Thematic Bible: Self-indulgence
Thematic Bible
Prayer » Causes of failure in » Self-indulgence
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may spend it in your pleasures.
Self-indulgence » Instances of » The rich fool
And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: and he reasoned within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where to bestow my fruits? And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my grain and my goods. read more.
And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry. But God said unto him, Thou foolish one, this night is thy soul required of thee; and the things which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be?
And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry. But God said unto him, Thou foolish one, this night is thy soul required of thee; and the things which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be?
Self-indulgence » Instances of » The rich man who feasted every day
Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, faring sumptuously every day:
Self-indulgence » Instances of » Solomon
And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them; I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor; and this was my portion from all my labor.
The wicked » Causes of failure in » Self-indulgence
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may spend it in your pleasures.