Quotes about Luxury

Moses had a choice of following God or reveling in the pleasures of Egypt. As heir to the throne of Egypt, he enjoyed luxury; he didn't desire to suffer or sacrifice any more than we do, but he chose to follow God. "He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a short time

Wine, one of the noblest cordials in nature.

The God of this world is riches, pleasure and pride.

Sirach calls the people who dwelt at Shechem a foolish people (Ecclus. 50:26), just as the Germans are accustomed to judge concerning the Swabians and the Bavarians. They were a proud people given to luxury.

You sat on a couch of luxury with a table spread before it, on which you had set My incense and My oil,

You drink wine by the bowlful and anoint yourselves with the finest oils, but you fail to grieve over the ruin of Joseph.

The hatred of luxury is not an intelligent hatred. It implies a hatred of arts.

The God of this world is riches, pleasure and pride.

Religious illiteracy is a luxury they can no longer afford. This is a new idea for them—that illiteracy might be a problem in religion as well as English—or that a religion class might have life applications beyond going to church.

All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance of her luxury.”

You shouldn't have to have money to have a luxury fragrance.

Luxury is unseemly for a fool—how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!