Bible verses about "pleasure" | ECB

¹² The night advances, the day approaches: so put off the works of darkness and endue the weapon of light. ¹³ Walk decorously as in the day; not in carousing and intoxication; not in coition and lechery; not in contention and zeal; ¹⁴ but endue Adonay Yah Shua Messiah and make no provision for the flesh to do its pantings.

¹⁸ Flee whoredom. Every sin a human ever does is outside the body; and whoever whores, sins against his own body.

⁷ Neither be idolaters, exactly as some of them: as scribed, The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to ridicule. ^{Exodus 32:6}

⁶ and she who luxuriates, is dead while she lives:

¹⁴ And that falling among thorns are they who hear and go; and are strangled by anxieties and riches and pleasures of existence and bring no fruit to completion/shalom.

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THE MANY WORKS OF THE FLESH
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are: Adultery, whoredom, impurity, lechery, ²⁰ idolatry, pharmacy, enmity, contention, zeals, fury, rivalry, divisions, heresies, ²¹ envyings, murders, intoxication, carousings and such like: of which I forespeak exactly as I also foretold, that whoever transacts such inherit not the sovereigndom of Elohim.

⁴ Marriage is honorable in all and the coition unpolluted: but Elohim judges whoremongers and adulterers.

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WARNING THE RICH
Evangelize them who are rich in this eon, that they neither be highminded nor hope in uncertain riches - but in the living Elohim who presents us richly to enjoy all;

⁴ that each one of you know how to acquire his vessel in holiness and honor;

¹ I said in my heart, Go to, I beseech, I test you with cheerfulness; see the good: and behold, this also is vanity. ² Of laughter, I say, Halal! Of cheerfulness, What works? ³ I explored in my heart to draw my flesh to wine; yet driving my heart with wisdom: and to lay hold on folly until I see the good for the sons of humanity; which they work under the heavens the number of the days of their life. ⁴ I greatened my works; I built houses; I planted vineyards; ⁵ I worked gardens and orchards; and in them I planted trees of all fruits: ⁶ I worked pools of water to wet the forest to sprout trees; ⁷ I chattelized servants and maids and had sons of my house; I also had abundant chattel of oxen and flocks above all that were in Yeru Shalem at my face: ⁸ I also gathered silver and gold and the peculiar treasure of sovereigns and of the jurisdictions: I worked songsters and songtresses and the delights of the sons of humanity and mistresses of mistresses. ⁹ Thus I greatened and increased more than all ere my face in Yeru Shalem; also my wisdom stayed with me: ¹⁰ and whatever my eyes asked I set not aside from them, nor withheld my heart from any cheerfulness; for my heart cheered in all my toil: and this was my allotment of all my toil. ¹¹ Then I faced all the works my hands worked and on the toil I toiled to work; and behold, all is vanity and gnawing of spirit and there is no advantage under the sun.

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TESTING
No testing overtakes you except such as is human: but Elohim is trustworthy who allows you to not to be tested beyond your ability; but with the testing also makes an exit so that you are able to endure.

¹⁸ Flee whoredom. Every sin a human ever does is outside the body; and whoever whores, sins against his own body. ¹⁹ Or know you not that your body is the nave of the Holy Spirit in you which you have of Elohim - and you are not your own? ²⁰ For you are bought with a price: so glorify Elohim in your body and in your spirit, which are of Elohim.

¹¹ you have me know the path of life; at your face is satisfying cheerfulness; at your right are pleasures in perpetuity.

¹⁷ Whoever loves cheerfulness is a man of lack; whoever loves wine and ointment enriches not.

²² And flee youthful pantings: and pursue justness, trust, love, and shalom with them who call on Adonay from a pure heart.