There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.

Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;

And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.

And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.

And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.

But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.

But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.

Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;