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Ecclesiastes 2:1
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Ecclesiastes 2:1
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The Futility of Pleasure
2 I said to myself, “Come on, let’s try pleasure. Let’s look for the ‘good things’ in life.” But I found that this, too, was meaningless.
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Ecclesiastes 2:1
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Ecclesiastes 2:1
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Pleasures Are Meaningless
2 I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure(A) to find out what is good.” But that also proved to be meaningless.
Luke 12:19
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Luke 12:19
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19 And I’ll sit back and say to myself, “My friend, you have enough stored away for years to come. Now take it easy! Eat, drink, and be merry!”’
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Luke 12:19
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Luke 12:19
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19 And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.”’
Ecclesiastes 8:15
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Ecclesiastes 8:15
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15 So I recommend having fun, because there is nothing better for people in this world than to eat, drink, and enjoy life. That way they will experience some happiness along with all the hard work God gives them under the sun.
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Ecclesiastes 8:15
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Ecclesiastes 8:15
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15 So I commend the enjoyment of life(A), because there is nothing better for a person under the sun than to eat and drink(B) and be glad.(C) Then joy will accompany them in their toil all the days of the life God has given them under the sun.
James 5:5
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James 5:5
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5 You have spent your years on earth in luxury, satisfying your every desire. You have fattened yourselves for the day of slaughter.
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James 5:5
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James 5:5
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5 You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves(A) in the day of slaughter.[a](B)
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- James 5:5 Or yourselves as in a day of feasting
James 5:1
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James 5:1
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Warning to the Rich
5 Look here, you rich people: Weep and groan with anguish because of all the terrible troubles ahead of you.
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James 5:1
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James 5:1
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Warning to Rich Oppressors
5 Now listen,(A) you rich people,(B) weep and wail(C) because of the misery that is coming on you.
Psalm 27:8
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Psalm 27:8
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8 My heart has heard you say, “Come and talk with me.”
And my heart responds, “Lord, I am coming.”
Psalm 27:8
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Psalm 27:8
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8 My heart says of you, “Seek his face!(A)”
Your face, Lord, I will seek.
Revelation 18:7-8
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Revelation 18:7-8
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7 She glorified herself and lived in luxury,
so match it now with torment and sorrow.
She boasted in her heart,
‘I am queen on my throne.
I am no helpless widow,
and I have no reason to mourn.’
8 Therefore, these plagues will overtake her in a single day—
death and mourning and famine.
She will be completely consumed by fire,
for the Lord God who judges her is mighty.”
Revelation 18:7-8
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Revelation 18:7-8
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7 Give her as much torment and grief
as the glory and luxury she gave herself.(A)
In her heart she boasts,
‘I sit enthroned as queen.
I am not a widow;[a]
I will never mourn.’(B)
8 Therefore in one day(C) her plagues will overtake her:
death, mourning and famine.
She will be consumed by fire,(D)
for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.
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- Revelation 18:7 See Isaiah 47:7,8.
James 4:13
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James 4:13
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Warning about Self-Confidence
13 Look here, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we are going to a certain town and will stay there a year. We will do business there and make a profit.”
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James 4:13
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James 4:13
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Boasting About Tomorrow
13 Now listen,(A) you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.”(B)
Titus 3:3
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Titus 3:3
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3 Once we, too, were foolish and disobedient. We were misled and became slaves to many lusts and pleasures. Our lives were full of evil and envy, and we hated each other.
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Titus 3:3
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Titus 3:3
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3 At one time(A) we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
Luke 16:19
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Luke 16:19
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Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus
19 Jesus said, “There was a certain rich man who was splendidly clothed in purple and fine linen and who lived each day in luxury.
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Luke 16:19
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Luke 16:19
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The Rich Man and Lazarus
19 “There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day.(A)
Isaiah 50:11
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Isaiah 50:11
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11 But watch out, you who live in your own light
and warm yourselves by your own fires.
This is the reward you will receive from me:
You will soon fall down in great torment.
Isaiah 50:11
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Isaiah 50:11
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Isaiah 50:5
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Isaiah 50:5
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5 The Sovereign Lord has spoken to me,
and I have listened.
I have not rebelled or turned away.
Isaiah 50:5
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Isaiah 50:5
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Ecclesiastes 11:9
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Ecclesiastes 11:9
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9 Young people,[a] it’s wonderful to be young! Enjoy every minute of it. Do everything you want to do; take it all in. But remember that you must give an account to God for everything you do.
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- 11:9 Hebrew Young man.
Ecclesiastes 11:9
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Ecclesiastes 11:9
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9 You who are young, be happy while you are young,
and let your heart give you joy in the days of your youth.
Follow the ways of your heart
and whatever your eyes see,
but know that for all these things
God will bring you into judgment.(A)
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