You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter.
But she who lives for pleasure is dead even while she is still alive.
But Abraham answered, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received b
Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
But You know me, O LORD; You see me and test my heart toward You. Drag away the wicked like sheep to the slaughter and s
Woe to those at ease in Zion and those secure on Mount Samaria, the distinguished ones of the foremost nation, to whom t
Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out in a loud voice to all the birds flying overhead, “Come, gathe
As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart s
When Abigail returned to Nabal, there he was in the house, holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits and very drun
They send forth their little ones like a flock; their children skip about,
But look, there is joy and gladness, butchering of cattle and slaughtering of sheep, eating of meat and drinking of wine
Wail, you shepherds, and cry out; roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock. For the days of your slaughter have come;
traitorous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
“I have made my peace offerings; today I have paid my vows.
“Come, let me get the wine, let us imbibe the strong drink, and tomorrow will be like today, only far better!”
Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wi
Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, no
and say to him, ‘Long life to you, and peace to you and to your house and to all that belongs to you.
These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are
And as for you, son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says: Call out to every kind of bird and to every beast of the fie
from such men, O LORD, by Your hand—from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of You
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
The harm they will suffer is the wages of their wickedness. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight. Th
Better a dry morsel in quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.
The LORD also says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty—walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing an
Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of you
You lie on beds inlaid with ivory, and lounge upon your couches. You dine on lambs from the flock and calves from the st
From their prosperity proceeds iniquity; the imaginations of their hearts run wild.