Ecclesiastes 2:1
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The Vanity of Pleasure(A)
2 I said (B)in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with (C)mirth; [a]therefore enjoy pleasure”; but surely, (D)this also was vanity.
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- Ecclesiastes 2:1 gladness
Luke 12:19
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19 And I will say to my soul, (A)“Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; (B)eat, drink, and be merry.” ’
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Ecclesiastes 8:15
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15 (A)So I commended enjoyment, because a man has nothing better under the sun than to eat, drink, and be merry; for this will remain with him in his labor all the days of his life which God gives him under the sun.
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James 5:5
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5 You have lived on the earth in pleasure and [a]luxury; you have [b]fattened your hearts [c]as in a day of slaughter.
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James 5:1
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Rich Oppressors Will Be Judged
5 Come now, you (A)rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you!
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Psalm 27:8
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8 When You said, “Seek My face,”
My heart said to You, “Your face, Lord, I will seek.”
Revelation 18:7-8
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7 (A)In the measure that she glorified herself and lived [a]luxuriously, in the same measure give her torment and sorrow; for she says in her heart, ‘I sit as (B)queen, and am no widow, and will not see sorrow.’ 8 Therefore her plagues will come (C)in one day—death and mourning and famine. And (D)she will be utterly burned with fire, (E)for strong is the Lord God who [b]judges her.
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- Revelation 18:7 sensually
- Revelation 18:8 NU, M has judged
James 4:13
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Do Not Boast About Tomorrow
13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow [a]we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit”;
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- James 4:13 M let us
Titus 3:3
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3 For (A)we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another.
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Luke 16:19
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The Rich Man and Lazarus
19 “There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and [a]fared sumptuously every day.
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- Luke 16:19 lived in luxury
Isaiah 50:11
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11 Look, all you who kindle a fire,
Who encircle yourselves with sparks:
Walk in the light of your fire and in the sparks you have kindled—
(A)This you shall have from My hand:
You shall lie down (B)in torment.
Isaiah 50:5
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Ecclesiastes 11:9
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Seek God in Early Life
9 Rejoice, O young man, in your youth,
And let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth;
(A)Walk in the [a]ways of your heart,
And [b]in the sight of your eyes;
But know that for all these
(B)God will bring you into judgment.
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- Ecclesiastes 11:9 Impulses
- Ecclesiastes 11:9 As you see to be best
Ecclesiastes 7:4
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4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning,
But the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
Ecclesiastes 3:17-18
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17 I said in my heart,
(A)“God shall judge the righteous and the wicked,
For there is a time there for every [a]purpose and for every work.”
18 I said in my heart, “Concerning the condition of the sons of men, God tests them, that they may see that they themselves are like animals.”
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- Ecclesiastes 3:17 desire
Ecclesiastes 2:15
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15 So I said in my heart,
“As it happens to the fool,
It also happens to me,
And why was I then more wise?”
Then I said in my heart,
“This also is vanity.”
Ecclesiastes 1:16-17
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16 I communed with my heart, saying, “Look, I have attained greatness, and have gained (A)more wisdom than all who were before me in Jerusalem. My heart has [a]understood great wisdom and knowledge.” 17 (B)And I set my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is grasping for the wind.
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- Ecclesiastes 1:16 Lit. seen
Psalm 30:6-7
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6 Now in my prosperity I said,
“I shall never be [a]moved.”
7 Lord, by Your favor You have made my mountain stand strong;
(A)You hid Your face, and I was troubled.
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- Psalm 30:6 shaken
Psalm 14:1
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Folly of the Godless, and God’s Final Triumph(A)
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
14 The (B)fool has said in his heart,
“There is no God.”
They are corrupt,
They have done abominable works,
There is none who does good.
Psalm 10:6
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2 Kings 5:5
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5 Then the king of Syria said, “Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel.”
So he departed and (A)took with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of gold, and ten changes of clothing.
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Genesis 11:7
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7 Come, (A)let Us go down and there (B)confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.”
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Genesis 11:3-4
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3 Then they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and [a]bake them thoroughly.” They had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar. 4 And they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower (A)whose top is in the heavens; let us make a (B)name for ourselves, lest we (C)be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.”
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- Genesis 11:3 Lit. burn
Luke 16:23
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23 And being in torments in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
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Isaiah 5:5
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5 And now, please let Me tell you what I will do to My vineyard:
(A)I will take away its hedge, and it shall be burned;
And break down its wall, and it shall be trampled down.
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