Genesis 25:34
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34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew, and he ate and drank and rose and went his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright.
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Philippians 3:18-19
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18 For many live as enemies of the cross of Christ; I have often told you of them, and now I tell you even with tears.(A) 19 Their end is destruction, their god is the belly, and their glory is in their shame; their minds are set on earthly things.(B)
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1 Corinthians 15:32
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32 If I fought with wild animals at Ephesus with a merely human perspective, what would I have gained by it? If the dead are not raised,
“Let us eat and drink,
for tomorrow we die.”(A)
Acts 13:41
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41 ‘Look, you scoffers!
Be amazed and perish,
for in your days I am doing a work,
a work that you will never believe, even if someone tells you.’ ”
Luke 14:18-20
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18 But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, ‘I have bought a piece of land, and I must go out and see it; please accept my regrets.’ 19 Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out; please accept my regrets.’ 20 Another said, ‘I have just been married, and therefore I cannot come.’(A)
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Matthew 26:15
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15 and said, “What will you give me if I betray him to you?” They paid him thirty pieces of silver.(A)
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Matthew 22:5
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5 But they made light of it and went away, one to his farm, another to his business,
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Zechariah 11:13
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13 Then the Lord said to me, “Throw it into the treasury”[a]—this lordly price at which I was valued by them. So I took the thirty shekels of silver and threw them into the treasury[b] in the house of the Lord.(A)
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Isaiah 22:13
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13 but instead there was joy and festivity,
killing oxen and slaughtering sheep,
eating meat and drinking wine.
“Let us eat and drink,
for tomorrow we die.”(A)
Hebrews 12:16-17
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16 See to it that no one becomes an immoral and godless person, as Esau was, who sold his birthright for a single meal.(A) 17 You know that later, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no chance to repent, even though he sought the blessing[a] with tears.(B)
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Ecclesiastes 8:15
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15 So I commend enjoyment, for there is nothing better for people under the sun than to eat and drink and enjoy themselves, for this will go with them in their toil through the days of life that God gives them under the sun.(A)
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Psalm 106:24
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24 Then they despised the pleasant land,
having no faith in his promise.(A)
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