11 Bible Verses about Amusements, Evil Results

Even in laughter the heart may be in pain,
And the end of joy may be grief.

He who loves pleasure will become a poor man;
He who loves wine and oil will not become rich.

Now these things happened as examples for us, so that we would not crave evil things as they also craved. Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink, and stood up to play.” Nor let us act immorally, as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in one day.

But she who gives herself to wanton pleasure is dead even while she lives.

He who tills his land will have plenty of food,
But he who follows empty pursuits will have poverty in plenty.

Do not be with heavy drinkers of wine,
Or with gluttonous eaters of meat;
For the heavy drinker and the glutton will come to poverty,
And drowsiness will clothe one with rags.

I said of laughter, “It is madness,” and of pleasure, “What does it accomplish?”

For the heavy drinker and the glutton will come to poverty,
And drowsiness will clothe one with rags.

It came about, as soon as Moses came near the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing; and Moses’ anger burned, and he threw the tablets from his hands and shattered them at the foot of the mountain.

Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.

The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the estate that falls to me.’ So he divided his wealth between them. 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. Now when he had spent everything, a severe famine occurred in that country, and he began to be impoverished.read more.
So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. And he would have gladly filled his stomach with the pods that the swine were eating, and no one was giving anything to him. But when he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired men have more than enough bread, but I am dying here with hunger!