Luke 15:13

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Summary

And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.

And took

Wasted

General references

Jeremiah 35:16

Bible References

And took

Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.

They spend their days in prosperity, and in peace they go down to Sheol.

They said to God, 'Depart from us,' and 'What can the Almighty do to us?'

In the pride of his face the wicked does not seek him; all his thoughts are, "There is no God."

For behold, those who are far from you shall perish; you put an end to everyone who is unfaithful to you.

Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who strays from his home.

Ah, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, offspring of evildoers, children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are utterly estranged.

leave the way, turn aside from the path, let us hear no more about the Holy One of Israel."

Thus says the LORD: "What wrong did your fathers find in me that they went far from me, and went after worthlessness, and became worthless?

"O my people, what have I done to you? How have I wearied you? Answer me!

But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

Wasted

But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your property with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!'

He also said to the disciples, "There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his possessions.

Keep your way far from her, and do not go near the door of her house,

for the price of a prostitute is only a loaf of bread, but a married womanhunts down a precious life.

Whoever is slack in his work is a brother to him who destroys.

Whoever loves pleasure will be a poor man; he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.

Hear, my son, and be wise, and direct your heart in the way.

The one who keeps the law is a son with understanding, but a companion of gluttons shames his father.

He who loves wisdom makes his father glad, but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.

Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes. But know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

and behold, joy and gladness, killing oxen and slaughtering sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine. "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die."

"Come," they say, "let me get wine; let us fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow will be like this day, great beyond measure."

O you who put far away the day of disaster and bring near the seat of violence?

Let us walk properly as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in quarreling and jealousy.

For the time that is past suffices for doing what the Gentiles want to do, living in sensuality, passions, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and lawless idolatry.

suffering wrong as the wage for their wrongdoing. They count it pleasure to revel in the daytime. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions, while they feast with you.

General references

The sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have kept the command that their father gave them, but this people has not obeyed me.