Top 25 Bible Verses About Indulgence (ESV)

25 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.

6 but she who is self-indulgent is dead even while she lives.

10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.

7   As she glorified herself and lived in luxury,
    so give her a like measure of torment and mourning,
  since in her heart she says,
    ‘I sit as a queen,
  I am no widow,
    and mourning I shall never see.’

10 The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived they went into the Jewish synagogue. 11 Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

19 Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality,

9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

2 Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.

21   for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty,
    and slumber will clothe them with rags.

17   Whoever loves pleasure will be a poor man;
    he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.

5 Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.

16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

19 Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things.

20:1   Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler,
    and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.

18 And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,

11   The dogs have a mighty appetite;
    they never have enough.
  But they are shepherds who have no understanding;
    they have all turned to their own way,
    each to his own gain, one and all.
12   “Come,” they say, “let me get wine;
    let us fill ourselves with strong drink;
  and tomorrow will be like this day,
    great beyond measure.”

5 You have lived on the earth in luxury and in self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.

3 For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.

11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, 12 training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,

20   Be not among drunkards
    or among gluttonous eaters of meat,

12 “So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

13   and behold, joy and gladness,
    killing oxen and slaughtering sheep,
    eating flesh and drinking wine.
  “Let us eat and drink,
    for tomorrow we die.”

16 For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world.