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Pleasure: Worldly Job 20:12–16

Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he conceals it under his tongue, / though he cannot bear to let it go and keeps it in his mouth, / yet in his stomach his food sours into the venom of cobras within him.

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Pleasure: Worldly Job 21:12, 13

singing to the tambourine and lyre and making merry at the sound of the flute. / They spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol in peace.

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Pleasure: Worldly Proverbs 9:17

“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!”

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Pleasure: Worldly Proverbs 15:21

Folly is joy to one who lacks judgment, but a man of understanding walks a straight path.

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Pleasure: Worldly Proverbs 21:17

He who loves pleasure will become poor; the one who loves wine and oil will never be rich.

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Pleasure: Worldly Ecclesiastes 1:17

So I set my mind to know wisdom and madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind.

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Pleasure: Worldly Ecclesiastes 2:1–13

I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good!” But it proved to be futile. / I said of laughter, “It is folly,” and of pleasure, “What does it accomplish?” / I 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.

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Pleasure: Worldly Isaiah 5:11, 12

Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine. / At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.

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Pleasure: Worldly Isaiah 22:12, 13

On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth. / But look, there is joy and gladness, butchering of cattle and slaughtering of sheep, eating of meat and drinking of wine: “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”

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Pleasure: Worldly Isaiah 47:8, 9

So now hear this, O lover of luxury who sits securely, who says to herself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me. I will never be a widow or know the loss of children.’ / These two things will overtake you in a moment, in a single day: loss of children, and widowhood. They will come upon you in full measure, in spite of your many sorceries and the potency of your spells.

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Pleasure: Worldly Amos 6:1

Woe to those at ease in Zion and those secure on Mount Samaria, the distinguished ones of the foremost nation, to whom the house of Israel comes.

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Pleasure: Worldly Luke 8:14

The seeds that fell among the thorns are those who hear, but as they go on their way, they are choked by the worries, riches, and pleasures of this life, and their fruit does not mature.

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Pleasure: Worldly Romans 1:32

Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to do these things, but also approve of those who practice them.

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Pleasure: Worldly 2 Thessalonians 2:12

in order that judgment may come upon all who have disbelieved the truth and delighted in wickedness.

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Pleasure: Worldly 1 Timothy 5:6

But she who lives for pleasure is dead even while she is still alive.

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Pleasure: Worldly 2 Timothy 3:4

traitorous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,

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Pleasure: Worldly Titus 3:3

For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.

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Pleasure: Worldly Hebrews 11:25, 26

He chose to suffer oppression with God’s people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin. / He valued disgrace for Christ above the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to his reward.

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Pleasure: Worldly 2 Peter 2:13

The harm they will suffer is the wages of their wickedness. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deception as they feast with you.

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