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Pleasure

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Job 20:12Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, Though he hide it under his tongue,Job 20:13Though he spare it, and will not let it go, But keep it still within his mouth;Job 20:14Yet his food in his bowels is turned, It is the gall of asps within him.Job 20:15He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again; God will cast them out of his belly.Job 20:16He shall suck the poison of asps: The viper’s tongue shall slay him.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.Proverbs 9:17Stolen waters are sweet, And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.Proverbs 15:21Folly is joy to him that is void of wisdom; But a man of understanding maketh straight his going.Proverbs 21:17He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.Ecclesiastes 1:17And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also was a striving after wind.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 2:2I said of laughter, It is mad; and of mirth, What doeth it?Ecclesiastes 2:3I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their life.Ecclesiastes 2:4I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards;Ecclesiastes 2:5I made me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit;Ecclesiastes 2:6I made me pools of water, to water therefrom the forest where trees were reared;Ecclesiastes 2:7I bought men-servants and maid-servants, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all that were before me in Jerusalem;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 2:9So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.Ecclesiastes 2:10And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them; I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor; and this was my portion from all my labor.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 2:12And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been done long ago.Ecclesiastes 2:13Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.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 22:12And in that day did the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:Isaiah 22:13and behold, joy and gladness, slaying oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine: let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we shall die.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:Isaiah 47:9but these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood; in their full measure shall they come upon thee, in the multitude of thy sorceries, and the great abundance of thine enchantments.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!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.Romans 1:32who, knowing the ordinance of God, that they that practise such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also consent with them that practise them.2 Thessalonians 2:12that they all might be judged who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.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;Hebrews 11:26accounting the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt: for he looked unto the recompense of reward.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;