Luke 16:3

New King James Version

“Then the steward said within himself, ‘What shall I do? For my master is taking the stewardship away from me. I cannot dig; I am ashamed to beg.

Cross References

2 Thessalonians 3:11

For we hear that there are some who walk among you in a disorderly manner, not working at all, but are busybodies.

Acts 3:2

And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms from those who entered the temple;

John 9:8

Therefore the neighbors and those who previously had seen that he was blind said, “Is not this he who sat and begged?”

Luke 18:4

And he would not for a while; but afterward he said within himself, ‘Though I do not fear God nor regard man,

Luke 16:22

So it was that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died and was buried.

Luke 16:20

But there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, full of sores, who was laid at his gate,

Luke 12:17

And he thought within himself, saying, ‘What shall I do, since I have no room to store my crops?’

Mark 10:46

Now they came to Jericho. As He went out of Jericho with His disciples and a great multitude, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the road begging.

Hosea 9:5

What will you do in the appointed day, And in the day of the feast of the Lord?

Jeremiah 5:31

The prophets prophesy falsely, And the priests rule by their own power; And My people love to have it so. But what will you do in the end?

Isaiah 10:3

What will you do in the day of punishment, And in the desolation which will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help? And where will you leave your glory?

Proverbs 29:21

He who pampers his servant from childhood Will have him as a son in the end.

Proverbs 20:4

The lazy man will not plow because of winter; He will beg during harvest and have nothing.

Proverbs 19:15

Laziness casts one into a deep sleep, And an idle person will suffer hunger.

Proverbs 18:9

He who is slothful in his work Is a brother to him who is a great destroyer.

Proverbs 15:19

The way of the lazy man is like a hedge of thorns, But the way of the upright is a highway.

Proverbs 13:4

The soul of a lazy man desires, and has nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made rich.

Esther 6:6

So Haman came in, and the king asked him, “What shall be done for the man whom the king delights to honor?” Now Haman thought in his heart, “Whom would the king delight to honor more than me?”

Acts 9:6

So he, trembling and astonished, said, “Lord, what do You want me to do?” Then the Lord said to him, “Arise and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”

Matthew 20:8

“So when evening had come, the owner of the vineyard said to his steward, ‘Call the laborers and give them their wages, beginning with the last to the first.’

Luke 16:2

So he called him and said to him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your stewardship, for you can no longer be steward.’

Luke 16:4

I have resolved what to do, that when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.’