3 Bible Verses about Pleasure, Worldly

From the human point of view, what good is it to me that I have fought wild animals here in Ephesus? If the dead do not rise at all, "Let us eat and drink, for we will be dead tomorrow!"

Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers debated with him. Some of them said, "What is this rag-picker trying to make out?" Others said, "He seems to be preaching some foreign deities." This was because he was telling the good news of Jesus and the resurrection.

"There was once a rich man, who used to dress in purple and fine linen, and to live in luxury every day.

Not many days later, the younger son gathered up all he had, and went away to a distant country, and there he squandered his property by fast living.

But when your son here came, who has eaten up your property with women of the street, for him you killed the calf you have been fattening!'

They utter arrogant nonsense and use physical cravings to lure into immorality men who are just escaping from among those who live in error;

You have lived luxuriously and voluptuously here on earth; you have fattened your hearts for the day of slaughter.

But when your son here came, who has eaten up your property with women of the street, for him you killed the calf you have been fattening!'

treacherous, reckless, conceited, caring more for pleasure than for God,

For we ourselves were once without understanding, disobedient, deluded, enslaved to all kinds of passions and pleasures. Our minds were full of malice and envy. Men hated us and we hated one another.

You have lived luxuriously and voluptuously here on earth; you have fattened your hearts for the day of slaughter.

A widow who gives herself up to pleasure is dead while she is still alive.

suffering wrong as the reward for their wrongdoing. They find pleasure in the indulgence of the moment; they are a stain and a disgrace, and they revel in their deceit while they join in your religious meals.

And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have great wealth stored up for years to come. Now take your ease; eat, drink, and enjoy yourself." '

And what falls among the thorns means those who listen and pass on, and the worries and wealth and pleasures of life stifle them and they yield nothing.