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

The son of twelve years was Manasseh in his reigning, and fifty and five years he reigned in Jerusalem.

Their days glided on in good, and in a moment they will lay hold of hades.

They saying to God, Depart fron us: and what shall the Almighty do for them?

The unjust according to the height of his anger, will not seek: God is not in all his thoughts.

For behold, they being far off from thee shall perish: thou didst lay waste all committing fornication from thee.

As the bird wandering from her nest, so is a man wandering from his place.

Wo! sinful nation, a people heavy with sin, a seed doing evil, sons acting wickedly; they forsook Jehovah; they despised the holy one of Israel; they separated themselves backward.

Remove from the way, turn aside from the path, cause to cease from before us the Holy One of Israel.

Thus said Jehovah, What iniquity found your fathers in me that they removed far off from me, and went after vanity, and they became vain?

My people, what did I to thee? and in what did I weary thee? answer to me.

And now in Christ Jesus ye who then being far off have become near in the blood of Christ.

Wasted

And when this thy son, devouring thy property with harlots, came, thou hast sacrificed for him the fattened calf.

And he said to his disciples, A certain man was rich, who had a steward; and he was slandered to him as dispersing his goods.

Remove far off from her thy way, and thou shalt not draw near to the door of her house:

For by a woman a harlot, even to a round of bread: and a man's wife will hunt the precious soul.

Also he being slothful in his work, he the brother of the master of destruction.

A man of poverty loving joy: he loving wine and oil shall not be rich.

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

He watching the law a son understanding: and the companion of squanderers will shame his father.

A man loving wisdom will gladden his father: and he feeding harlots shall destroy riches.

Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and thy heart shall do thee good in the days of thy youth, and go in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: and know thou, that for all these God will bring thee into judgment

And behold, gladness and joy, killing cattle and slaughtering sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: eat and drink, for to-morrow we shall die.

Come ye, I will take wine, and we will drink strong drink to excess; and the morrow being as this day, the remainder great exceedingly.

Extending to the evil day, and ye will bring near the seat of violence;

As in the day, let us walk becomingly; not in revelries and drunkenness, not in coition and licentiousness, not in strife and envy.

For the time of life passed over sufficient for us to have wrought the will of the nations, having gone in licentiousness, eager desires, drunkenness, revellings, drinkings, and criminal idolatries:

Receiving the reward of injustice, deeming luxurious indulgence pleasure in the day. Spots and blemishes, rioting in their deceits, feasting together with you

General references

For the sons of Jonadab son of Rechab raised up the commands of their father which be commanded them; and this people heard not to me.