7 Bible Verses about Extravagance
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A few days later, the younger son gathered everything he owned and traveled to a distant country. There he wasted it all on wild living.
Precious treasures and oil are found where the wise live, but a foolish man devours them.
The man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but anyone who consorts with immoral women squanders his wealth.
After he had spent everything, a severe famine took place throughout that country, and he began to be in need. So he went out to work for one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs. No one would give him anything, even though he would gladly have filled himself with the husks the pigs were eating.read more.
"Then he came to his senses and said, "How many of my father's hired men have more food than they can eat, and here I am starving to death!
Then I'll say to myself, "You've stored up plenty of good things for many years. Take it easy, eat, drink, and enjoy yourself."' But God told him, "You fool! This very night your life will be demanded back from you. Now who will get the things you've accumulated?'
Their destiny is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on worldly things.
