Bible Verses About Amusements and Worldly Pleasures

Then the Princes of the Philistims gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice vnto Dagon their god, and to reioyce: for they said, Our god hath deliuered Samson our enemie into our handes.

Also when the people saw him, they praysed their god: for they sayde, Our god hath deliuered into our hands our enemie and destroyer of our countrey, which hath slayne many of vs.

And when their heartes were merie, they said, Call Samson, that he may make vs pastime. So they called Samson out of the prison house, and he was a laughing stocke vnto them, and they set him betweene the pillars.

They take the tabret and harpe, and reioyce in the sound of the organs.

They spend their dayes in wealth, and suddenly they go downe to the graue.

They say also vnto God, Depart from vs: for we desire not the knowledge of thy wayes.

Who is the Almightie, that we should serue him? and what profit should we haue, if we should pray vnto him?

Wo vnto them, that rise vp early to follow drunkennes, and to them that continue vntill night, till the wine doe inflame them.

And the harpe and viole, timbrel, and pipe, and wine are in their feastes: but they regard not the worke of the Lord, neither consider the worke of his handes.

Woe to them that are at ease in Zion and trust in the moutaine of Samaria, which were famous at the beginning of the nations: and the house of Israel came to them.

Goe you vnto Calneh, and see: and from thence goe you to Hamath the great: then goe downe to Gath of the Philistims: be they better then these kingdomes? or the border of their land greater then your border,

Ye that put farre away the euill day, and approch to the seate of iniquitie?

They lie vpon beddes of yuorie, and stretch themselues vpon their beddes, and eate the lambes of the flocke, and the calues out of the stall.

They sing to the sounde of the viole: they inuent to themselues instruments of musike like Dauid.

They drinke wine in bowles, and anoynt themselues with the chiefe ointments, but no man is sory for the affliction of Ioseph.

But when Herods birth day was kept, the daughter of Herodias daunced before them, and pleased Herod.

Wherefore he promised with an othe, that he would giue her whatsoeuer she would aske.

And shee being before instructed of her mother, sayde, Giue mee here Iohn Baptists head in a platter.