TOPICAL BIBLE
Worldliness
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Job 21:13They spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol in peace.Job 21:14Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.Job 21:15Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’Psalm 49:16Do not be afraid when a man grows rich, when the splendor of his house increases.Psalm 49:17For when he dies, he will carry nothing away; his abundance will not follow him down.Psalm 49:18Though in his lifetime he blesses his soul—and men praise you when you prosper—Psalm 73:2But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled; my steps had nearly slipped.Psalm 73:3For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.Psalm 73:4They have no struggle in their death; their bodies are well-fed.Psalm 73:5They are free of the burdens others carry; they are not afflicted like other men.Psalm 73:6Therefore pride is their necklace; a garment of violence covers them.Psalm 73:7From their prosperity proceeds iniquity; the imaginations of their hearts run wild.Psalm 73:8They mock and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression.Psalm 73:9They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongues strut across the earth.Psalm 73:10So their people return to this place and drink up waters in abundance.Psalm 73:11The wicked say, “How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?”Psalm 73:12Behold, these are the wicked—always carefree as they increase their wealth.Psalm 73:13Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure; in innocence I have washed my hands.Psalm 73:14For I am afflicted all day long and punished every morning.Psalm 73:15If I had said, “I will speak this way,” then I would have betrayed Your children.Psalm 73:16When I tried to understand all this, it was troublesome in my sightPsalm 73:17until I entered God’s sanctuary; then I discerned their end.Psalm 73:18Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.Psalm 73:19How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!Psalm 73:20Like one waking from a dream, so You, O Lord, awaken and despise their form.Psalm 73:21When my heart was grieved and I was pierced within,Psalm 73:22I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before You.Psalm 78:18They willfully tested God by demanding the food they craved.Psalm 78:29So they ate and were well filled, for He gave them what they craved.Psalm 78:30Yet before they had filled their desire, with the food still in their mouths,Psalm 78:31God’s anger flared against them, and He put to death their strongest and subdued the young men of Israel.Proverbs 14:12There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.Proverbs 14:13Even in laughter the heart may ache, and joy may end in sorrow.Proverbs 15:21Folly is joy to one who lacks judgment, but a man of understanding walks a straight path.Proverbs 21:17He who loves pleasure will become poor; the one who loves wine and oil will never be rich.Proverbs 23:20Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat.Proverbs 23:21For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.Proverbs 27:1Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.Proverbs 27:7The soul that is full loathes honey, but to a hungry soul, any bitter thing is sweet.Ecclesiastes 1:8All things are wearisome, more than one can describe; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear content with hearing.Ecclesiastes 2:1I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good!” But it proved to be futile.Ecclesiastes 2:2I said of laughter, “It is folly,” and of pleasure, “What does it accomplish?”Ecclesiastes 2:3I sought to cheer my body with wine and to embrace folly—my mind still guiding me with wisdom—until I could see what was worthwhile for men to do under heaven during the few days of their lives.Ecclesiastes 2:4I expanded my pursuits. I built houses and planted vineyards for myself.Ecclesiastes 2:5I made gardens and parks for myself, where I planted all kinds of fruit trees.Ecclesiastes 2:6I built reservoirs to water my groves of flourishing trees.Ecclesiastes 2:7I acquired menservants and maidservants, and servants were born in my house. I also owned more herds and flocks than anyone in Jerusalem before me,Ecclesiastes 2:8and I accumulated for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I gathered to myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men—many concubines.Ecclesiastes 2:9So I became great and surpassed all in Jerusalem who had preceded me; and my wisdom remained with me.Ecclesiastes 2:10Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor.Ecclesiastes 2:11Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun.Ecclesiastes 2:12Then I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly; for what more can the king’s successor do than what has already been accomplished?Ecclesiastes 6:11For the more words, the more futility—and how does that profit anyone?Ecclesiastes 6:12For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?Ecclesiastes 8:15So I commended the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be merry. For this joy will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.Ecclesiastes 8:16When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe the task that one performs on the earth—though his eyes do not see sleep in the day or even in the night—Ecclesiastes 8:17I saw every work of God, and that a man is unable to comprehend the work that is done under the sun. Despite his efforts to search it out, he cannot find its meaning; even if the wise man claims to know, he is unable to comprehend.Ecclesiastes 10:19A feast is prepared for laughter, and wine makes life merry, but money is the answer for everything.Ecclesiastes 11:9Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.Ecclesiastes 11:10So banish sorrow from your heart, and cast off pain from your body, for youth and vigor are fleeting.