Luke 15:16

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

He longed to eat his fill from   the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one would give him anything.

Cross References

Hosea 12:1

Ephraim chases  the wind and pursues the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and violence. He makes a covenant with Assyria, and olive oil is carried to Egypt.

Lamentations 4:5

Those who used to eat delicacies are destitute in the streets; those who were brought up in purple garments huddle in rubbish heaps.

Isaiah 44:20

He feeds on   ashes. His deceived mind has led him astray, and he cannot rescue himself, or say, ‘Isn’t there a lie in my right hand? ’

Isaiah 57:3

But come here, you witch’s sons, offspring of an adulterer and a prostitute!

Isaiah 55:2

Why do you spend silver on what is not food, and your wages on what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good, and you will enjoy the choicest of foods.

Matthew 7:6

Don’t give what is holy to dogs or toss your pearls before pigs,   or they will trample them under their feet, turn, and tear you to pieces.

Luke 15:15

Then he went to work for one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs.

Luke 15:17

When he came to his senses,   he said, “How many of my father’s hired workers have more than enough food, and here I am dying of hunger!

Job 30:4

They plucked mallow  , among the shrubs, and the roots of the broom tree were their food.