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

Bible References

This

Luke 15:32
It was right that we should make merry and be glad, for this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.
Luke 18:11
The Pharisee stood and prayed within himself in this way: God, I thank You that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax-collector.
Exodus 32:7
And Jehovah said to Moses, Go! Get down, for your people, whom you brought out of the land of Egypt, are corrupted.

Devoured

Luke 15:13
And not many days afterward, the younger son gathered all together and went away into a far country. And there he wasted his property, living dissolutely.

General references

Genesis 18:7
And Abraham ran out to the herd and brought a calf, tender and good. And he gave it to a young man. And he hurried to dress it.
Jeremiah 35:16
Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have done the commandment of their father, which He commanded them; but this people has not listened to Me;
Luke 15:2
And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receives sinners and eats with them.