Luke 15:13

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A few days later the younger son packed up what he had and left for a distant country. Here he wasted all his money living a reckless life.

Cross References

Psalm 73:27

Those people who are far from God will die. You destroy all those unfaithful to you.

Proverbs 18:9

Laziness and destruction are brothers.

Proverbs 21:17

If you love pleasure you'll become poor; if you love wine and olive oil you won't ever be rich.

Proverbs 21:20

The wise hold on to their wealth and olive oil, but stupid people use up everything they have.

Proverbs 27:8

Having to leave home is like a bird having to leave its nest.

Proverbs 28:7

If you keep the law, you're a wise son, but if you keep bad company you shame your father.

Proverbs 29:3

A man who loves wisdom makes his father happy, but one who visits prostitutes throws away his money.

Proverbs 6:26

You can buy a prostitute for the price of a loaf of bread, but adultery with another man's wife can cost you your life.

Isaiah 1:4

What a sinful nation—a people carrying such a load of guilt, an evil generation, corrupt children! They have abandoned the Lord. They have despised Israel's Holy One. They have become strangers. They have gone backwards.

Isaiah 22:13

Instead, you go on happily partying! You slaughter cattle and sheep so you can have your feasts, eating meat and drinking wine, saying, “Let's eat and drink, because we're going to die tomorrow!”

Isaiah 30:11

Stop telling us straight; go a different direction! We don't want to hear any more about the Holy One of Israel.”

Isaiah 56:12

“Come on,” they say, “I'll get some wine and let's get drunk! We'll do this today, and tomorrow we'll drink so much more!”

Jeremiah 2:13

For my people have done two evil things. They have abandoned me, the source of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns—broken cisterns that can't hold water.

Jeremiah 2:31

You people of today, think about what the Lord is saying: Israel, have I treated you like an empty desert, or a land of thick darkness? Why are my people saying, “We can go where we like! We don't have to come and worship you any more”?

Jeremiah 2:5

This is what the Lord says: What did your forefathers think was wrong with me that they went so far away from me? They went off to worship useless idols, and as a result became useless themselves!

Micah 6:3

My people, what have I done to you? What is it that I have done to make you tired of me?

Luke 15:12

“The younger one told his father, ‘Father, give me my inheritance now.’ So the man divided his property between them.

Luke 15:14

After he'd spent everything, the country was hit by a severe famine and he was starving.

Luke 15:30

Now this son of yours comes back, having spent your money on prostitutes, and you kill the fattened calf for him!’

Luke 16:1

Jesus told his disciples this story. “There was once a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting what belonged to his master.

Luke 16:19

Once there was a man who was rich. He wore purple clothes and fine linen, and enjoyed a luxurious life.

Ephesians 2:13

But now, in Christ Jesus, you who were once a long way off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

Ephesians 2:17

He came and shared the good news of peace with those of you who were far away, and those who were nearby,

2 Peter 2:13

They will be paid back in harm for the harm they have done. Their idea of fun is to commit their evil lusts in broad daylight. They are stains and blemishes on your community. They enjoy their deceptive pleasures even while they eat together with you.