7 Bible Verses about Worldly Pleasures, Nature Of

Now the works of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, moral impurity, promiscuity,

singing to the tambourine and lyre
and rejoicing at the sound of the flute.
They spend their days in prosperity
and go down to Sheol in peace.

and chose to suffer with the people of God rather than to enjoy the short-lived pleasure of sin.

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.

He took the gold from their hands, fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made it into an image of a calf.

Then they said, “Israel, this is your God, who brought you up from the land of Egypt!”

Don’t become idolaters as some of them were; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and got up to play.

Now the Philistine leaders gathered together to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon. They rejoiced and said:

Our god has handed over
our enemy Samson to us. When the people saw him, they praised their god and said:

Our god has handed over to us
our enemy who destroyed our land
and who multiplied our dead. When they were drunk, they said, “Bring Samson here to entertain us.” So they brought Samson from prison, and he entertained them. They had him stand between the pillars.