¹⁴ And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.

¹⁵ Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

⁵ Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.

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

³ For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

⁶ But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.

²⁴ And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.