7 Bible Verses about Pleasure, Worldly

I said to myself, “Go ahead, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good.” But it turned out to be futile.

They lie on beds inlaid with ivory,
sprawled out on their couches,
and dine on lambs from the flock
and calves from the stall.

If I fought wild animals in Ephesus with only human hope, what good did that do me? If the dead are not raised, Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.

Then also, some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers argued with him. Some said, “What is this pseudo-intellectual trying to say?”

Others replied, “He seems to be a preacher of foreign deities”—because he was telling the good news about Jesus and the Resurrection.

There is nothing better for man than to eat, drink, and enjoy his work. I have seen that even this is from God’s hand,

They lie on beds inlaid with ivory,
sprawled out on their couches,
and dine on lambs from the flock
and calves from the stall.

“There was a rich man who would dress in purple and fine linen, feasting lavishly every day.

At the end of this time, the king held a week-long banquet in the garden courtyard of the royal palace for all the people, from the greatest to the least, who were present in the fortress of Susa. White and violet linen hangings were fastened with fine white and purple linen cords to silver rods on marble columns. Gold and silver couches [were arranged] on a mosaic pavement of red feldspar, marble, mother-of-pearl, and precious stones.

Beverages were served in an array of gold goblets, each with a different design. Royal wine flowed freely, according to the king’s bounty

Solomon's provisions for one day were 150 bushels of fine flour and 300 bushels of meal, 10 fattened oxen, 20 range oxen, and 100 sheep, besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and pen-fed poultry,

They drink wine by the bowlful
and anoint themselves with the finest oils
but do not grieve over the ruin of Joseph.

Not many days later, the younger son gathered together all he had and traveled to a distant country, where he squandered his estate in foolish living.

But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your assets with prostitutes, you slaughtered the fattened calf for him.’

The one who is truly lazy in his work
is brother to a vandal.

Precious treasure and oil are in the dwelling of a wise person,
but a foolish man consumes them.

For by uttering boastful, empty words, they seduce, with fleshly desires and debauchery, people who have barely escaped from those who live in error.

You have lived luxuriously on the land and have indulged yourselves. You have fattened your hearts for the day of slaughter.

A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father,
but one who consorts with prostitutes destroys his wealth.

But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your assets with prostitutes, you slaughtered the fattened calf for him.’

traitors, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,

For we too were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved by various passions and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, detesting one another.

You have lived luxuriously on the land and have indulged yourselves. You have fattened your hearts for the day of slaughter.

however, she who is self-indulgent is dead even while she lives.

The one who loves pleasure will become a poor man;
whoever loves wine and oil will not get rich.

But look: joy and gladness,
butchering of cattle, slaughtering of sheep,
eating of meat, and drinking of wine—
“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”

"So now hear this, lover of luxury, who sits securely, who says to herself: I, and no one else, will never be a widow or know the loss of children. These two things will happen to you suddenly, in one day: loss of children and widowhood. They will happen to you in their entirety, in spite of your many sorceries and the potency of your spells.

suffering harm as the payment for unrighteousness. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in the daytime. They are spots and blemishes, delighting in their deceptions as they feast with you.

Then I’ll say to myself, “You have many goods stored up for many years. Take it easy; eat, drink, and enjoy yourself.”’

As for the seed that fell among thorns, these are the ones who, when they have heard, go on their way and are choked with worries, riches, and pleasures of life, and produce no mature fruit.