Found 47 Results for: Pleasure

• Be mindful of your Creator when you are young, before the time of sorrow comes when you have to say, "This gives me no pleasure," (Ecclesiastes 12, 1)

• her blood formed me for ten months from the seed of man, given in pleasure, the companion of sleep. (Wisdom of Solomon 7, 2)

• When I come home I shall take my rest with her, for there is nothing bitter in her company and no suffering in sharing life with her, only pleasure and joy. (Wisdom of Solomon 8, 16)

• Do not abandon an old friend, for a new one has not the same value. New wine, new friend; let them mature, then you will enjoy them with pleasure. (Ecclesiasticus 9, 10)

• Do not take pleasure in what pleases the godless, remember that they will be punished before they die. (Ecclesiasticus 9, 12)

• The hour of adversity makes one forget pleasure; at the end of a man's life his deeds will be revealed. (Ecclesiasticus 11, 27)

• Enjoy happiness and do not reject lawful pleasure when it comes your way. (Ecclesiasticus 14, 14)

• Do not take pleasure in great luxury, lest you become impoverished by its expense. (Ecclesiasticus 18, 32)

• One who revels in pleasure will be condemned, (Ecclesiasticus 19, 5)

• Two types of men multiply sins and a third attracts the Lord's anger: A blazing passion which burns like fire will not be extinguished until it burns itself up. A man who seeks pleasure from his own body, he will not give up until he catches fire; (Ecclesiasticus 23, 16)

• The Most High takes no pleasure in the offering of the godless. It is not the number of victims that obtains pardon for sin. (Ecclesiasticus 34, 19)

• Do not be insatiable in every pleasure, or be excessive in what you eat; (Ecclesiasticus 37, 29)