Self-indulgence
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Solomon
Eccl 2:10
10 And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.
Ecclesiastes 2:10 -
The rich fool
Luke 12:16–20
16 And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: 17 And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? 18 And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. 20 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
Luke 12:16 -
The rich man who feasted every day
Luke 16:19
19 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
Luke 16:19 - See Gluttony
- See Idleness
- See Slothfulness
- See Also self-denial
From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), by Orville J. Nave.
