2. Looking For Happiness In All The Wrong Places

3. Looking For Happiness In All The Wrong Places
Hebrews 11:25
enjoy the passing pleasures of sin,
Proverbs 14:12
There is a way that seems right to a man,
But its end is the way of death.

4. Looking For Happiness In All The Wrong Places
1 John 2:16
For all that is in the world —
the lust of the flesh,
the lust of the eyes,
and the pride of life —
is not of the Father but is of the world.

5. Looking For Happiness In The Lust Of The Flesh
1 Samuel 25:36
Now Abigail went to Nabal, and there he was, holding a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. And Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk; therefore she told him nothing, little or much, until morning light.

6. Looking For Happiness In The Lust Of The Flesh
Ecclesiastes 2:1-3
I said in my heart, "Come now, I will test you with mirth;
therefore enjoy pleasure";
but surely, this also was vanity.
2 I said of laughter — "Madness!";
and of mirth, "What does it accomplish?“
3 I searched in my heart how to gratify my flesh with wine,

7. Looking For Happiness In The Lust Of The Flesh
Proverbs 14:13
Even in laughter the heart may sorrow,
And the end of mirth may be grief.

8. Looking For Happiness In The Lust Of The Flesh
Proverbs 23:29-35
Who has woe?
Who has sorrow?
Who has contentions?
Who has complaints?
Who has wounds without cause?
Who has redness of eyes?
30 Those who linger long at the wine, Those who go in search of mixed wine.

9. Looking For Happiness In The Lust Of The Flesh
Proverbs 23:29-35
32 At the last it bites like a serpent, And stings like a viper. 33 Your eyes will see strange things, And your heart will utter perverse things.
35 "They have struck me, but I was not hurt; They have beaten me, but I did not feel it. When shall I awake, that I may seek another drink?"

10. Looking For Happiness In The Lust Of The Flesh
Proverbs 5:3-5
For the lips of an immoral woman drip honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil;
4 But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.
5 Her feet go down to death, Her steps lay hold of hell.

11. Looking For Happiness In The Lust Of The Eyes
Ecclesiastes 2:8-11 I also gathered for myself silver and gold and the special treasures of kings and of the provinces.
10 Whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them.
And indeed all was vanity and grasping for the wind. There was no profit under the sun.

12. Looking For Happiness In The Lust Of The Eyes
Luke 12:15
And He said to them, "Take heed and beware of covetousness,
for one's life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses."

13. Looking For Happiness In The Lust Of The Eyes
Psalm 73:3-5
For I was envious of the boastful, When I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
4 For there are no pangs in their death, But their strength is firm.
5 They are not in trouble as other men, Nor are they plagued like other men.

14. Looking For Happiness In The Lust Of The Eyes
Psalm 73:17-19
Until I went into the sanctuary of God; Then I understood their end.
18 Surely You set them in slippery places; You cast them down to destruction.
19 Oh, how they are brought to desolation, as in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.

15. Looking For Happiness In The Lust Of The Eyes
1 Timothy 6:9-10
But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition.
10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

16. Looking For Happiness In The Lust Of The Eyes
Ecclesiastes 5:10
He who loves silver will not be satisfied with silver; Nor he who loves abundance, with increase. This also is vanity.

17. Looking For Happiness In The Pride Of Life
Psalm 10:4
The wicked in his proud countenance does not seek God;
God is in none of his thoughts.

18. Looking For Happiness In The Pride Of Life
Proverbs 16:18-19
Pride goes before destruction,
And a haughty spirit before a fall.
19 Better to be of a humble spirit with the lowly,
Than to divide the spoil with the proud.

19. Looking For Happiness In The Pride Of Life
Proverbs 28:13-14
He who covers his sins will not prosper,
But whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy.
14 Happy is the man who is always reverent,
But he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity.

20. Looking For Happiness In The Pride Of Life
Proverbs 29:18
Where there is no revelation,
the people cast off restraint;
But happy is he who keeps the law.

21. Finding Happiness Ecclesiastes 12:13
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter:
Fear God
and keep His commandments,
For this is man's all.

22. Finding Happiness Proverbs 16:20
He who heeds the word wisely will find good,
And whoever trusts in the LORD, happy is he.

23. Finding Happiness Psalm 146:5
Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, Whose hope is in the LORD his God,
Philippians 4:4
Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!

24. Finding Happiness Proverbs 3:13-18
Happy is the man who finds wisdom, And the man who gains understanding; 14 For her proceeds are better than the profits of silver, And her gain than fine gold. 15 She is more precious than rubies, And all the things you may desire cannot compare with her.

25. Finding Happiness Proverbs 3:13-18
16 Length of days is in her right hand, In her left hand riches and honor. 17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace. 18 She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her, And happy are all who retain her.