7 Bible Verses about Extravagance
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After a few days, the younger son gathered together all he had and left on a journey to a distant country, and there he squandered his wealth with a wild lifestyle.
There is desirable treasure and olive oil in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish person devours all he has.
The man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but whoever associates with prostitutes wastes his wealth.
Then after he had spent everything, a severe famine took place in that country, and he began to be in need. So he went and worked for one of the citizens of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs. He was longing to eat the carob pods the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.read more.
But when he came to his senses he said, 'How many of my father's hired workers have food enough to spare, but here I am dying from hunger!
And I will say to myself, "You have plenty of goods stored up for many years; relax, eat, drink, celebrate!"' But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your life will be demanded back from you, but who will get what you have prepared for yourself?'
Their end is destruction, their god is the belly, they exult in their shame, and they think about earthly things.
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