Bible Verses about 'Pleasure'
- For I take no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Sovereign Lord. Repent and live!
- When you make a vow to God, do not delay to fulfill it. He has no pleasure in fools; fulfill your vow.
- Fools find no pleasure in understanding
but delight in airing their own opinions. - Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Sovereign Lord. Rather, am I not pleased when they turn from their ways and live?
- Remember your Creator
in the days of your youth,
before the days of trouble come
and the years approach when you will say,
“I find no pleasure in them”. - For the Lord takes delight in his people;
he crowns the humble with victory. - Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.
- That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
- You make known to me the path of life;
you will fill me with joy in your presence,
with eternal pleasures at your right hand. - “If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath
and from doing as you please on my holy day,
if you call the Sabbath a delight
and the Lord’s holy day honorable,
and if you honor it by not going your own way
and not doing as you please or speaking idle words,
then you will find your joy in the Lord,
and I will cause you to ride in triumph on the heights of the land
and to feast on the inheritance of your father Jacob.”
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken. - The father of a righteous child has great joy;
a man who fathers a wise son rejoices in him. - I know that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to do good while they live. That each of them may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all their toil—this is the gift of God.
- For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world.
- For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age.
- The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.
Bible verse of the day
Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;let your glory be over all the earth.