2)
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Worldly » Ambition » Absalom
Absalom provided a chariot and horses for himself. He had an escort of fifty men to run ahead of him. He would rise early in the morning and stand by the road at the city gate. When someone came there with a dispute that he wanted the king to settle, Absalom would call him over and ask him where he was from. After the man told him what tribe he was from,
He added: How I wish I were a judge! Then anyone who had a dispute or a claim could come to me. I would give him justice.
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Worldly » Care, folly of » Profitless
Every man walks about like a vain illusion. He makes a lot of noise over nothing. He hoards riches and does not know who will receive them.
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I devoted myself to study and explored wisdom concerning all that is done under the heavens. It is a grievous task God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.
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Worldly » Pleasure results of a pleasure-seeking life » Poverty
He that loves pleasure will be poor. He who loves wine and oil will not be rich.
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Instead there was joy and festivity, killing oxen and slaughtering sheep, eating meat and drinking wine. Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.
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Worldly » Care, folly of » Chokes the "word"
He that was sown among thorns hears the word. The cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
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Others fell upon the thorns. The thorns grew up and choked them.
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Worldly » Ambition » The mother of james and john
What is your desire? he asked. She said to him: Let my two sons be seated, the one at your right hand, and the other at your left, in your kingdom.
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Woe to you Pharisees! You love the prominent seats in the synagogues, and the greetings in the marketplaces.
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Worldly » Care, folly of » Drives away sleep
When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night sees sleep with his eyes)
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Worldly » Care, folly of » Indicates a distrust of providence
Do not worry! Do not say: 'What shall we eat?' or, 'What shall we drink?' or, 'What shall we wear?' All people go in search of these things. Your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
Worldly » Pleasure results of a pleasure-seeking life » False security
Hear this you sensual one! You dwell securely and say in your heart: 'I am, and there is no one besides me. I will not sit as a widow. I will not lose children.' (Revelation 18:2-8) 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 abundance of sorceries, in spite of the great power of your spells.
Worldly » Pleasure results of a pleasure-seeking life » Desire for incessant revelry
They suffer wrong as their reward for wrongdoing. They are men that count it pleasure to revel in the daytime. They are spots and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions while they feast with you.
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Worldly » Ambition » Men after the flood
Then they said: Let us build ourselves a city, with a lofty tower that reaches into space, so that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of the whole earth.
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Worldly » Pleasure results of a pleasure-seeking life » Presumption
I will say to my self: 'You have many possessions saved for many years. Take it easy and eat, drink and be merry.'
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Worldly » Care, folly of » Mars the peace of home
Martha was worried about the housework. She approached Jesus and said: Lord do you not care that my sister does not help me? Tell her to help me.
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Worldly » Ambition » The disciples
Contention grew between them concerning which of them was the greatest.
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Worldly » Pleasure results of a pleasure-seeking life » Spiritual barrenness
The seeds that fell among the thorns are people who hear the word and go their own way. They are choked with the cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and do not produce fruit.
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Related Topics
- Affluence
- Ambition, negative aspects of
- Amusements, Evil Results
- Being Happy And Enjoying Life
- Busyness
- Care
- Choking
- Covetousness, Nature of
- Dancing
- Eating And Drinking
- Eating Drinking And Rejoicing
- Enjoying Life
- Excess
- Extravagance
- Food
- Fun
- Futility
- Gluttony
- Hedonism
- Leisure, And Pastimes
- Leisure, Nature And Purpose Of
- Loss
- Love, Abuse Of
- Many Combatants
- Physical Labour
- Pleasure
- Pleasure Seekers
- Pleasure, Worldly
- Presumptuous Plans
- Rich, The
- Riches, Dangers Of
- Seeking Honour
- Self Indulgence
- Shame Of Bad Conduct
- Short Time Till The End
- Soliloquy
- Success And Hard Work
- Sun