Luke 16:3

God's Word

“The manager thought, ‘What should I do? My master is taking my job away from me. I’m not strong enough to dig, and I’m ashamed to beg.

Cross References

2 Thessalonians 3:11

We hear that some of you are not living disciplined lives. You’re not working, so you go around interfering in other people’s lives.

Acts 3:2

At the same time, a man who had been lame from birth was being carried by some men. Every day these men would put the lame man at a gate in the temple courtyard. The gate was called Beautiful Gate. There he would beg for handouts from people going into the courtyard.

John 9:8

His neighbors and those who had previously seen him begging asked, “Isn’t this the man who used to sit and beg?”

Luke 18:4

“For a while the judge refused to do anything. But then he thought, ‘This widow really annoys me. Although I don’t fear God or respect people,

Luke 16:22

“One day the beggar died, and the angels carried him to be with Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried.

Luke 16:20

There was also a beggar named Lazarus who was regularly brought to the gate of the rich man’s house.

Luke 12:17

He thought, ‘What should I do? I don’t have enough room to store my crops.’

Mark 10:46

Then they came to Jericho. As Jesus, his disciples, and many people were leaving Jericho, a blind beggar named Bartimaeus, son of Timaeus, was sitting by the road.

Hosea 9:5

What will they do on the day of an appointed festival or on the Lord’s festival days?

Jeremiah 5:31

Prophets prophesy lies. Priests rule under the prophets’ directions, and my people love this. But what will you do in the end?”

Isaiah 10:3

What will you do on the day you are called to account ⌞for these things⌟, when the disaster comes from far away? Where will you run for help? Where will you leave your wealth?

Proverbs 29:21

Pamper a slave from childhood, and later he will be ungrateful.

Proverbs 20:4

A lazy person does not plow in the fall. He looks for something in the harvest but finds nothing.

Proverbs 19:15

Laziness throws one into a deep sleep, and an idle person will go hungry.

Proverbs 18:9

Whoever is lazy in his work is related to a vandal.

Proverbs 15:19

The path of lazy people is like a thorny hedge, but the road of decent people is an ⌞open⌟ highway.

Proverbs 13:4

A lazy person craves food and there is none, but the appetite of hard-working people is satisfied.

Esther 6:6

So Haman came in. The king then asked him, “What should be done for the man whom the king wishes to reward?” Haman thought to himself, “Whom would the king wish to reward more than me?”

Acts 9:6

Get up! Go into the city, and you’ll be told what you should do.”

Matthew 20:8

“When evening came, the owner of the vineyard told the supervisor, ‘Call the workers, and give them their wages. Start with the last, and end with the first.’

Luke 16:2

So the rich man called for his manager and said to him, ‘What’s this I hear about you? Let me examine your books. It’s obvious that you can’t manage my property any longer.’

Luke 16:4

I know what I’ll do so that people will welcome me into their homes when I’ve lost my job.’