From Nave’s Topical Bible
Extravagance
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 3Passages listed
- 2Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- General scriptures concerningProverbs 21:17Proverbs 21:20Luke 16:19
- See Gluttony
The passages, in Bible order (3)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 3 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Proverbs 21:17
He who loves pleasure will become poor; the one who loves wine and oil will never be rich.
Commentary on Proverbs 21:172 voices
Wine and oil - i. e., The costly adjuncts of a princely banquet. The price of oil or precious unguent was about equal to the 300 days wages of a field laborer Mat 20:2. Indulgence in such a luxury would thus become the type of all extravagance and excess.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Proverbs 21:20
Precious treasures and oil are in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man consumes them.
Commentary on Proverbs 21:202 voices
A desirable treasure, and oil in the dwelling of the just, etc. The cheerfulness of good works, always lovable to God; and the fatness of love shines in the church of the saints. This verse the blessed Pope Gregory in his Homilies on the Gospel …
Bede· Commentary on Proverbs, 735Patristic
There is a treasure to be desired,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Luke 16:19
Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
Commentary on Luke 16:192 voices
Now, He has not merely related to us a story respecting a poor man and a rich one; but He has taught us, in the first place, that no one should lead a luxurious life, nor, living in worldly pleasures and perpetual feastings, should be the slave of his lusts, and forget God. "For there was," He says, "a rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen, and delighted himself with splendid feasts."
Irenaeus· Irenaeus Against Heresies Book 4, 202Patristic
There was a certain rich man,....
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)Reformed