Pleasure

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

Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. — read the full passage →

And 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.

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 →

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

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

Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

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;

The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. — read the full passage →

That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;

Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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.

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

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

But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;

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 →

Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord God: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?

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

For the Lord taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.

Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

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 hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.

Therefore 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:

Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.

Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. — read the full passage →

The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.

For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with 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.

Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins. — read the full passage →

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: — read the full passage →

But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.

For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:

For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

And 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;

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

Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:

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.

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: — read the full passage →

A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.

Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?

None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the Lord. — read the full passage →

But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. — read the full passage →

My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding: — read the full passage →

Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty. — read the full passage →

Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust. — read the full passage →

For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?

And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man’s pleasure.

Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:

Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;

But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things. — read the full passage →

And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her. — read the full passage →

Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: — read the full passage →

A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.

Praise ye the Lord. Praise ye the Lord from the heavens: praise him in the heights. — read the full passage →

And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.

And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.

For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.

The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.

A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.

Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.

It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, — read the full passage →