Dictionary of Bible Themes A gratifying emotion, used in Scripture to refer to both human and divine emotions. Believers are invited to take pleasure in every aspect of God's creation, while not allowing pleasure in the creation to overshadow pleasure in the Creator himself. Psalms 147:11Divine pleasure Jeremiah 9:24That which gives God pleasure See also Psalms 37:23; 149:4Proverbs 11:20; 12:22 Matthew 11:25-26 Matthew 12:18 Isaiah 42:1 pp Lk 10:21 Ephesians 1:5,9Psalms 5:4 Ezekiel 18:23 That which does not give God pleasure See also Psalms 51:16; 147:10Isaiah 1:11 Ezekiel 18:32; 33:11 Ecclesiastes 8:15 Human pleasure 1 Timothy 6:17God provides everything for the enjoyment of life Songs 4:10See also Pleasure in human physical relationships Songs 1:2; 2:3; 7:6Ecclesiastes 2:10-11 See also Such pleasures are not satisfying in themselves Ecclesiastes 2:1-2,24-25Psalms 16:11; 37:4 Romans 7:22 True pleasure is found in the things of God See also Psalms 1:2; 35:9; 43:4; 111:2; 112:1; 119:16Proverbs 10:23; 16:13; 18:2 Isaiah 55:2 Jeremiah 6:10; 15:16 Luke 8:14 Titus 3:3 Pleasures may also be misleading or positively sinful See also Proverbs 1:22; 2:14Ecclesiastes 7:4 Isaiah 66:3 2 Thessalonians 2:12 1 Timothy 5:6 2 Timothy 3:4 Hebrews 11:25 James 4:3 2 Peter 2:13-14 See also 1070 God, joy of4045 chaos 5386 leisure 5736 singleness 5831 depression 5845 emptiness 5847 enthusiasm 5874 happiness 5940 searching 8283 joy 8460 pleasing God 8821 self-indulgence |
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