Luke 15:13

New Living Translation

“A few days later this younger son packed all his belongings and moved to a distant land, and there he wasted all his money in wild living.

Cross References

Psalm 73:27

Those who desert him will perish, for you destroy those who abandon you.

Proverbs 18:9

A lazy person is as bad as someone who destroys things.

Proverbs 21:17

Those who love pleasure become poor; those who love wine and luxury will never be rich.

Proverbs 21:20

The wise have wealth and luxury, but fools spend whatever they get.

Proverbs 27:8

A person who strays from home is like a bird that strays from its nest.

Proverbs 28:7

Young people who obey the law are wise; those with wild friends bring shame to their parents.

Proverbs 29:3

The man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but if he hangs around with prostitutes, his wealth is wasted.

Proverbs 6:26

For a prostitute will bring you to poverty, but sleeping with another man’s wife will cost you your life.

Isaiah 1:4

Oh, what a sinful nation they are— loaded down with a burden of guilt. They are evil people, corrupt children who have rejected the Lord. They have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on him.

Isaiah 22:13

But instead, you dance and play; you slaughter cattle and kill sheep. You feast on meat and drink wine. You say, “Let’s feast and drink, for tomorrow we die!”

Isaiah 30:11

Forget all this gloom. Get off your narrow path. Stop telling us about your ‘Holy One of Israel.’”

Isaiah 56:12

“Come,” they say, “let’s get some wine and have a party. Let’s all get drunk. Then tomorrow we’ll do it again and have an even bigger party!”

Jeremiah 2:13

“For my people have done two evil things: They have abandoned me— the fountain of living water. And they have dug for themselves cracked cisterns that can hold no water at all!

Jeremiah 2:31

“O my people, listen to the words of the Lord! Have I been like a desert to Israel? Have I been to them a land of darkness? Why then do my people say, ‘At last we are free from God! We don’t need him anymore!’

Jeremiah 2:5

This is what the Lord says: “What did your ancestors find wrong with me that led them to stray so far from me? They worshiped worthless idols, only to become worthless themselves.

Micah 6:3

“O my people, what have I done to you? What have I done to make you tired of me? Answer me!

Luke 15:12

The younger son told his father, ‘I want my share of your estate now before you die.’ So his father agreed to divide his wealth between his sons.

Luke 15:14

About the time his money ran out, a great famine swept over the land, and he began to starve.

Luke 15:30

Yet when this son of yours comes back after squandering your money on prostitutes, you celebrate by killing the fattened calf!’

Luke 16:1

Jesus told this story to his disciples: “There was a certain rich man who had a manager handling his affairs. One day a report came that the manager was wasting his employer’s money.

Luke 16:19

Jesus said, “There was a certain rich man who was splendidly clothed in purple and fine linen and who lived each day in luxury.

Ephesians 2:13

But now you have been united with Christ Jesus. Once you were far away from God, but now you have been brought near to him through the blood of Christ.

Ephesians 2:17

He brought this Good News of peace to you Gentiles who were far away from him, and peace to the Jews who were near.

2 Peter 2:13

Their destruction is their reward for the harm they have done. They love to indulge in evil pleasures in broad daylight. They are a disgrace and a stain among you. They delight in deception even as they eat with you in your fellowship meals.