SELF-INDULGENCE-SELF-DENIAL
(A) SELF-INDULGENCE
(1) The Power of Appetite
Numbers 11:5; Proverbs 16:26; Proverbs 18:20; Proverbs 23:2; Proverbs 23:35; Ecclesiastes 6:7; Isaiah 29:8; Isaiah 56:12
--- Appetites Restrained, SELF-DENIAL
(2) Gluttony
Numbers 11:32; Deuteronomy 21:20; Proverbs 23:1; Proverbs 23:2; Proverbs 23:3; Proverbs 23:21; Philipians 3:19
--SEE Eating, FOOD, PHYSICAL
(B) WORLDLY PLEASURE
(1) Results of a Pleasure-seeking Life
Poverty
Proverbs 21:17; Isaiah 22:13
False Security
Isaiah 47:8; Isaiah 47:9
Spiritual Barrenness
Luke 8:14
Presumption
Luke 12:19
Spiritual Death
1 Timothy 5:6; 2 Timothy 3:4; Titus 3:3; James 5:5
Desire for Incessant Revelry
2 Peter 2:13
--SEE Dancing, DANCING
Revelry, SOCIAL LIFE
(2) Sought by the Epicureans as the Chief Aim of Life
Ecclesiastes 2:1; Ecclesiastes 2:24; Ecclesiastes 5:18; Ecclesiastes 8:15; Ecclesiastes 9:7; Isaiah 22:13; Amos 6:4
Acts 17:18; 1 Corinthians 15:32
(C) LUXURIOUS LIVING, examples of
1 Kings 4:22; 1 Kings 4:23; 1 Kings 10:21; 1 Kings 10:22; Esther 1:5; Esther 1:6; Esther 1:7; Amos 6:4; Luke 16:19
--SEE Rich Apparel, DRESS
(D) PRODIGALITY, general references to
Proverbs 18:9; Proverbs 21:20; Amos 6:6; Luke 15:13; Luke 15:30
--SEE Excess, INTEMPERANCE
Improvidence, WASTE
(E) WANTONNESS
Proverbs 29:3; Luke 15:30; James 5:5; 2 Peter 2:18
--SEE Lasciviousness, IMPURITY
also Banquets, SOCIAL LIFE
Revelry, SOCIAL LIFE
Earthly Joy, JOY
(F) SELF-DENIAL
(1) The Duty of
Matthew 16:24; Luke 14:26; Luke 14:27; Romans 8:13; Romans 15:1; Galatians 5:24
--SEE Abstinence, TEMPERANCE
Self-sacrifice, SELFISHNESS
Mortify the Flesh, SELF-DENIAL
(2) Renunciations of All Things for Christ
Leaving Home and Friends
Mark 10:28; Luke 5:11
Leaving Business
Luke 5:27; Luke 5:28
A Condition of Discipleship
Luke 14:33
Reward Promised
Luke 18:29; Luke 18:30
Paul's Renunciation
Philipians 3:8
--SEE The Surrendered Life, SURRENDERED LIFE, THE
Consecration, SURRENDERED LIFE
(3) By Restraining the Appetites
Proverbs 23:1; Proverbs 23:2; Proverbs 23:20; Proverbs 25:16; Luke 12:22; Luke 21:34; 1 Corinthians 9:27
--SEE Self-control, TEMPERANCE
& TEMPERANCE
Drunkenness, INTEMPERANCE
& INTEMPERANCE
(4) By Subduing Fleshly Lusts
Matthew 5:29; Matthew 18:8; Romans 6:6; Romans 8:13; Romans 13:14; Galatians 5:16; Galatians 5:24; Colossians 3:5
1 Peter 2:11; 1 Peter 4:2
--SEE Evil Passions, PASSIONS, EVIL
Self-control, TEMPERANCE
& TEMPERANCE
(G) ASCETICISM
(1) General References to
Matthew 3:4; Matthew 9:14; Colossians 2:23; 1 Thessalonians 4:3
--SEE Nazarites, SELF-DENIAL
(2) Exemplified in Celibacy
Matthew 19:10; 1 Corinthians 7:8; 1 Corinthians 7:27; 1 Timothy 4:3; Revelation 14:4
(3) Practised by the Nazarites
Numbers 6:2; Numbers 6:3; Numbers 6:13; Judges 13:5; 1 Samuel 1:11; Lamentations 4:7; Amos 2:11
(H) FASTING
(1) General References to
Psalms 35:13; Psalms 69:10; Isaiah 58:3; Jeremiah 14:12; Zechariah 7:5; Matthew 9:15
(2) Duty of
Joel 1:14; Joel 2:12; Matthew 6:17; Matthew 6:18; Matthew 17:21; 1 Corinthians 7:5
(3) Examples of
Moses
Exodus 34:28; Judges 20:26
Israel
1 Samuel 7:6; 1 Samuel 20:34; 1 Samuel 28:20; 1 Samuel 31:13; 2 Samuel 1:12; 2 Samuel 3:35; 2 Samuel 12:16
Elijah
1 Kings 19:8; 1 Kings 21:27; 1 Chronicles 10:12
Ezra
Ezra 10:6; Nehemiah 9:1; Daniel 6:18
Daniel
Daniel 10:3; Matthew 4:2
Christ
Luke 4:1; Luke 4:2; Luke 18:12
Paul
Acts 9:9; Acts 10:30
Leaders in the Church at Antioch
Acts 13:2; Acts 13:3
Paul and Barnabas
Acts 14:23; Acts 27:33