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
Even unto this day we hunger and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted with fists, and have no certain dwelling place,
2 Corinthians 11:27
in labour and travail, in watching often, in hunger, in thirst, in fastings often, in cold and in nakedness.
Crumbs
Matthew 15:27
She answered and said, "It is truth, nevertheless the whelps eat of the crumbs, which fall from their masters' table."
Mark 7:28
She answered and said unto him, "Even so, Master. Nevertheless, the whelps also eat under the table of the children's crumbs."
John 6:12
When they had eaten enough, he said unto his disciples, "Gather up the broken meat that remaineth: that nothing be lost."
General references
Proverbs 28:6
A poor man leading a godly life, is better than the rich that goeth in froward ways.
Luke 17:27
They ate, they drank, they married wives and were married even unto the same day that Noah went into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.