- All my springs (my sources of life and joy) are in you [city of our God]. Psalms 87:7 AMP
- At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore. Psalms 16:11 NKJV
- choosing rather to endure ill-treatment with the people of God than to enjoy the temporary pleasures of sin Heb 11:25 NASB
- he preferred to endure the hardship of the people of God rather than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin. He considered the reproach of the Christ [that is, the rebuke he would suffer for his faithful obedience to God] to be greater wealth than all the treasures of Egypt; for he looked ahead to the reward [promised by God].Heb 11:25, 26 AMP
- lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God 2 Tim 3:4 NKJV
