7 Bible Verses about Pleasure, Worldly

I told myself, "I will test you with pleasure, so enjoy yourself." But this was pointless.

lying on ivory beds, stretching out on your couches, eating lambs from the flock, and fattened calves from the stall,

If I have fought with wild animals in Ephesus from merely human motives, what do I get out of it? If the dead are not raised, "Let's eat and drink, for tomorrow we die."

Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also debated with him. Some asked, "What is this blabbermouth trying to say?" while others said, "He seems to be preaching about foreign gods." This was because Paul was telling the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.

The only worthwhile thing for a human being is to eat, drink, and enjoy life's goodness that he finds in what he accomplishes. This, I observed, is also from the hand of God himself,

lying on ivory beds, stretching out on your couches, eating lambs from the flock, and fattened calves from the stall,

"Once there was a rich man who used to dress in purple and fine linen and live in great luxury every day.

When those days were over, the king held a seven-day banquet in the courtyard of the garden of his palace for all the people who were present in Susa the capital, from the greatest to the least important. There were curtains of white and blue linen tied with cords of fine linen and purple material to silver rings on marble columns. There were couches of gold and silver on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl and other precious stones.

Drinks were served in gold vessels of various kinds, and there was plenty of royal wine because the king was generous.

Solomon's daily provisions were 30 kors of fine flour, 60 kors of meal, ten fattened oxen, 20 pasture-fed cattle, 100 sheep, as well as deer, gazelles, roebucks, and domestic poultry.

drinking wine from bowls, anointing themselves with the choicest of oils, but not grieving on the occasion of Joseph's ruin

A few days later, the younger son gathered everything he owned and traveled to a distant country. There he wasted it all on wild living.

But this son of yours spent your money on prostitutes, and when he came back, you killed the fattened calf for him!'

Whoever is lazy regarding his work is also a brother to the master of destruction.

Precious treasures and oil are found where the wise live, but a foolish man devours them.

By talking high-sounding nonsense and using sinful cravings of the flesh, they entice people who have just escaped from those who live in error.

You have lived in luxury and pleasure on earth. You have fattened yourselves for the day of slaughter.

The man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but anyone who consorts with immoral women squanders his wealth.

But this son of yours spent your money on prostitutes, and when he came back, you killed the fattened calf for him!'

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

After all, we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, and misled. We were slaves to many kinds of lusts and pleasures, spending our days in malice and jealousy. We were despised, and we hated one another.

You have lived in luxury and pleasure on earth. You have fattened yourselves for the day of slaughter.

But the self-indulgent widow is just as good as dead.

Pleasure lovers become poor; loving wine and oil doesn't bring riches.

But look! There is joy and festivity, slaughtering of cattle and killing of sheep, eating meat and drinking wine. "Let us eat and drink, you say, because we die tomorrow."

"Now hear this, you wanton creature, lounging with no cares, and saying to herself: "I am the one, and there will be none besides me; I won't live as a widow, nor will I see the loss of children.' Both of these things will overtake you suddenly on a single day: loss of children and widowhood. They will come upon you in full measure, despite the multitude of your incantations and the great power of your spells."

suffering harm as punishment for their wrongdoing. They take pleasure in wild parties in broad daylight. They are stains and blemishes, reveling in their deceitful pleasures while they eat with you.

Then I'll say to myself, "You've stored up plenty of good things for many years. Take it easy, eat, drink, and enjoy yourself."'

The ones that fell among the thorn bushes are the people who listen, but as they go on their way they are choked by the worries, wealth, and pleasures of life, and their fruit doesn't mature.