Luke 15:16

Holman Christian Standard Bible

He longed to eat his fill from the carob pods the pigs were eating, but no one would give him any.

Cross References

Job 30:4

They plucked mallow among the shrubs, and the roots of the broom tree were their food.

Psalm 142:4

Look to the right and see: no one stands up for me; there is no refuge for me; no one cares about me.

Psalm 73:22

I was stupid and didn’t understand; I was an unthinking animal toward You.

Isaiah 44:20

He feeds on ashes. His deceived mind has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself, or say, “Isn’t there a lie in my right hand? ”

Isaiah 55:2

Why do you spend money on what is not food, and your wages on what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and you will enjoy the choicest of foods.

Isaiah 57:3

But come here, you sons of a sorceress, offspring of an adulterer and a prostitute!

Lamentations 4:5

Those who used to eat delicacies are destitute in the streets; those who were reared in purple garments huddle in garbage heaps.

Hosea 12:1

Ephraim chases the wind and pursues the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and violence. He makes a covenant with Assyria, and olive oil is carried to Egypt.

Matthew 7:6

Don’t give what is holy to dogs or toss your pearls before pigs, or they will trample them with their feet, turn, and tear you to pieces.

Luke 15:15

Then he went to work for one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs.

Luke 15:17

When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired hands have more than enough food, and here I am dying of hunger!