Amusements and Worldly Pleasures

“The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;”

“and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.”

“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.”

“He chose to suffer oppression with God’s people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin.”

“Yet 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.”

“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.”

“He took the gold from their hands, and with an engraving tool he fashioned it into a molten calf. And they said, “These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!””