Epicureans

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Bible verses about “Epicureans”

The first verses cited, in the King James Version.

• Matthew 11:18For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil.
• Luke 7:33For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.
• Ecclesiastes 2:1I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.
• Ecclesiastes 2:2I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
• Ecclesiastes 2:3I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.
• Ecclesiastes 2:4I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:
• Ecclesiastes 2:5I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:
• Ecclesiastes 2:6I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:
• Ecclesiastes 2:7I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:
• Ecclesiastes 2:8I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
• Ecclesiastes 2:9So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
• Ecclesiastes 2:10And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.
• 1 Corinthians 15:32If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.
• Acts 17:18Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.