Ezekiel 28:13 Thou hast been
in Eden the garden of God;
every precious stone [
was] thy covering, the
sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that
thou wast created.
Isaiah 14:11 Thy
pomp is brought down to the grave, [
and] the noise of thy viols:
the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
Isaiah 22:2 Thou
that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, a joyous city:
thy slain [
men are] not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.
Isaiah 23:7 [
Is] this
your joyous [
city],
whose antiquity [
is] of ancient days?
her own feet shall carry her
afar off to sojourn.
Isaiah 23:16 Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.
Isaiah 24:8-
9 The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth. ... They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.
Jeremiah 7:34 Then will I cause
to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride:
for the land shall be desolate.
Jeremiah 16:9 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold,
I will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride.
Jeremiah 25:10 Moreover I will
take from them the
voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride,
the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle.
Hosea 2:11 I will also
cause all her mirth to cease,
her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts.
Amos 6:4-
7 That
lie upon
beds of ivory, and
stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall; ... Therefore now
shall they go captive with the first that go captive,
and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed.
James 5:1-
5 Go to now,
[ye] rich men,
weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon [
you]. ... Ye
have lived in pleasure on the earth, and
been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts,
as in a day of slaughter.
Revelation 18:22-
23 And
the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft [
he be], shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee; ... And
the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and
the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee:
for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.