Ecclesiastes 8:15
Enjoy Life In Spite of Its Injustices
8:15 So I recommend the enjoyment of life,
for there is nothing better on earth for a person to do except to eat, drink, and enjoy life.
So joy will accompany him in his toil
during the days of his life which God gives him on earth.
Ecclesiastes 11:9
Enjoy Life to the Fullest under the Fear of God
11:9 Rejoice, young man, while you are young,
and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth.
Follow the impulses of your heart and the desires of your eyes,
but know that God will judge your motives and actions.
Isaiah 50:5
50:5 The sovereign Lord has spoken to me clearly;
I have not rebelled,
I have not turned back.
Isaiah 50:11
50:11 Look, all of you who start a fire
and who equip yourselves with flaming arrows,
walk in the light of the fire you started
and among the flaming arrows you ignited!
This is what you will receive from me:
you will lie down in a place of pain.
Luke 16:19
The Rich Man and Lazarus
16:19 “There was a rich man who dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day.
Luke 16:23
16:23 And in hell,
as he was in torment,
he looked up
and saw Abraham far off with Lazarus at his side.
James 5:5
5:5 You have lived indulgently and luxuriously on the earth. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.
Titus 3:3
3:3 For we too were once foolish, disobedient, misled, enslaved to various passions and desires, spending our lives in evil and envy, hateful and hating one another.
Revelation 18:7-8
18:7 As much as
she exalted herself and lived in sensual luxury,
to this extent give her torment and grief because she said to herself,
‘I rule as queen and am no widow; I will never experience grief!’
18:8 For this reason, she will experience her plagues
in a single day: disease,
mourning,
and famine, and she will be burned down
with fire, because the Lord God who judges her is powerful!”