Genesis 25:34
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34 Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and lentil stew. Esau ate the meal, then got up and left. He showed contempt for his rights as the firstborn.
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Philippians 3:18-19
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18 For I have told you often before, and I say it again with tears in my eyes, that there are many whose conduct shows they are really enemies of the cross of Christ. 19 They are headed for destruction. Their god is their appetite, they brag about shameful things, and they think only about this life here on earth.
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1 Corinthians 15:32
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32 And what value was there in fighting wild beasts—those people of Ephesus[a]—if there will be no resurrection from the dead? And if there is no resurrection, “Let’s feast and drink, for tomorrow we die!”[b]
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Acts 13:41
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41 ‘Look, you mockers,
be amazed and die!
For I am doing something in your own day,
something you wouldn’t believe
even if someone told you about it.’[a]”
Luke 14:18-20
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18 But they all began making excuses. One said, ‘I have just bought a field and must inspect it. Please excuse me.’ 19 Another said, ‘I have just bought five pairs of oxen, and I want to try them out. Please excuse me.’ 20 Another said, ‘I just got married, so I can’t come.’
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Matthew 26:15
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15 and asked, “How much will you pay me to betray Jesus to you?” And they gave him thirty pieces of silver.
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Matthew 22:5
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5 But the guests he had invited ignored them and went their own way, one to his farm, another to his business.
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Zechariah 11:13
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13 And the Lord said to me, “Throw it to the potter[a]”—this magnificent sum at which they valued me! So I took the thirty coins and threw them to the potter in the Temple of the Lord.
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- 11:13 Syriac version reads into the treasury; also in 11:13b. Compare Matt 27:6-10.
Isaiah 22:13
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13 But instead, you dance and play;
you slaughter cattle and kill sheep.
You feast on meat and drink wine.
You say, “Let’s feast and drink,
for tomorrow we die!”
Hebrews 12:16-17
New Living Translation
16 Make sure that no one is immoral or godless like Esau, who traded his birthright as the firstborn son for a single meal. 17 You know that afterward, when he wanted his father’s blessing, he was rejected. It was too late for repentance, even though he begged with bitter tears.
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Ecclesiastes 8:15
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15 So I recommend having fun, because there is nothing better for people in this world than to eat, drink, and enjoy life. That way they will experience some happiness along with all the hard work God gives them under the sun.
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Psalm 106:24
New Living Translation
24 The people refused to enter the pleasant land,
for they wouldn’t believe his promise to care for them.
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