Luke 15:13
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13 A few days later the younger son gathered all he had and traveled to a distant region, and there he squandered his wealth in dissolute living.
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Jeremiah 2:5
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5 Thus says the Lord:
What wrong did your ancestors find in me
that they went far from me
and went after worthless things and became worthless themselves?(A)
Proverbs 29:3
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3 A child who loves wisdom makes a parent glad,
but a companion of prostitutes destroys wealth.(A)
Proverbs 21:17
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17 Whoever loves pleasure will suffer want;
whoever loves wine and oil will not be rich.
Ecclesiastes 11:9-10
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9 Rejoice, young man, while you are young, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Follow the inclination of your heart and the desire of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.(A)
10 Banish anxiety from your mind, and put away pain from your body, for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.(B)
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Proverbs 28:7
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7 Those who keep the law are wise children,
but companions of gluttons shame their parents.(A)
Proverbs 23:19-22
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19 Hear, my child, and be wise,
and direct your mind in the way.
20 Do not be among winebibbers
or among gluttonous eaters of meat,(A)
21 for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty,
and drowsiness will clothe them with rags.(B)
22 Listen to your father who begot you,
and do not despise your mother when she is old.(C)
Luke 16:19
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The Rich Man and Lazarus
19 “There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day.
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Luke 16:1
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The Parable of the Dishonest Manager
16 Then Jesus[a] said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was squandering his property.(A)
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- 16.1 Gk he
Luke 15:30
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30 But when this son of yours came back, who has devoured your assets with prostitutes, you killed the fatted calf for him!’(A)
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1 Peter 4:3-4
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3 You have already spent enough time in doing what the gentiles like to do, living in debauchery, passions, drunkenness, revels, carousing, and lawless idolatry.(A) 4 They are surprised that you no longer join them in the same excesses of dissipation, and so they blaspheme.[a](B)
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- 4.4 Or they malign you
Romans 13:13-14
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13 let us walk decently as in the day, not in reveling and drunkenness, not in illicit sex and licentiousness, not in quarreling and jealousy.(A) 14 Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.(B)
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Micah 6:3
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3 “O my people, what have I done to you?
In what have I wearied you? Answer me!(A)
Amos 6:3-7
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3 you who put far away the evil day
and bring near a reign of violence?(A)
4 Woe to those who lie on beds of ivory
and lounge on their couches
and eat lambs from the flock
and calves from the stall,(B)
5 who sing idle songs to the sound of the harp
and like David improvise on instruments of music,(C)
6 who drink wine from bowls
and anoint themselves with the finest oils
but are not grieved over the ruin of Joseph!(D)
7 Therefore they shall now be the first to go into exile,
and the revelry of the loungers shall pass away.(E)
Jeremiah 2:31
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31 And you, O generation, behold the word of the Lord![a]
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 to you no more”?(A)
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- 2.31 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Jeremiah 2:17-19
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17 Have you not brought this upon yourself
by forsaking the Lord your God,
while he led you in the way?(A)
18 What then do you gain by going to Egypt,
to drink the waters of the Nile?
Or what do you gain by going to Assyria,
to drink the waters of the Euphrates?(B)
19 Your wickedness will punish you,
and your faithlessness will convict you.
Know and see that it is evil and bitter
for you to forsake the Lord your God;
the fear of me is not in you,
says the Lord God of hosts.(C)
Jeremiah 2:13
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13 for my people have committed two evils:
they have forsaken me,
the fountain of living water,
and dug out cisterns for themselves,
cracked cisterns
that can hold no water.(A)
Isaiah 56:12
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12 “Come,” they say, “let us[a] get wine;
let us fill ourselves with strong drink.
And tomorrow will be like today,
great beyond measure.”
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- 56.12 Q ms Syr Vg Tg: MT me
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.”(A)
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)
Isaiah 1:4
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4 Woe, sinful nation,
people laden with iniquity,
offspring who do evil,
children who act corruptly,
who have forsaken the Lord,
who have despised the Holy One of Israel,
[[who are utterly estranged!]][a](A)
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- 1.4 Gk OL lack: Heb adds who are utterly estranged
Proverbs 27:8
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8 Like a bird that strays from its nest
is one who strays from home.
Proverbs 21:20
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- 21.20 Gk: Heb and oil
Proverbs 18:9
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9 One who is slack in work
is close kin to a vandal.(A)
Proverbs 6:26
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26 for a prostitute’s fee is only a loaf of bread,[a]
but the wife of another stalks a man’s precious life.(A)
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- 6.26 Cn Compare Gk Syr Vg Tg: Heb for because of a harlot to a piece of bread
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