3 Bible Verses about Pleasure, Worldly

I have fought with wild beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? Let us eat and drink; for tomorrow we die.

Then some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers incountered him: and some said, What would this babler say? Others, he seemeth to be a proclaimer of strange gods; because he preached to them Jesus, and the resurrection.

There was a certain rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen, and feasted splendidly every day.

And he divided to them his substance. And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together, and took a journey into a far country, and there squandered away his substance, living riotously.

But as soon as this thy son was come, who hath devoured thy substance with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.

For by speaking swelling words of vanity, they allure thro' the desire of the flesh, thro' wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them that live in error.

Ye have lived delicately on earth, and been wanton; ye have cherished your hearts, as in a day of sacrifice.

But as soon as this thy son was come, who hath devoured thy substance with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.

Traitors, rash, puffed up, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God;

For we also were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, inslaved to various desires and pleasures, living in wickedness and envy, hateful, hating one another:

Ye have lived delicately on earth, and been wanton; ye have cherished your hearts, as in a day of sacrifice.

But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.

Receiving the reward of unrighteousness. They count it pleasure to riot in the day time; spots and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings, while they feast with you,

And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years: take thine ease; eat, drink, and be merry.

That which fell among thorns are they, who, having heard, go forth, and are choked with cares, and riches, and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.