Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
Desiring
Crumbs
General references
Bible References
Desiring
1 Corinthians 4:11
To this very hour we have gone hungry, thirsty, poorly clad; we have been roughly knocked around; we have had no home.
2 Corinthians 11:27
through toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, through hunger and thirst, through many a fasting season, poorly clad and exposed to cold.
Crumbs
Matthew 15:27
She said, "Yes, Lord, and yet the house dogs usually eat the crumbs that fall from their master's table."
Mark 7:28
But she answered Him, "Yes, Lord, and yet the house dogs under the table usually eat the crumbs the children drop."
John 6:12
When they had plenty, He said to His disciples, "Pick up the pieces that are left, that nothing be wasted."
General references
Luke 17:27
People continued to eat, drink, marry, and be married, right up to the day when Noah went into the ark, and the Flood came and destroyed them all.