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
As far as the present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are ill clothed, and are treated roughly, and are homeless.
2 Corinthians 11:27
in toil and hardship, in frequent sleeplessness, in hunger and thirst, in frequent fasts, in cold and nakedness.
Crumbs
Matthew 15:27
But she said, Yes, Lord, for even the house dogs eat of the crumbs that fall from the table of their masters.
Mark 7:28
But she answered and says to him, Yes, Lord, for even the house dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.
John 6:12
And when they were filled, he says to his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain over, so that not anything may be lost.
General references
Proverbs 28:6
Better is the poor man who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in [his] ways, though he be rich.
Luke 17:27
They ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.