Luke 15:13

The Parable Of The Lost Son

¹² The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the estate that falls to me.’ So he divided his wealth between them. ¹³ And not many days later, the younger son gathered everything together and went on a journey into a distant country, and there he squandered his estate with loose living. ¹⁴ Now when he had spent everything, a severe famine occurred in that country, and he began to be impoverished.

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Luke 15:30

but when this son of yours came, who has devoured your wealth with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.’

Luke 16:1

Now He was also saying to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and this manager was reported to him as squandering his possessions.

2 Chronicles 33:1-10

Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.

Job 21:13-15

“They spend their days in prosperity,
And suddenly they go down to Sheol.

Job 22:17-18

“They said to God, ‘Depart from us!’
And ‘What can the Almighty do to them?’

Psalm 10:4-6

The wicked, in the haughtiness of his countenance, does not seek Him.
All his thoughts are, “There is no God.”

Psalm 73:27

For, behold, those who are far from You will perish;
You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to You.

Proverbs 5:8-14

Keep your way far from her
And do not go near the door of her house,

Proverbs 6:26

For on account of a harlot one is reduced to a loaf of bread,
And an adulteress hunts for the precious life.

Proverbs 18:9

He also who is slack in his work
Is brother to him who destroys.

Proverbs 21:17

He who loves pleasure will become a poor man;
He who loves wine and oil will not become rich.

Proverbs 21:20

There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise,
But a foolish man swallows it up.

Proverbs 23:19-22

Listen, my son, and be wise,
And direct your heart in the way.

Proverbs 27:8

Like a bird that wanders from her nest,
So is a man who wanders from his home.

Proverbs 28:7

He who keeps the law is a discerning son,
But he who is a companion of gluttons humiliates his father.

Proverbs 29:3

A man who loves wisdom makes his father glad,
But he who keeps company with harlots wastes his wealth.

Ecclesiastes 11:9-10

Rejoice, young man, during your childhood, and let your heart be pleasant during the days of young manhood. And follow the impulses of your heart and the desires of your eyes. Yet know that God will bring you to judgment for all these things.

Isaiah 1:4

Alas, sinful nation,
People weighed down with iniquity,
Offspring of evildoers,
Sons who act corruptly!
They have abandoned the Lord,
They have despised the Holy One of Israel,
They have turned away from Him.

Isaiah 22:13

Instead, there is gaiety and gladness,
Killing of cattle and slaughtering of sheep,
Eating of meat and drinking of wine:
“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we may die.”

Isaiah 30:11

“Get out of the way, turn aside from the path,
Let us hear no more about the Holy One of Israel.”

Isaiah 56:12

“Come,” they say, “let us get wine, and let us drink heavily of strong drink;
And tomorrow will be like today, only more so.”

Jeremiah 2:5

Thus says the Lord,
“What injustice did your fathers find in Me,
That they went far from Me
And walked after emptiness and became empty?

Jeremiah 2:13

“For My people have committed two evils:
They have forsaken Me,
The fountain of living waters,
To hew for themselves cisterns,
Broken cisterns
That can hold no water.

Jeremiah 2:17-19

“Have you not done this to yourself
By your forsaking the Lord your God
When He led you in the way?

Jeremiah 2:31

“O generation, heed the word of the Lord.
Have I been a wilderness to Israel,
Or a land of thick darkness?
Why do My people say, ‘We are free to roam;
We will no longer come to You’?

Amos 6:3-7

Do you put off the day of calamity,
And would you bring near the seat of violence?

Micah 6:3

“My people, what have I done to you,
And how have I wearied you? Answer Me.

Luke 16:19

“Now there was a rich man, and he habitually dressed in purple and fine linen, joyously living in splendor every day.

Romans 13:13-14

Let us behave properly as in the day, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and sensuality, not in strife and jealousy.

Ephesians 2:13

But now in Christ Jesus you who formerly were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

Ephesians 2:17

And He came and preached peace to you who were far away, and peace to those who were near;

1 Peter 4:3-4

For the time already past is sufficient for you to have carried out the desire of the Gentiles, having pursued a course of sensuality, lusts, drunkenness, carousing, drinking parties and abominable idolatries.

2 Peter 2:13

suffering wrong as the wages of doing wrong. They count it a pleasure to revel in the daytime. They are stains and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions, as they carouse with you,