Bible Verses about 'Pleasure'

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• I take no pleasure in the death of anyone, says the Lord God. Repent and live!
  Ezekiel 18:32conversiondeatheternal life
• When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it, for God has no pleasure in fools. Fulfill the vow you have made.
  Ecclesiastes 5:3promisesreliabilityobedience
• A fool takes no pleasure in understanding
  but only delights in expressing his own opinions.
  Proverbs 18:2speakingwisdomselfishness
• Do I derive any pleasure from the death of the wicked? asks the Lord God. Would I not rather rejoice to see them turn away from their wickedness and live?
  Ezekiel 18:23conversionlifedeath
• Remember your Creator in the days of your youth
  before the bad times come
  and the years draw near when you will say,
  “I take no pleasure in them”.
  Ecclesiastes 12:1creationlifejoy
• For the Lord takes delight in his people,
  and he crowns the humble with salvation.
  Psalm 149:4humilityjoyblessing
• Fear not, little flock, for your Father has chosen to give you the kingdom.
  Luke 12:32fearFatherkingdom
• For this reason, I rejoice when I endure weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and distress for the sake of Christ. For it is when I am weak that I am strong.
  2 Corinthians 12:10joystrengthpersecution
• If you refrain from traveling on the Sabbath
  and from engaging in your own interests on my holy day,
  if you call the Sabbath a day of joy
  and regard the Lord’s holy day as honorable,
  if you honor it by not going your own way,
  serving your own interests,
  or attending to your own affairs;
  then you will find true happiness in the Lord,
  and I will enable you to ride
  upon the heights of the earth.
  I will nourish you with the heritage of your father Jacob,
  for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
  Isaiah 58:13-14sabbath
• You will show me the path to life;
  you will fill me with joy in your presence
  and everlasting delights at your right hand.
  Psalm 16:11joylifenearness
• The father of a good man will rejoice;
  he who begets a wise son will delight in him.
  Proverbs 23:24joywisdomfamily
• I understand that man’s greatest happiness is to be glad and do well throughout his life. And when we eat and drink and find satisfaction in all our labors, this is a gift of God.
  Ecclesiastes 3:12-13joylifefood
• For everything that is in the world—
  the concupiscence of the flesh,
  the concupiscence of the eyes,
  and the pride of life—
  comes not from the Father
  but from the world.
  1 John 2:16desiresaddictionpride
• For the grace of God has appeared bringing salvation to the entire human race. It teaches us to reject godless ways and worldly desires, and in the present age to lead lives that are temperate, just, and godly.
  Titus 2:11-12gracerighteousnesssalvation
• Now the works of the flesh are obvious: fornication, impurity, licentiousness, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, anger, quarrels, dissensions, factions, envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like. I warn you, as I warned you previously, that no one who does such things will inherit the kingdom of God.
  Galatians 5:19-21bodysinsexuality