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 pleasure and in a moment go down to Sheol.

Who said unto God, Depart from us; and what can the Almighty do unto us?

The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, does not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.

For, behold, those that stray from thee shall perish; thou dost cut off all those that go a whoring from thee.

As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man that wanders from his place.

O sinful nation, people laden with iniquity, generation of evildoers, corrupt sons! They have forsaken the LORD; they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger; they have turned back.

Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to leave our presence.

thus hath the LORD said, What iniquity have your fathers found in me that they are gone far from me and have walked after vanity and are become vain?

O my people, what have I done unto thee? and in what have I wearied thee? testify against me.

but now in Christ Jesus ye who at another time were far off are made near by the blood of the Christ.

Wasted

But as soon as this thy son was come who has devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed the fatted calf for him.

And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man who had a steward, and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods.

Remove thy way far from her, and do not come near the door of her house,

For by means of a whorish woman a man is reduced to a piece of bread, and the woman will hunt the precious soul of the man.

He also that is negligent in his work is brother to him that is the great spendthrift.

He that loves pleasure shall be a poor man; he that loves wine and oil shall not be rich.

Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and straighten thy heart in the way.

Whosoever keeps the law is a wise son, but he that is a companion of gluttons shames his father.

Whosoever loves wisdom causes his father to rejoice, but he that maintains harlots shall lose his inheritance.

Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth and walk in the ways of thine heart and in the sight of thine eyes; but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine while they say, let us eat and drink for tomorrow we shall die.

Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow shall be as this day, or much more excellent.

Ye that put far away the evil day and cause the seat of violence to come near;

Let us walk honestly, as in the day, not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.

For it should suffice us that during the time past of our life we had done the will of the Gentiles, when we conversed in lasciviousness, lusts, drunkenness, gluttony, orgies, and abominable idolatries.

receiving the reward of their unrighteousness, as those that count it pleasure to live luxuriously every day. These are spots and blemishes, who eat together with you, while at the same time they revel in their deceit,

General references

Certainly the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have not moved the commandment of their father, which he commanded them; but this people has not hearkened unto me: