Luke 16:3

Free Bible Version

The manager said to himself, ‘Now what will I do since my master is going to fire me from my job? I'm not strong enough to dig, and I'm ashamed to beg.

Cross References

Esther 6:6

When Haman came in, the king asked him, “What should be done for a man the king wants to honor?” Haman said to himself, “Who would the king want to honor except me?”

Proverbs 13:4

Lazy people want a lot, but get nothing; if you work hard you'll be well rewarded.

Proverbs 15:19

The way of lazy people is overgrown with thorns, but the path of the good is an open highway.

Proverbs 18:9

Laziness and destruction are brothers.

Proverbs 19:15

Lazy people are often fast asleep, but idleness means they're hungry.

Proverbs 20:4

Slackers don't sow when they should, so when harvest comes they don't have anything.

Proverbs 29:21

A servant indulged from childhood will in the end become unmanageable.

Isaiah 10:3

What are you going to do on the day you're punished, when disaster falls on you from far away? Who are you going to run to so you can get help? Where are you going to leave all your wealth?

Jeremiah 5:31

The prophets give false prophecies; the priests rule as they please. My people love it like this, but what will you do when it all falls apart?

Hosea 9:5

What are you going to do on the days of your appointed religious feasts, on the days of the festivals of the Lord?

Matthew 20:8

When evening came, the owner of the vineyard told his manager, ‘Call the workers in, and pay them their wages. Begin with the workers hired last and then move on to those hired first.’

Mark 10:46

Jesus and his disciples passed through Jericho, and as they were leaving town, accompanied by a large crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting at the roadside.

Luke 12:17

After thinking things through, the man said to himself, ‘What shall I do? I've nowhere to store my crops.

Luke 16:2

So the rich man called in his manager, and asked him, ‘What's this I hear about you? Bring in your accounts, because you won't be continuing as manager.’

Luke 16:20

A beggar named Lazarus used to sit at his gate, covered in sores,

Luke 16:22

Then the beggar died, and angels carried him away to be with Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried.

Luke 16:4

Oh, I know what I'm going to do so that when I'm sacked as manager people will make me welcome in their homes.’

Luke 18:4

For a while he didn't want to do anything about it, but eventually he said to himself, ‘Even though I don't respect God or care about anyone,

John 9:8

His neighbors and those who had known him as a beggar, asked, “Isn't this the man who used to sit and beg?”

Acts 3:2

A man who had been lame from birth was being carried there. Every day he was placed beside the Temple gate called “Beautiful” so he could beg from the people going into the Temple.

Acts 9:6

“Get up, go on into the city, and you'll be told what to do.”

2 Thessalonians 3:11

But now we hear that there are some lazy busybodies among you who don't work at all.