Bible Verses About Indulgence
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for indulgence, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 28,676 votes, led by Matthew 23:25. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Indulgence
Matthew 23:25497 votes
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.
1 Timothy 5:6414 votes
But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.
1 Timothy 6:10407 votes
For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
Revelation 18:7355 votes
How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
Acts 17:10-11349 votes
And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.
1 John 1:9341 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Galatians 5:19339 votes
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Romans 12:2332 votes
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Proverbs 21:17315 votes
He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
Proverbs 23:21313 votes
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
Colossians 3:2312 votes
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
Colossians 3:5309 votes
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
John 3:16308 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Galatians 5:16299 votes
This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
Philippians 3:19297 votes
Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
Proverbs 20:1283 votes
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
Ephesians 5:18276 votes
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
Isaiah 56:11-12275 votes
Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.
Titus 3:3275 votes
For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
Titus 2:11-12274 votes
For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
James 5:5271 votes
Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
Proverbs 23:20270 votes
Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
Matthew 7:12267 votes
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
1 John 2:16267 votes
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
Isaiah 22:13264 votes
And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.
What does the Bible say about indulgence?
Readers most often cite Matthew 23:25 on the subject of indulgence. Across 28,676 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Timothy 5:6, 1 Timothy 6:10, Revelation 18:7. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.