Luke 15:13

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Luke 15:11–15 · Berean Standard Bible

11 Then Jesus said, “There was a man who had two sons.

12 The younger son said to him, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them.

13 After a few days, the younger son got everything together and journeyed to a distant country, where he squandered his wealth in wild living.

14 After he had spent all he had, a severe famine swept through that country, and he began to be in need.

15 So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed the pigs.

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2 Chronicles 33:1

Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years.

2 Chronicles 33:2

And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.

2 Chronicles 33:3

For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, and he raised up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. And he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.

2 Chronicles 33:4

Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “My Name will remain in Jerusalem forever.”

2 Chronicles 33:5

In both courtyards of the house of the LORD, he built altars to all the host of heaven.

2 Chronicles 33:6

He sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Hinnom. He practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.

2 Chronicles 33:7

Manasseh even took the carved image he had made and set it up in the house of God, of which God had said to David and his son Solomon, “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will establish My Name forever.

2 Chronicles 33:8

I will never again cause the feet of the Israelites to leave the land that I assigned to your fathers, if only they are careful to do all that I have commanded them through Moses—all the laws, statutes, and judgments.”

2 Chronicles 33:9

So Manasseh led the people of Judah and Jerusalem astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.

2 Chronicles 33:10

And the LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they did not listen.

Job 21:13

They spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol in peace.

Job 21:14

Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.

Job 21:15

Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’

Job 22:17

They said to God, ‘Depart from us. What can the Almighty do to us?’

Job 22:18

But it was He who filled their houses with good things; so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.

Psalms 10:4

In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God.

Psalms 10:5

He is secure in his ways at all times; Your lofty judgments are far from him; he sneers at all his foes.

Psalms 10:6

He says to himself, “I will not be moved; from age to age I am free of distress.”

Psalms 73:27

Those far from You will surely perish; You destroy all who are unfaithful to You.

Proverbs 27:8

Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who wanders from his home.

Isaiah 1:4

Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children of depravity! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him.

Isaiah 30:11

Get out of the way; turn off the road. Rid us of the Holy One of Israel!”

Jeremiah 2:5

This is what the LORD says: “What fault did your fathers find in Me that they strayed so far from Me, and followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves?

Jeremiah 2:13

“For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns— broken cisterns that cannot hold water.

Jeremiah 2:17

Have you not brought this on yourself by forsaking the LORD your God when He led you in the way?

Jeremiah 2:18

Now what will you gain on your way to Egypt to drink the waters of the Nile ? What will you gain on your way to Assyria to drink the waters of the Euphrates ?

Jeremiah 2:19

Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.

Jeremiah 2:31

You people of this generation, consider the word of the LORD: “Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of dense darkness? Why do My people say, ‘We are free to roam; we will come to You no more’?

Micah 6:3

‘My people, what have I done to you? Testify against Me how I have wearied you!

Ephesians 2:13

But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.

Ephesians 2:17

He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.

Luke 15:30

But when this son of yours returns from squandering your wealth with prostitutes, you kill the fattened calf for him!’

Luke 16:1

Jesus also said to His disciples, “There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions.

Luke 16:19

Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.

Proverbs 5:8

Keep your path far from her; do not go near the door of her house,

Proverbs 5:9

lest you concede your vigor to others, and your years to one who is cruel;

Proverbs 5:10

lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner.

Proverbs 5:11

At the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are spent,

Proverbs 5:12

and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!

Proverbs 5:13

I did not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my mentors.

Proverbs 5:14

I am on the brink of utter ruin in the midst of the whole assembly.”

Proverbs 6:26

For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.

Proverbs 18:9

Whoever is slothful in his work is brother to him who destroys.

Proverbs 21:17

He who loves pleasure will become poor; the one who loves wine and oil will never be rich.

Proverbs 21:20

Precious treasures and oil are in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man consumes them.

Proverbs 23:19

Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right course.

Proverbs 23:20

Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat.

Proverbs 23:21

For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.

Proverbs 23:22

Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

Proverbs 28:7

A discerning son keeps the law, but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father.

Proverbs 29:3

A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.

Ecclesiastes 11:9

Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.

Ecclesiastes 11:10

So banish sorrow from your heart, and cast off pain from your body, for youth and vigor are fleeting.

Isaiah 22:13

But look, there is joy and gladness, butchering of cattle and slaughtering of sheep, eating of meat and drinking of wine: “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”

Isaiah 56:12

“Come, let me get the wine, let us imbibe the strong drink, and tomorrow will be like today, only far better!”

Amos 6:3

You dismiss the day of calamity and bring near a reign of violence.

Amos 6:4

You lie on beds inlaid with ivory, and lounge upon your couches. You dine on lambs from the flock and calves from the stall.

Amos 6:5

You improvise songs on the harp like David and invent your own musical instruments.

Amos 6:6

You drink wine by the bowlful and anoint yourselves with the finest oils, but you fail to grieve over the ruin of Joseph.

Amos 6:7

Therefore, you will now go into exile as the first of the captives, and your feasting and lounging will come to an end.

Romans 13:13

Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.

Romans 13:14

Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.

1 Peter 4:3

For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.

1 Peter 4:4

Because of this, they consider it strange of you not to plunge with them into the same flood of reckless indiscretion, and they heap abuse on you.

2 Peter 2:13

The harm they will suffer is the wages of their wickedness. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deception as they feast with you.