A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations / Consisting of Choice Passages from the Sacred Poetry of All Ages and Countries, Classified and Arranged, for Facility of Reference, Under Subject Headings; Illustrated by Striking Passages from Scripture, and Forming Altogether a Complete Book of Devotional Poetry.

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The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear Him.—Psalm cxlvii. 11.

He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.—Proverbs, xxi. 17.

Hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, evil shall come upon thee.—Isaiah, xlvii. 8, 11.

Walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work.—Colossians, i. 10.

So we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.—I. Thessalonians, ii. 4.

Admirers of false pleasures must sustain

The weight and sharpness of ensuing pain.

John Beaumont.

Short is the course of every lawless pleasure—

Grief, like a shade, on all its footsteps waits,