Luke 15:13
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13 Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had and took a journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in (A)reckless living.
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Jeremiah 2:5
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5 Thus says the Lord:
(A)“What wrong did your fathers find in me
that they went far from me,
(B)and went after (C)worthlessness, and became worthless?
Proverbs 29:3
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3 He who (A)loves wisdom makes his father glad,
but (B)a companion of prostitutes (C)squanders his wealth.
Proverbs 21:17
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17 Whoever loves pleasure will be a poor man;
he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.
Ecclesiastes 11:9-10
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9 (A)Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. (B)Walk in the ways of your heart and (C)the sight of your eyes. But know that for all these things (D)God will bring you into judgment.
10 Remove vexation from your heart, and (E)put away pain[a] from your body, for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.
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- Ecclesiastes 11:10 Or evil
Proverbs 28:7
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7 The one who keeps the law is a son with understanding,
but (A)a companion of gluttons shames his father.
Proverbs 23:19-22
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19 Hear, my son, and (A)be wise,
and (B)direct your heart in the way.
20 Be not among (C)drunkards[a]
or among (D)gluttonous eaters of meat,
21 for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty,
and (E)slumber will clothe them with rags.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:20 Hebrew those who drink too much wine
Luke 16:19
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The Rich Man and Lazarus
19 “There was a rich man who was clothed in (A)purple and fine linen and (B)who feasted sumptuously every day.
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Luke 16:1
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The Parable of the Dishonest Manager
16 He also said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had (A)a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his possessions.
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Luke 15:30
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30 But when this son of yours came, (A)who has devoured (B)your property with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!’
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1 Peter 4:3-4
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3 For the time that is past (A)suffices (B)for doing what the Gentiles want to do, living in sensuality, passions, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and lawless idolatry. 4 With respect to this they are surprised when you do not join them in the same flood of (C)debauchery, and (D)they malign you;
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Romans 13:13-14
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Micah 6:3
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Amos 6:3-7
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4 “Woe to those (C)who lie on (D)beds of ivory
(E)and stretch themselves out on their couches,
and eat lambs from the flock
(F)and calves from the midst of the stall,
5 (G)who sing idle songs to the sound of the harp
and like David (H)invent for themselves instruments of music,
6 (I)who drink wine in bowls
and (J)anoint themselves with the finest oils,
but are not grieved over the ruin of Joseph!
7 (K)Therefore they shall now be the first of those who go into exile,
and the revelry of those who stretch themselves out shall pass away.”
Jeremiah 2:31
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31 And you, O generation, behold the word of the Lord.
Have I been a wilderness to Israel,
or a land of thick darkness?
Why then do my people say, ‘We are free,
we will come no more to you’?
Jeremiah 2:17-19
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17 (A)Have you not brought this upon yourself
by forsaking the Lord your God,
when (B)he led you in the way?
18 (C)And now what do you gain by going to Egypt
to drink the waters of (D)the Nile?
(E)Or what do you gain by going to Assyria
to drink the waters of (F)the Euphrates?[a]
19 (G)Your evil will chastise you,
and (H)your apostasy will reprove you.
Know and see that it is evil and (I)bitter
for (J)you to forsake the Lord your God;
the fear of me is not in you,
declares the Lord God of hosts.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 2:18 Hebrew the River
Jeremiah 2:13
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13 for my people have committed two evils:
(A)they have forsaken (B)me,
the fountain of (C)living waters,
and hewed out cisterns for themselves,
broken cisterns that can hold no water.
Isaiah 56:12
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12 (A)“Come,” they say, “let me get wine;
let us fill ourselves with strong drink;
(B)and tomorrow will be like this day,
great beyond measure.”
Isaiah 30:11
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11 leave the way, turn aside from the path,
let us hear no more about the Holy One of Israel.”
Isaiah 22:13
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13 and behold, joy and gladness,
killing oxen and slaughtering sheep,
eating flesh and drinking wine.
(A)“Let us eat and drink,
for tomorrow we die.”
Isaiah 1:4
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4 Ah, sinful nation,
a people laden with iniquity,
(A)offspring of evildoers,
children who deal corruptly!
They have forsaken the Lord,
they have (B)despised (C)the Holy One of Israel,
they are utterly (D)estranged.
Proverbs 27:8
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8 Like (A)a bird that strays from its nest
is a man who strays from his home.
Proverbs 21:20
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Proverbs 18:9
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9 Whoever is slack in his work
is a (A)brother to him who destroys.
Proverbs 6:26
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26 for (A)the price of a prostitute is only (B)a loaf of bread,[a]
but a married woman[b] (C)hunts down a precious life.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:26 Or (compare Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate) for a prostitute leaves a man with nothing but a loaf of bread
- Proverbs 6:26 Hebrew a man's wife
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