Thematic Bible: Self-indulgence
Thematic Bible
Prayer » Causes of failure in » Self-indulgence
You ask, and receive not, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it upon your lusts.
Self-indulgence » Instances of » The rich fool
And he spoke a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room to store my crops? And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I store all my crops and my goods. read more.
And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But God said unto him, You fool, this night your soul shall be required of you: then whose shall those things be, which you have prepared?
And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But God said unto him, You fool, this night your soul shall be required of you: then whose shall those things be, which you have prepared?
Self-indulgence » Instances of » The rich man who feasted every day
There was a certain rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen, and feasted sumptuously every day:
Self-indulgence » Instances of » Solomon
And whatsoever my eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labor: and this was my reward of all my labor.
The wicked » Causes of failure in » Self-indulgence
You ask, and receive not, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it upon your lusts.