Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
Devoured
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Luke 15:32
But it was meet to make merry and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again ; and was lost, and is found.
Luke 18:11
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
Exodus 32:7
And Jehovah spake unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, that thou broughtest up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves:
Devoured
Luke 15:13
And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together and took his journey into a far country; and there he wasted his substance with riotous living.
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Genesis 18:7
And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good, and gave it unto the servant; and he hasted to dress it.
Jeremiah 35:16
Forasmuch as the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their father which he commanded them, but this people hath not hearkened unto me;
Luke 15:2
And both the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.