7 Bible Verses about Extravagance
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And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together and took his journey into a far country and there wasted his estate with riotous living.
There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spends it up.
Whosoever loves wisdom causes his father to rejoice, but he that maintains harlots shall lose his inheritance.
And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want. And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. And he longed to fill his belly with the husks that the swine ate, but no one gave them unto him.read more.
And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have abundance of bread, and I perish here with hunger!
And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; then whose shall those things be which thou hast stored up?
whose end shall be perdition, whose God is their belly and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things).