Luke 15:16

Free Bible Version

He was so hungry that he would have eaten even the pig food, but no one gave him anything.

Cross References

Job 30:4

There they pick desert herbs and the leaves of bushes, and eat the roots of broom trees.

Psalm 142:4

I look to my right for someone to support me—but no one pays me any attention. There's no safe place for me—no one cares about me at all.

Psalm 73:22

I was stupid and ignorant. I was like a brute beast to you.

Isaiah 44:20

He is feeding on ashes, seduced by the deceptive thinking of his mind. He can't save himself, and he doesn't even ask, “Isn't this idol I'm holding just a lie?”

Isaiah 55:2

Why are you spending money on what isn't food, and why work for something that doesn't satisfy you? Listen carefully to me: eat what is good, and you'll enjoy the very best food.

Isaiah 57:3

But as for you, children of fortune-tellers, the product of adultery and prostitution—come here!

Lamentations 4:5

Those who used to eat gourmet food now die starving in the streets. Those who dressed in fine clothes from their childhood now live in heaps of rubbish.

Hosea 12:1

Ephraim tries to herd the wind, chasing after the east wind all day long. Their lies and violence keep on increasing. They make a treaty with Assyria, and send olive oil to Egypt.

Matthew 7:6

Don't give dogs what's holy. Don't throw your pearls to pigs. That way the pigs won't trample them underfoot, and the dogs won't turn and attack you.

Luke 15:15

So he went and took a job with one of the farmers there who sent him to his fields to feed pigs.

Luke 15:17

When he came to his senses, he said to himself, ‘All of my father's workers have more than enough to eat—why am I dying from hunger here?