Luke 12:19
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19 And I will say to my soul, (A)“Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; (B)eat, drink, and be merry.” ’
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James 4:13-15
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Do Not Boast About Tomorrow
13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow [a]we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit”; 14 whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? (A)It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. 15 Instead you ought to say, (B)“If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that.”
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- James 4:13 M let us
Proverbs 27:1
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My Son, Be Wise
27 Do(A) not boast about tomorrow,
For you do not know what a day may bring forth.
1 Corinthians 15:32
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32 If, in the manner of men, (A)I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantage is it to me? If the dead do not rise, (B)“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”
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Isaiah 5:11
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11 (A)Woe to those who rise early in the morning,
That they may [a]follow intoxicating drink;
Who continue until night, till wine inflames them!
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- Isaiah 5:11 pursue
Ecclesiastes 11:9
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Seek God in Early Life
9 Rejoice, O young man, in your youth,
And let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth;
(A)Walk in the [a]ways of your heart,
And [b]in the sight of your eyes;
But know that for all these
(B)God will bring you into judgment.
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- Ecclesiastes 11:9 Impulses
- Ecclesiastes 11:9 As you see to be best
James 5:5
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5 You have lived on the earth in pleasure and [a]luxury; you have [b]fattened your hearts [c]as in a day of slaughter.
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Philippians 3:19
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19 (A)whose end is destruction, (B)whose god is their belly, and (C)whose glory is in their shame—(D)who set their mind on earthly things.
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Matthew 6:19-21
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Lay Up Treasures in Heaven(A)
19 (B)“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; 20 (C)but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
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Proverbs 18:11
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11 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city,
And like a high wall in his own esteem.
Psalm 62:10
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10 Do not trust in oppression,
Nor vainly hope in robbery;
(A)If riches increase,
Do not set your heart on them.
Revelation 18:7
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7 (A)In the measure that she glorified herself and lived [a]luxuriously, in the same measure give her torment and sorrow; for she says in her heart, ‘I sit as (B)queen, and am no widow, and will not see sorrow.’
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- Revelation 18:7 sensually
1 Peter 4:3
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3 For we have spent enough of our past [a]lifetime in doing the will of the Gentiles—when we walked in lewdness, lusts, drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries.
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- 1 Peter 4:3 NU time
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