Bible verses about "pleasure" | JuliaSmith

¹² The night has advanced, and the day has drawn near: therefore let us lay down the works of darkness, and put on the weapons of light. ¹³ As in the day, let us walk becomingly; not in revelries and drunkenness, not in coition and licentiousness, not in strife and envy. ¹⁴ But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not consideration for the flesh, for the passions.

¹⁸ Flee fornication. Every sin which if a man do is without the body; but he committing fornication sins against his own body.

⁷ Neither be ye idolaters, as some of them; as has been written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.

⁶ And she living luxuriously is dead, living.

¹⁴ And that having fallen into thorns, and they are they having heard, and with cares and riches, and pleasures of life going forth, are choked, and bring not to maturity.

¹⁹ And the works of the flesh are manifest, which are; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, licentiousness, ²⁰ Idolatry, charm, enmities, strifes, jealousies, wraths, intriguings, seditions, sects ²¹ Envyings, slaughters, drunkenness, revelries, and the like: to these which I foretell you, as I have also said before, that they doing such shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

⁴ Marriage honoured in all, and the bed unpolluted: but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

¹⁷ To the rich now in this life, proclaim not to be highminded, nor to be hoping upon the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, offering us all things richly for profit;

⁴ For each of you to know how to possess his vessel in consecration and honour;

¹ I Said in my heart, Go now, I will prove thee with gladness, and look thou upon good: and behold, this also vanity. ² To laughter I said, It is mad: and to gladness, What did this? ³ I examined in my heart to draw my flesh with wine, and my heart led in wisdom; and to lay hold upon folly till that I shall see what this good to the sons of man which they will do under the heavens the number of the days of their life. ⁴ I magnified my work; I builded to me houses; I planted to me vineyards: ⁵ I made to me gardens and pleasure grounds, and I planted in them a tree of all fruit ⁶ I made to me pools of waters to water from them the forest, causing trees to spring forth. ⁷ I obtained servants and maids, and sons of the house were to me; also obtaining cattle, and many sheep were to me more than all that were before me in Jerusalem. ⁸ I gathered to me also silver and gold, and the wealth of kings, and the provinces: I made to me men singing and women singing, and the delights of the sons of men, a wife and mistresses. ⁹ And I was magnified and increased more than all being before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom stood to me. ¹⁰ And all that mine eyes asked I kept not back from them, and I withheld not my heart from all gladness; for my heart rejoiced from all my labor: and this was my portion from all my labor. ¹¹ And I looked upon all my works my hands made, and upon the labor I labored to do, and behold, all vanity and striving of the spirit, and no profit under the sun.

¹³ No temptation except human has taken you and God faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able; but with the temptation will he also make an escape, that ye may be able to bear.

¹⁸ Flee fornication. Every sin which if a man do is without the body; but he committing fornication sins against his own body. ¹⁹ Or know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God, and ye are not your own? ²⁰ For ye were bought for a price: then glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are of God.

¹¹ Thou wilt cause me to know the way of life: abundance of joys with thy face; favors in thy right hand forever.

¹⁷ A man of poverty loving joy: he loving wine and oil shall not be rich.

²² And flee youthful, eager desires: and follow justice, faith, love, peace, with them calling upon the Lord from a pure heart.