Pampering

But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.

He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: — read the full passage →

He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.

Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: — read the full passage →

And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.

Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: — read the full passage →

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

And 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. — read the full passage →

For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:

And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. — read the full passage →

And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. — read the full passage →

For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.

For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:

Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;

And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. — read the full passage →

For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? — read the full passage →

He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.

He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.

The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries: — read the full passage →

Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. — read the full passage →

And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter. — read the full passage →

Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them! — read the full passage →

And 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.

The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.

Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? — read the full passage →

Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. — read the full passage →

For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, — read the full passage →

But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. — read the full passage →

For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. — read the full passage →

But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.

Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? — read the full passage →

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity. — read the full passage →

I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity. — read the full passage →

Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. — read the full passage →

For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. — read the full passage →

There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:

And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: — read the full passage →

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. — read the full passage →

For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, — read the full passage →

Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; — read the full passage →

This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. — read the full passage →

But godliness with contentment is great gain. — read the full passage →

But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;

But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry; — read the full passage →

In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;

Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: — read the full passage →

Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.

And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, — read the full passage →

I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, — read the full passage →

Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.

And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.

And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. — read the full passage →

And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. — read the full passage →

And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole.

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.

Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.

Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the Lord: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. — read the full passage →

Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.

She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.

He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the Lord shall be made fat.

It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.

Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.

For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: — read the full passage →

Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.

A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.

Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:

And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth. — read the full passage →

Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein; — read the full passage →

When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the Lord thy God for the good land which he hath given thee. — read the full passage →