Proverbs 21:17

He who loves [only selfish] pleasure will become a poor man;
He who loves and is devoted to wine and [olive] oil will not become rich.

Proverbs 23:21

For the heavy drinker and the glutton will come to poverty,
And the drowsiness [of overindulgence] will clothe one with rags.

Proverbs 5:10-11

And strangers will be filled with your strength
And your hard-earned wealth will go to the house of a foreigner [who does not know God];

Proverbs 21:20

There is precious treasure and oil in the house of the wise [who prepare for the future],
But a short-sighted and foolish man swallows it up and wastes it.

Luke 15:13-16

A few days later, the younger son gathered together everything [that he had] and traveled to a distant country, and there he wasted his fortune in reckless and immoral living.

Luke 16:24-25

And he cried out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in severe agony in this flame.’

1 Timothy 5:6

Whereas she who lives for pleasure and self-indulgence is spiritually dead even while she still lives.

2 Timothy 3:4

traitors, reckless, conceited, lovers of [sensual] pleasure rather than lovers of God,

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