Self-Indulgence

Passages on this topic

From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), a historical reference index. The groupings are Nave’s; the verses are shown in the text used across this site.

Instances of

Solomon

• Ecclesiastes 2:10 Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor.

The rich fool

• Luke 12:16–20 Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance. So he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, since I have nowhere to store my crops?’ Then he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and will build bigger ones, and there I will store up all my gr…

The rich man who feasted every day

• Luke 16:19 Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.

See Gluttony

See Idleness

See Slothfulness

See Self-Denial