Luke 16:3

Amplified Bible

The manager [of the estate] said to himself, ‘What will I do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to dig [for a living], and I am ashamed to beg.

Cross References

Esther 6:6

So Haman came in and the king said to him, “What is to be done for the man whom the king desires to honor?” Now Haman thought to himself, “Whom would the king desire to honor more than me?”

Proverbs 13:4

The soul (appetite) of the lazy person craves and gets nothing [for lethargy overcomes ambition], But the soul (appetite) of the diligent [who works willingly] is rich and abundantly supplied. [Prov 10:4]

Proverbs 15:19

The way of the lazy is like a hedge of thorns [it pricks, lacerates, and entangles him], But the way [of life] of the upright is smooth and open like a highway.

Proverbs 18:9

He who is careless in his work Is a brother to him who destroys.

Proverbs 19:15

Laziness casts one into a deep sleep [unmindful of lost opportunity], And the idle person will suffer hunger.

Proverbs 20:4

The lazy man does not plow when the winter [planting] season arrives; So he begs at the [next] harvest and has nothing [to reap].

Proverbs 29:21

He who pampers his slave from childhood Will find him to be a son in the end.

Isaiah 10:3

Now what will you do in the day of [God’s] punishment, And in the storm of devastation which will come from far away? To whom will you flee for help? And where will you leave your wealth [for safekeeping]?

Jeremiah 5:31

The prophets prophesy falsely, And the priests rule on their own authority; And My people love [to have] it so! But what will you do when the end comes?

Hosea 9:5

What will you do on the day of the appointed festival And on the day of the feast of the Lord [when you are in exile]?

Matthew 20:8

“When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last [to be hired] and ending with the first [to be hired].’ [Lev 19:13; Deut 24:15]

Mark 10:46

Then they came to Jericho. And as He was leaving Jericho with His disciples and a large crowd, a blind beggar, Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, was sitting beside the road [as was his custom]. [Matt 20:29-34; Luke 18:35-43]

Luke 12:17

And he began thinking to himself, ‘What shall I do, since I have no place [large enough in which] to store my crops?’

Luke 16:2

So he called him and said to him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management [of my affairs], for you can no longer be [my] manager.’

Luke 16:20

And a poor man named Lazarus, was laid at his gate, covered with sores.

Luke 16:22

Now it happened that the poor man died and his spirit was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom (paradise); and the rich man also died and was buried.

Luke 16:4

I know what I will do, so that when I am removed from the management, people [who are my master’s debtors] will welcome me into their homes.’

Luke 18:4

For a time he would not; but later he said to himself, ‘Even though I do not fear God nor respect man,

John 9:8

So the neighbors, and those who used to know him as a beggar, said, “Is not this the man who used to sit and beg?”

Acts 3:2

and a man who had been unable to walk from birth was being carried along, whom they used to set down every day at that gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, so that he could beg alms from those entering the temple.

Acts 9:6

now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”

2 Thessalonians 3:11

Indeed, we hear that some among you are leading an undisciplined and inappropriate life, doing no work at all, but acting like busybodies [meddling in other people’s business].