9 Bible Verses about Worldly Pleasures, Leads To

A man of poverty loving joy: he loving wine and oil shall not be rich.

And she living luxuriously is dead, living.

Come on now, ye rich, weep, uttering loud cries of grief for the misfortunes coming upon you.

And they will say to God, Depart from us; and we desired not the knowledge of thy ways. What the Almighty that we shall serve him? and what shall we be profited if we shall supplicate to him?

And there was the harp and the lyre, the drum and the pipe, and the wine of their drinking's: but the work of Jehovah they will not look at, and the work of his hands they saw not

Wo! to those living at ease in Zion, and trusting in the mountain of Shomeron, being distinguished the chief of the nations, and to them the house of Israel came. Pass through Calneh, and see; and go ye from thence to Hamath the great: and go down to the wine-press of the rovers: are they good above these kingdoms? or their bound great above your bound? Extending to the evil day, and ye will bring near the seat of violence;read more.
Lying upon beds of ivory, and stretching out upon their couches, and eating the lambs from the flock, and the calves from the midst of the stall. Prating upon the mouth of the lyre, as David they invented to them instruments of music; Drinking wine in vases, and they will anoint with the chief of ointments: and they were not grieved for the breaking of Joseph.

Also in laughter the heart shall have pain, and its latter state of joy, grief.

And it will be that the days of drinking went round, and Job will send and consecrate them, and he rose early in the morning and brought up burnt-offerings for the number of them all: for Job said, Perhaps my sons sinned, and blessed God in their hearts. Thus did Job all the days.

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; and the heart of the foolish in the house of gladness.