20 Bible Verses about Amusements

Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is grief.

And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one on his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.

He that loves pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loves wine and oil shall not be rich.

And they rose up early on the next day, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.

And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make sport for us. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made sport for them: and they set him between the pillars.

And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.

They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance. They sing to the tambourine and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the flute.

I said in my heart, Come now, I will test you with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity. I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What use is it?

And the harp, and the lyre, the timbrel, and flute, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.

That chant to the sound of the harp, and invent for yourselves instruments of music, like David;

And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in its streets.

And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the noise of them that sing do I hear. And it came to pass, as soon as he came near unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger grew hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and broke them beneath the mount.

And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had let them be naked unto their shame among their enemies:)

And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with timbrels, with joy, and with instruments of music. And the women sang to one another as they played, and said, Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.

For the time past of our life will suffice us to have done the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in licentiousness, lusts, excess of wine, reveling, carousing, and abominable idolatries:

And when an opportune day was come, Herod on his birthday made a supper for his lords, high captains, and chief men of Galilee;

They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and you have not danced; we have mourned to you, and you have not wept.

(For all the Athenians and strangers who were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)