Luke 16:4

New Century Version

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

Cross References

Proverbs 30:9

If I have too much, I might reject you and say, ‘I don’t know the Lord.’ If I am poor, I might steal and disgrace the name of my God.

Jeremiah 4:22

The Lord says, “My people are foolish. They do not know me. They are stupid children; they don’t understand. They are skillful at doing evil, but they don’t know how to do good.”

Luke 16:3

The manager thought to himself, ‘What will I do since my master is taking my job away from me? I am not strong enough to dig ditches, and I am ashamed to beg.

Luke 16:5

“So the manager called in everyone who owed the master any money. He asked the first one, ‘How much do you owe?’

Luke 16:9

“I tell you, make friends for yourselves using worldly riches so that when those riches are gone, you will be welcomed in those homes that continue forever.

James 3:15

That kind of “wisdom” does not come from God but from the world. It is not spiritual; it is from the devil.