Matthew 23:25   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.

Ephesians 5:18   And be not drunk with wine,
wherein is excess;
but be filled with the Spirit;

19. Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,
singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
20. Giving thanks always for all things
unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
21. Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

1 Peter 4:3   For the time past of our life may suffice us
to have wrought the will of the Gentiles,
when we walked in lasciviousness,
lusts,
excess of wine,
revellings,
banquetings,
and abominable idolatries:

1 Peter 4:4   Wherein they think it strange
that ye run not with them
to the same excess of riot,
speaking evil of you:

5. Who shall give account to him
that is ready to judge the quick and the dead.

WordWeb meaning for “excess”

Noun: excess

1. A quantity much larger than is needed
   – surplus, surplusage, nimiety
2. Immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits
   – excessiveness, inordinateness
3. The state of being more than full
   – surfeit, overabundance
4. Excessive indulgence
   “the child was spoiled by excess”;
   – overindulgence

Adjective: excess

1. More than is needed, desired, or required
   “trying to lose excess weight“;
   – extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus

Derived forms: excesses
See also: unnecessary, unneeded
Type of: fullness, fulness, humoring [US], humouring [Brit, Cdn], immoderateness,
immoderation, indulgence, indulging, overabundance, overmuch, overmuchness,
pampering, superabundance
Encyclopedia: Excess