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Amusements And Worldly Pleasures

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Exodus 32:4And he received it at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, and made it a molten calf: and they said, These are thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.Exodus 32:6And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt-offerings, and brought peace-offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.Exodus 32:19And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing: and Moses’ anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.Judges 16:23And the lords of the Philistines gathered them together to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice; for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.Judges 16:24And when the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hand our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, who hath slain many of us.Judges 16:25And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison-house; and he made sport before them. And they set him between the pillars:Job 1:5And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt-offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and renounced God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.Job 21:12They sing to the timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of the pipe.Job 21:13They spend their days in prosperity, And in a moment they go down to Sheol.Job 21:14And they say unto God, Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.Job 21:15What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?Proverbs 14:13Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; And the end of mirth is heaviness.Proverbs 21:17He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.Ecclesiastes 2:1I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also was vanity.Ecclesiastes 2:8I gathered me also silver and gold, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces; I gat me men-singers and women-singers, and the delights of the sons of men, musical instruments, and that of all sorts.Ecclesiastes 2:11Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do; and, behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.Ecclesiastes 7:2It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.Ecclesiastes 7:3Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made glad.Ecclesiastes 7:4The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.Ecclesiastes 11:9Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes; but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.Isaiah 5:11Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that tarry late into the night, till wine inflame them!Isaiah 5:12And the harp and the lute, the tabret and the pipe, and wine, are in their feasts; but they regard not the work of Jehovah, neither have they considered the operation of his hands.Isaiah 47:8Now therefore hear this, thou that art given to pleasures, that sittest securely, that sayest in thy heart, I am, and there is none else besides me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:Amos 6:1Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and to them that are secure in the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel come!Amos 6:2Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great; then go down to Gath of the Philistines: are they better than these kingdoms? or is their border greater than your border?Amos 6:3—ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;Amos 6:4that lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;Amos 6:5that sing idle songs to the sound of the viol; that invent for themselves instruments of music, like David;Amos 6:6that drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief oils; but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.Matthew 14:6But when Herod’s birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst, and pleased Herod.Matthew 14:7Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she should ask.Matthew 14:8And she, being put forward by her mother, saith, Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.Luke 8:14And that which fell among the thorns, these are they that have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.1 Corinthians 10:7Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.Galatians 5:19Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,Galatians 5:21envyings, drunkenness, revellings, and such like; of which I forewarn you, even as I did forewarn you, that they who practise such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.Ephesians 4:17This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye no longer walk as the Gentiles also walk, in the vanity of their mind,Ephesians 4:19who being past feeling gave themselves up to lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.1 Timothy 5:6But she that giveth herself to pleasure is dead while she liveth.2 Timothy 3:4traitors, headstrong, puffed up, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;Titus 3:3For we also once were foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.Hebrews 11:25choosing rather to share ill treatment with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;James 5:1Come now, ye rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you.James 5:5Ye have lived delicately on the earth, and taken your pleasure; ye have nourished your hearts in a day of slaughter.1 Peter 4:3For the time past may suffice to have wrought the desire of the Gentiles, and to have walked in lasciviousness, lusts, winebibbings, revellings, carousings, and abominable idolatries:1 Peter 4:4wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them into the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:2 Peter 2:13suffering wrong as the hire of wrong-doing; men that count it pleasure to revel in the day-time, spots and blemishes, revelling in their deceivings while they feast with you;