General References, Pleasure

Deuteronomy 23:24

²⁴ When thou comest into thy neighbour's vineyard, then thou mayest eat grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put any in thy vessel.

Ezra 10:11

¹¹ Now therefore make confession unto the LORD God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives.

Esther 1:8

⁸ 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.

Job 22:3

³ Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?

Job 20:12

¹² Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;

Job 20:13

¹³ Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:

Job 20:14

¹⁴ Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.

Job 20:15

¹⁵ He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.

Job 20:16

¹⁶ He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.

Job 21:12

¹² They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.

Job 21:13

¹³ They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.

Psalms 149:4

⁴ For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.

Psalms 35:27

²⁷ Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.

Psalms 51:18

¹⁸ Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.

Psalms 103:21

²¹ Bless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure.

Psalms 105:22

²² To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom.

Proverbs 9:17

¹⁷ Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

Proverbs 15:21

²¹ Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.

Proverbs 21:17

¹⁷ He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

Ecclesiastes 2:1

¹ I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 2:2

² I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?

Ecclesiastes 2:3

³ I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.

Ecclesiastes 2:4

⁴ I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:

Ecclesiastes 2:5

⁵ I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:

Ecclesiastes 2:6

⁶ I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:

Ecclesiastes 2:7

⁷ I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:

Ecclesiastes 2:8

⁸ I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.

Ecclesiastes 2:9

⁹ So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.

Ecclesiastes 12:1

¹ Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

Ecclesiastes 2:10

¹⁰ 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.

Ecclesiastes 2:11

¹¹ Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:12

¹² And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done.

⁸ 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:

Isaiah 47:9

⁹ But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine enchantments.

Isaiah 5:11

¹¹ Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!

Isaiah 5:12

¹² And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.

Isaiah 58:3

³ Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.

Isaiah 22:12

¹² And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:

Isaiah 22:13

¹³ And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.

Isaiah 58:13

¹³ If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:

Jeremiah 2:24

²⁴ A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.

Ezekiel 18:23

²³ 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?

Amos 6:1

¹ Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!

Malachi 1:10

¹⁰ Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.

Luke 8:14

¹⁴ 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.

Romans 1:32

³² Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.

2 Corinthians 12:10

¹⁰ Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

Ephesians 1:5

⁵ Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

Ephesians 1:9

⁹ Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:

2 Thessalonians 2:12

¹² That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

1 Timothy 5:6

⁶ But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.

2 Timothy 3:4

⁴ Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

Titus 3:3

³ For we ourselves also were were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

Hebrews 10:38

³⁸ Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.

Hebrews 11:25

²⁵ Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures pleasures of sin for a season;

Hebrews 11:26

²⁶ Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.

Hebrews 12:10

¹⁰ For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.

James 5:5

⁵ Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.

2 Peter 2:13

¹³ 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;

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