Revelation 18:14
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14 “The fancy things you loved so much
are gone,” they cry.
“All your luxuries and splendor
are gone forever,
never to be yours again.”
1 Corinthians 10:6
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6 These things happened as a warning to us, so that we would not crave evil things as they did,
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1 John 2:16-17
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16 For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world. 17 And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever.
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James 4:2
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2 You want what you don’t have, so you scheme and kill to get it. You are jealous of what others have, but you can’t get it, so you fight and wage war to take it away from them. Yet you don’t have what you want because you don’t ask God for it.
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Luke 16:25
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25 “But Abraham said to him, ‘Son, remember that during your lifetime you had everything you wanted, and Lazarus had nothing. So now he is here being comforted, and you are in anguish.
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Luke 12:20
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20 “But God said to him, ‘You fool! You will die this very night. Then who will get everything you worked for?’
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Psalm 106:14
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14 In the wilderness their desires ran wild,
testing God’s patience in that dry wasteland.
Numbers 11:4
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4 Then the foreign rabble who were traveling with the Israelites began to crave the good things of Egypt. And the people of Israel also began to complain. “Oh, for some meat!” they exclaimed.
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Psalm 78:18
New Living Translation
18 They stubbornly tested God in their hearts,
demanding the foods they craved.
Numbers 11:34
New Living Translation
34 So that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah (which means “graves of gluttony”) because there they buried the people who had craved meat from Egypt.
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