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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 20:13[Though] he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:Job 20:14[Yet] his meat 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 shall 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 take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.Job 21:13They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.Proverbs 9:17Stolen waters are sweet, and bread [eaten] in secret is pleasant.Proverbs 15:21Folly [is] joy to [him that is] destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.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 gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.Ecclesiastes 2:1I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also [is] vanity.Ecclesiastes 2:2I said of laughter, [It is] mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?Ecclesiastes 2:3I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what [was] that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the 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 orchards, and I planted trees in them of all [kind of] fruits:Ecclesiastes 2:6I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:Ecclesiastes 2:7I got [me] servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:Ecclesiastes 2:8I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, [as] 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 in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.Ecclesiastes 2:11Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all [was] vanity and vexation of spirit, 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 already done.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 continue until night, [till] wine inflame them!Isaiah 5:12And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.Isaiah 22:12And in that day did the Lord GOD 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 47:8Therefore hear now this, [thou that art] given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I [am], and none else beside 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: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, [and] for the great abundance of thine enchantments.Amos 6:1Woe to them [that are] at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, [which are] named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!Luke 8:14And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of [this] life, and bring no fruit to perfection.Romans 1:32Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.2 Thessalonians 2:12That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.1 Timothy 5:6But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.2 Timothy 3:4Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;Titus 3:3For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, [and] hating one another.Hebrews 11:25Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;Hebrews 11:26Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.2 Peter 2:13And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, [as] they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots [they are] and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;