Worldliness
A 19th-century editor grouped these passages under ‘Worldliness’. It’s a historical finding aid — one editor’s arrangement of the text, not Scripture’s own.
Topic from Nave's Topical Bible (Orville J. Nave, 1897) — public domain.
Showing 1–24 of 109 verses grouped under this topic.
Nave's Topical Bible
Topic from Nave's Topical Bible (Orville J. Nave, 1897) — public domain.
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But the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel; and they said, “No; but we will have a king over us,
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that we also may be like all the nations, and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.”
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Job 20:4-29 OT
Don’t you know this from old time, since man was placed on earth, that the triumphing of the wicked is short, the joy of the godless but for a moment? Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds, yet he will…
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Job 21:11-15 OT
They send out their little ones like a flock. Their children dance. They sing to the tambourine and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe. They spend their days in prosperity. In an instant they go down to Sheol. They tell God,…
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Don’t be afraid when a man is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased; for when he dies he will carry nothing away. His glory won’t descend after him. Though while he lived he blessed his soul— and men praise you when you do…
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But as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps had nearly slipped. For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. For there are no struggles in their death, but their strength is firm. They are free from…
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There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.
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Even in laughter the heart may be sorrowful, and mirth may end in heaviness.
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Folly is joy to one who is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding keeps his way straight.
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He who loves pleasure will be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil won’t be rich.
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Don’t be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat:
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for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
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Don’t boast about tomorrow; for you don’t know what a day may bring.
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A full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.
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All things are full of weariness beyond uttering. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
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I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with mirth: therefore enjoy pleasure;” and behold, this also was vanity. I said of laughter, “It is foolishness;” and of mirth, “What does it accomplish?” I searched in my heart how to cheer…
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For there are many words that create vanity. What does that profit man?
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For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?
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Then I commended mirth, because a man has no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: for that will accompany him in his labor all the days of his life which God has given him under the sun. When I applied…
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A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes the life glad; and money is the answer for all things.
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Rejoice, young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes; but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.
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Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.
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Isaiah 22:12 OT
In that day, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, called to weeping, to mourning, to baldness, and to dressing in sackcloth;
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Isaiah 22:13 OT
and behold, joy and gladness, killing cattle and killing sheep, eating meat and drinking wine: “Let’s eat and drink, for tomorrow we will die.”