Biblical Concept: Pleasure
Findings:
King David of God: “He took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel.”
“not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness.”
“the LORD takes pleasure in His people”
Pleasure minus God, futility.
17 He who loves pleasure will become a poor man; He who loves wine and oil will not become
rich.
Solomon: “I did not withhold my heart from any pleasure.”
“depriving myself of pleasure” “vanity.”
“the mind of fools is in the house of pleasure”
Pleasure and orientation to God.
God: “multiplied sacrifices” “I take no pleasure.”
Eschatological God: “I will accomplish all My good pleasure.”
Suffering Servant: “the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.”
Sabbath: not own pleasure.
32 "For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone who dies,"
declares the Lord God. "Therefore, repent
and live."
“I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked
turn from his way and live.”
God: “His good pleasure.”
Wanton pleasure living dead relationship.
“lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God”
38 But My righteous one shall live by faith; And if he shrinks back, My soul has no pleasure in him.
“wanton pleasure”
False teachers: “They count it a pleasure to revel in the daytime”
In Thy right hand there are pleasures forever
“the pleasures of men-- many concubines”
“I shall gather all your lovers with whom you took pleasure”
“pleasures of this life, and
bring no fruit to maturity”
“enslaved to various lusts and pleasures”
“enjoy the passing pleasures of sin”
Source: quarrels, conflicts, pleasures.
11 "If they hear and serve Him, They shall end their days in
prosperity, And their years in pleasures.
Incarnate Son: “Father's good
pleasure for all the fulness to dwell in Him.”
3
You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may
spend it on your
pleasures.
Pleasure
NAS Genesis 18:12 And Sarah laughed to herself, saying, "After
I have become old, shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?"
NAS1 Chronicles 28:4 "Yet,
the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me from all the house of my father to be
king over Israel forever. For He has chosen Judah to be a leader; and in the
house of Judah, my father's house, and among the sons of my father He took
pleasure in me to make me king over
all Israel. (King David of God: “He took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel.”)
NAS Job 22:3 "Is there any pleasure to the Almighty if
you are righteous, Or profit if you make your ways
perfect?
NAS Psalm 5:4 For Thou art not a God who takes pleasure in
wickedness; No evil dwells with Thee. (“not a God who takes pleasure in
wickedness.”)
NAS Psalm 102:14 Surely Thy servants find pleasure in her stones, And feel pity for her dust.
NAS Psalm 147:10 He does not delight in the strength of the horse;
He does not take pleasure in the legs of a man.
NAS Psalm 149:4 For the LORD takes pleasure in His people; He
will beautify the afflicted ones with salvation. (“the LORD takes pleasure in
His people”)
NAS Proverbs 21:17 He who loves pleasure will become a poor man; He who loves wine and oil will not become
rich. (All)
NAS Ecclesiastes 2:1 I said to myself, "Come now, I will test you
with pleasure. So enjoy yourself." And behold, it
too was futility. (Pleasure minus God, futility.)
2 I said of laughter,
"It is madness," and of pleasure, "What does it
accomplish?"
10 And all that my eyes
desired I did not refuse them. I did not withhold my heart from any pleasure,
for my heart was pleased because of all my labor and this was my reward for all
my labor. (Solomon: “I did not withhold my heart from any pleasure.”)
NAS Ecclesiastes 4:8 There was a certain man without a dependent,
having neither a son nor a brother, yet there was no end to all his labor.
Indeed, his eyes were not satisfied with riches and he never asked, "And for whom am I laboring and depriving
myself of pleasure?" This too is vanity and it is a grievous task.
(“depriving myself of pleasure” “vanity.”)
NAS Ecclesiastes 7:4 The mind of the wise is in the house of mourning,
While the mind of fools is in the house of pleasure. (“the mind of fools is in
the house of pleasure”)
NAS Ecclesiastes 8:15 So I commended pleasure, for there is nothing
good for a man under the sun except to eat and to drink and to be merry, and
this will stand by him in his toils throughout
the days of his life which God has given him under the sun. (Pleasure and
orientation to God.)
NAS Isaiah 1:11 "What are your multiplied sacrifices to
Me?" Says the LORD. "I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams,
And the fat of fed cattle. And I take no pleasure in the blood of bulls, lambs,
or goats. (God: “multiplied sacrifices” “I take no pleasure.”)
NAS Isaiah 9:17 Therefore the Lord does not take pleasure in
their young men, Nor does He have pity on their
orphans or their widows; For every one of them is godless and an evildoer, And
every mouth is speaking foolishness. In spite
of all this His anger does not turn away, And His hand is still stretched
out.
NAS Isaiah 13:17 Behold, I am going to stir up the Medes against
them, Who will not value silver or take pleasure in
gold,
NAS Isaiah 46:10 Declaring the end from the beginning And from ancient times things which have not been done,
Saying, 'My purpose will be established, And I will accomplish all My good
pleasure'; (Eschatological God: “I will accomplish all My good pleasure.”)
NAS Isaiah 48:14 "Assemble, all of you, and listen! Who among
them has declared these things? The LORD loves him; he shall carry out His good
pleasure on Babylon, And His arm shall be
against the Chaldeans.
NAS Isaiah 53:10 But the LORD was pleased To
crush Him, putting Him to grief; If
He would render Himself as a guilt
offering, He will see His offspring,
He will prolong His days, And the
good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand. (Suffering Servant: “the
good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.”)
NAS Isaiah 58:13 "If because of the sabbath, you turn your
foot From doing your own pleasure on
My holy day, And call the sabbath a delight, the holy day of the LORD honorable, And shall honor it, desisting from your own ways, From seeking your own pleasure, And speaking your own word, (Sabbath: not own pleasure.)
NAS Ezekiel 16:37 therefore, behold, I shall gather all your lovers
with whom you took pleasure, even all those whom you loved and all those whom you hated. So I shall
gather them against you from every direction and expose your nakedness to them
that they may see all your nakedness. (“I shall gather all your lovers with
whom you took pleasure”)
NAS Ezekiel 18:23 "Do I have any pleasure in the death of the
wicked," declares the Lord God, "rather than that he should turn from
his ways and live?
32 "For I have no
pleasure in the death of anyone who dies," declares the Lord God.
"Therefore, repent and live." (All)
NAS Ezekiel 33:11 "Say to them, 'As I live!' declares the Lord
God, 'I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked
turn from his way and live. Turn back, turn back from your evil ways! Why then
will you die, O house of Israel?' (“I take no pleasure in the death of the
wicked, but rather that the wicked turn from his way and live.”)
NAS Matthew 27:43 "He trusts in God; let Him deliver Him now, if He takes pleasure in Him;
for He said, 'I am the Son of God.'"
NAS Philippians 2:13 for it is God who is at work in you, both to will
and to work for His good pleasure.
(God: “His good pleasure.”)
NAS Colossians 1:19 For it was the Father's good pleasure for all the fulness to dwell in Him,
(Incarnate Son: “Father's good
pleasure for all the fulness to dwell in Him.”)
NAS 2 Thessalonians 2:12 in order that they all may be judged who did not
believe the truth, but took pleasure in wickedness. (“Truth” versus “took
pleasure in wickedness.”)
NAS 1 Timothy 5:6 But she who gives herself to wanton pleasure is
dead even while she lives. (Wanton pleasure living dead relationship.)
NAS 2 Timothy 3:4 treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of
pleasure rather than lovers of God; (“lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of
God”)
NAS Hebrews 10:6 In whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin Thou hast taken no pleasure.
8 After saying above,
"Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin Thou hast not
desired, nor hast Thou taken pleasure in
them" (which are offered according to the Law), ←(Not
my parenthesis.)
38 But My righteous one
shall live by faith; And if he shrinks back, My soul
has no pleasure in him. (All)
NAS James 5:5 You have lived luxuriously on the earth and led a
life of wanton pleasure; you have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.
(“wanton pleasure”)
NAS 2 Peter 2:13 suffering wrong as the wages of doing wrong. They
count it a pleasure to revel in the daytime. They are stains and blemishes,
reveling in their deceptions, as they carouse with you, (False teachers: “They
count it a pleasure to revel in the daytime”)
Pleasures
NAS Job 36:11 "If they hear and serve Him, They shall end their days in
prosperity, And their years in pleasures.
NAS Psalm 16:11 Thou wilt make known to me the path of life; In
Thy presence is fulness of joy; In Thy right hand there are pleasures forever.
(In Thy right hand there are pleasures forever)
NAS Ecclesiastes 2:8 Also, I collected for myself silver and gold, and
the treasure of kings and provinces. I provided for myself male and female
singers and the pleasures of men-- many concubines. (“the pleasures of men--
many concubines”)
NAS Luke 8:14 "And the seed
which fell among the thorns, these are the ones who have heard, and as they
go on their way they are choked with worries and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to maturity.
(“pleasures of this life, and bring
no fruit to maturity”)
NAS Titus 3:3 For we also once were foolish ourselves,
disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various lusts and pleasures, spending our
life in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another. (“enslaved to various
lusts and pleasures”)
NAS Hebrews 11:25 choosing rather to endure ill-treatment with the
people of God, than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin; (enjoy = avpo,lausij only other use is in 1 Tim 6:7) (“enjoy the
passing pleasures of sin”)
NAS James 4:1 What is the source of quarrels and conflicts
among you? Is not the source your pleasures that wage war in your members?
(Source: quarrels, conflicts, pleasures.)
3 You ask and do not
receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures. (All)