7 Bible Verses about Extravagance
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And not many days later the younger son gathered everything together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance 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 rejoices his father: but he that keeps company with harlots wastes his substance.
And when he had spent everything, there arose a great 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 would gladly have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.read more.
And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
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?
Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
