Luke 15:16

God's Word

No one in the country would give him any food, and he was so hungry that he would have eaten what the pigs were eating.

Cross References

Job 30:4

They pick saltwort from the underbrush, and the roots of the broom plant are their food.

Psalm 142:4

Look to my right and see that no one notices me. Escape is impossible for me. No one cares about me.

Psalm 73:22

I was stupid, and I did not understand. I was like a dumb animal in your presence.

Isaiah 44:20

They eat ashes because they are deceived. Their own misguided minds lead them astray. They can’t rescue themselves or ask themselves, “Isn’t what I hold in my right hand a false god?”

Isaiah 55:2

Why do you spend money on what cannot nourish you and your wages on what does not satisfy you? Listen carefully to me: Eat what is good, and enjoy the best foods.

Isaiah 57:3

But you—come here, you children of witches, you descendants of adulterers and prostitutes!

Lamentations 4:5

Those who used to eat delicacies are now destitute in the streets. Those who used to wear expensive clothes now pick through piles of garbage.

Hosea 12:1

The people of Ephraim try to catch the wind and try to chase the east wind all day. They are very violent and destructive. They make treaties with Assyria and take olive oil to Egypt.

Matthew 7:6

“Don’t give what is holy to dogs or throw your pearls to pigs. Otherwise, they will trample them and then tear you to pieces.

Luke 15:15

So he got a job from someone in that country and was sent to feed pigs in the fields.

Luke 15:17

“Finally, he came to his senses. He said, ‘How many of my father’s hired men have more food than they can eat, while I’m starving to death here?