'Spend' in the Bible
And he said, “See here, my lords, please turn aside and come into your servant’s house, and spend the night, and wash your feet; then you may get up early and go on your way.” But they said, “No, we shall spend the night in the open plaza [of the city].”
You may spend the money for anything your heart desires: for oxen, or sheep, or wine, or [other] strong drink, or anything else you want. You shall eat there in the presence of the Lord your God and rejoice, you and your household.
‘I will heap misfortunes on them;I will use My arrows on them.
And he said to his servant, “Come and let us approach one of these places: and we will spend the night in Gibeah or in Ramah.”
and they turned aside there to go in and spend the night in Gibeah. And the Levite went in and sat down in the open square of the city, because no man invited them into his house to spend the night.
So the Levite, the husband of the woman who was murdered, replied, “I had come with my concubine to spend the night in Gibeah, [a town] which belongs to [the tribe of] Benjamin.
“They fully enjoy their days in prosperity,And so go down to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) in a [peaceful] moment.
“If they hear and serve Him,They will end their days in prosperityAnd their years in pleasantness and joy.
For all our days pass away in Your wrath;We have finished our years like a whispered sigh.
He who increases his wealth by interest and usury (excessive interest)Gathers it for him who is gracious to the poor.
“Why do you spend money for that which is not bread,And your earnings for what does not satisfy?Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good,And let your soul delight in abundance.