Luke 16:24
And he gave a cry and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus, so that he may put the end of his finger in water and put it on my tongue, for I am cruelly burning in this flame.
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Job 20:21He had never enough for his desire; for this cause his well-being will quickly come to an end.
Isaiah 41:17The poor and crushed are looking for water where no water is, and their tongue is dry for need of it: I the Lord will give ear to their prayer, I the God of Israel will not give them up.
Isaiah 66:24And before they make their request I will give an answer, and while they are still making prayer to me, I will give ear.
Matthew 3:9And say not to yourselves, We have Abraham for our father; because I say to you that God is able from these stones to make children for Abraham.
Matthew 25:41Then will he say to those on the left, Go from me, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire which is ready for the Evil One and his angels:
Matthew Henry on Luke 16:20-31
The Rich Man and Lazarus. 19 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: 20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, 21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. 22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; 23 And in hell he lift up… Read the whole commentary →