Luke 15:13
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13 And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together, journeyed to a far country, and there wasted his possessions with [a]prodigal living.
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- Luke 15:13 wasteful
Jeremiah 2:5
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5 Thus says the Lord:
(A)“What injustice have your fathers found in Me,
That they have gone far from Me,
(B)Have followed [a]idols,
And have become idolaters?
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 2:5 vanities or futilities
Proverbs 29:3
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3 Whoever loves wisdom makes his father rejoice,
But a companion of harlots wastes his wealth.
Proverbs 21:17
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17 He who 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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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.
10 Therefore remove [c]sorrow from your heart,
And (C)put away evil from your flesh,
(D)For childhood and [d]youth are vanity.
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 11:9 Impulses
- Ecclesiastes 11:9 As you see to be best
- Ecclesiastes 11:10 vexation
- Ecclesiastes 11:10 Prime of life
Proverbs 28:7
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7 Whoever keeps the law is a discerning son,
But a companion of gluttons shames his father.
Proverbs 23:19-22
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19 Hear, my son, and be wise;
And guide your heart in the way.
20 (A)Do not mix with winebibbers,
Or with gluttonous eaters of meat;
21 For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty,
And drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.
22 (B)Listen to your father who begot you,
And do not despise your mother when she is old.
Luke 16:19
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The Rich Man and Lazarus
19 “There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and [a]fared sumptuously every day.
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- Luke 16:19 lived in luxury
Luke 16:1
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The Parable of the Unjust Steward
16 He also said to His disciples: “There was a certain rich man who had a steward, and an accusation was brought to him that this man was [a]wasting his goods.
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- Luke 16:1 squandering
Luke 15:30
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30 But as soon as this son of yours came, who has devoured your livelihood with harlots, you killed the fatted calf for him.’
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1 Peter 4:3-4
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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. 4 In regard to these, they think it strange that you do not run with them in the same flood of dissipation, speaking evil of you.
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- 1 Peter 4:3 NU time
Romans 13:13-14
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13 (A)Let us walk [a]properly, as in the day, (B)not in revelry and drunkenness, (C)not in lewdness and lust, (D)not in strife and envy. 14 But (E)put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and (F)make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.
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- Romans 13:13 decently
Micah 6:3
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Amos 6:3-7
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3 Woe to you who (A)put far off the day of (B)doom,
(C)Who cause (D)the seat of violence to come near;
4 Who lie on beds of ivory,
Stretch out on your couches,
Eat lambs from the flock
And calves from the midst of the stall;
5 (E)Who sing idly to the sound of stringed instruments,
And invent for yourselves (F)musical instruments (G)like David;
6 Who (H)drink wine from bowls,
And anoint yourselves with the best ointments,
(I)But are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
7 Therefore they shall now go (J)captive as the first of the captives,
And those who recline at banquets shall be removed.
Jeremiah 2:31
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31 “O generation, see the word of the Lord!
Have I been a wilderness to Israel,
Or a land of darkness?
Why do My people say, ‘We [a]are lords;
(A)We will come no more to You’?
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- Jeremiah 2:31 have dominion
Jeremiah 2:17-19
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17 (A)Have you not brought this on yourself,
In that you have forsaken the Lord your God
When (B)He led you in the way?
18 And now why take (C)the road to Egypt,
To drink the waters of (D)Sihor?
Or why take the road to (E)Assyria,
To drink the waters of [a]the River?
19 Your own wickedness will (F)correct you,
And your backslidings will rebuke you.
Know therefore and see that it is an evil and bitter thing
That you have forsaken the Lord your God,
And the [b]fear of Me is not in you,”
Says the Lord God of hosts.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 2:18 The Euphrates
- Jeremiah 2:19 dread
Jeremiah 2:13
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13 “For My people have committed two evils:
They have forsaken Me, the (A)fountain of living waters,
And hewn themselves cisterns—broken cisterns that can hold no water.
Isaiah 56:12
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12 “Come,” one says, “I will bring wine,
And we will fill ourselves with intoxicating (A)drink;
(B)Tomorrow will be (C)as today,
And much more abundant.”
Isaiah 30:11
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11 Get out of the way,
Turn aside from the path,
Cause the Holy One of Israel
To cease from before us.”
Isaiah 22:13
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13 But instead, joy and gladness,
Slaying oxen and killing sheep,
Eating meat and (A)drinking wine:
(B)“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”
Isaiah 1:4
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4 Alas, sinful nation,
A people [a]laden with iniquity,
(A)A [b]brood of evildoers,
Children who are corrupters!
They have forsaken the Lord,
They have provoked to anger
The Holy One of Israel,
They have turned away backward.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 1:4 Lit. heavy, weighed down
- Isaiah 1:4 offspring, seed
Proverbs 27:8
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8 Like a bird that wanders from its nest
Is a man who wanders from his place.
Proverbs 21:20
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20 (A)There is desirable treasure,
And oil in the dwelling of the wise,
But a foolish man squanders it.
Proverbs 18:9
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9 He who is slothful in his work
Is a brother to him who is a great destroyer.
Proverbs 6:26
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26 For (A)by means of a harlot
A man is reduced to a crust of bread;
(B)And [a]an adulteress will (C)prey upon his precious life.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:26 Wife of another, lit. a man’s wife
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