19 Bible Verses about Pleasure
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At that time Jesus declared, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and have revealed them to babes. Yes, Father, for this was your good pleasure.
At that hour Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and revealed them to babes. Yes, Father, for so it was your good pleasure.
"Behold, my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom my soul is well pleased! I will put my Spirit upon him, and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles.
he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will,
Instruct those who are rich in this present world not to be conceited or to fix their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly supplies us with everything to enjoy.
And the ones that fell among the thorns, they are those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature.
For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by men and hating one another.
so that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in wickedness.
treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
choosing rather to share ill-treatment with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin.
You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.
suffering wrong for their wrongdoing. They count it a pleasure to revel in the daytime. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions, as they carouse with you. They have eyes full of adultery, that never cease from sin; they entice unstable souls. They have hearts trained in greed. Accursed children!
From Thematic Bible
Pleasure » What is pleasing to the lord
Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.
giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. read more.
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authoritiesall things were created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he might have the first place in everything. For all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell in him
And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate to sanctify the people through his own blood. Let us, then, go to him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace he bore. For here we do not have an enduring city, but we are looking for the city which is to come. read more.
Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name. Do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
Pleasure » Those that please the lord
Pleasure » What the lord has no pleasure in
For since the law has only a shadow of the good things to come and not the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices which are continually offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near. Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered? If the worshipers had once been cleansed, they would no longer have any consciousness of sins. But in these sacrifices there is a reminder of sins year after year. read more.
For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. Therefore, when Christ came into the world, he said: "Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me; in burnt offerings and sin offerings you have taken no pleasure. Then I said, 'Behold, I have come to do your will, O God,' as it is written of me in the roll of the book." When he said above, "You did not desire, nor did you take pleasure in sacrifices and offerings and burnt offerings and sin offerings" (these are offered according to the law), then he said, "Behold, I have come to do your will." He takes away the first in order to establish the second.
Pleasure » Who cannot please God
And without faith it is impossible to please God, for anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised. "For yet in a very little while, he who is coming will come and will not delay. But my righteous one shall live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him."
Pleasure » Who the lord takes pleasure in
Pleasure » Those that love pleasure
the things that are Transient » Power » Pleasure
And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; eat, drink, and be merry."' But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have prepared?'
Topics on Pleasure
Pleasure Seekers
2 Timothy 3:2For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
Pleasure, Worldly
Luke 8:14And the ones that fell among the thorns, they are those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature.
Worldly Pleasures, Characteristic Of The Wicked
Ephesians 4:17Now this I affirm and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds,
Worldly Pleasures, Leads To
1 Timothy 5:6But she who lives for pleasure is dead even while she lives.
Worldly Pleasures, Nature Of
Galatians 5:19Now the deeds of the flesh are obvious: immorality, impurity, lewdness,
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- Bible, In Christian Living
- Character Of Wicked
- Delight, God Expressing
- Delighting, Right Kinds Of
- Delighting, Wrong Kinds Of
- Fools, Description Of
- God As A Source Of Delight
- God's Salvation Made Known
- God's Things Concealed
- God's Word As A Source Of Delight
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