16 Bible Verses about Wantonness

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Proverbs 9:13

A foolish woman is noisy. She has no sense at all.

Luke 15:30

This son of yours wasted all your property on prostitutes. When he comes home you kill the prize calf for him!

Isaiah 3:16

Jehovah also said: Because the daughters of Zion are proud and walk with heads held high and seductive eyes, and go along with mincing steps and tinkle the bangles on their feet,

Revelation 18:12

The merchandise of gold and silver and precious stones, and of pearls, fine linen, purple and silk, scarlet, and everything in scented wood, all manner of ivory and all manner of most precious wood, of brass and iron and marble,

2 Peter 2:18

For, uttering arrogant words of vanity, they entice in the desires (lusts) of the flesh, by sensuality (lasciviousness), those who are just escaping from the ones who live in error.

Deuteronomy 23:18

Do not bring the hire (fee) of a harlot or the wages of a dog into the house of Jehovah your God for any vow offering. Both of these are an abomination to Jehovah your God.

Deuteronomy 28:53-57

Because of the hardships your enemies will make you suffer during the blockade, you will eat the flesh of your own children, the sons and daughters, whom Jehovah your God has given you. The kindest and most sensitive man among you will become stingy toward his brother, the wife he loves, and the children he still has left. He will give none of them any of the flesh of his children that he is eating. It will be all that he has left. These are hardships your enemies will make you suffer during the blockade of all your cities.read more.
The kindest and most sensitive woman among you, so sensitive and tender that she would not even step on an ant, will become stingy toward the husband she loves or toward her own son or daughter. She will not share with them the afterbirth from her body and the children she gives birth to. She will secretly eat them out of dire necessity. These are hardships your enemies will make you suffer during the blockade of your cities.

Esther 1:7-8

They served drinks in gold vessels. Every vessel was different. The king freely gave wine from the kingdom. The drinking was in keeping with the law. No one was forced: for the king gave orders to all the chief servants of his house to do as was pleasing to every man.

Proverbs 6:27-28

Can a man have fire in his lap and his clothes not be burned? Can one walk on hot coals, and his feet not be burned?

Luke 15:13

In a short time the younger son sold his share of the property. He left home with the money and traveled to a far away country where he wasted his money in reckless living.

Jeremiah 3:6

During the reign of King Josiah, Jehovah asked me: Did you see what unfaithful Israel did? She went up every high mountain and under every large tree, and she acted like a prostitute there.

Jeremiah 8:8-12

How can you say you are wise and that you have Jehovah's Laws? The scribes have used their pens to spread falsehoods. Wise people are put to shame, confused, and trapped. They have rejected the word of Jehovah. They do not really have any wisdom. So I will give their wives to other men. I will give their fields to new owners. From the least even to the greatest everyone is greedy for gain. From the prophet even to the priest everyone is deceitful.read more.
They heal the brokenness of the daughter of my people superficially. They say: 'Peace! Peace!' But there is no peace. Were they ashamed because of the abomination they had done? They certainly were not ashamed! And they did not know how to blush. For that reason they will fall among those who fall. At the time of their punishment they will be brought down, Says Jehovah.

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2 Peter 2:18

For, uttering arrogant words of vanity, they entice in the desires (lusts) of the flesh, by sensuality (lasciviousness), those who are just escaping from the ones who live in error.

Luke 15:30

This son of yours wasted all your property on prostitutes. When he comes home you kill the prize calf for him!

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