Luke 15:13
And not many days after, the younger son, gathering all together, went abroad into a far country: and there wasted his substance, living riotously.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
14And after he had spent all, there came a mighty famine in that country; and he began to be in want.
Cross References
Job 21:13They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment they go down to hell.
Proverbs 5:8Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the doors of her house.
Proverbs 18:9He that is loose and slack in his work, is the brother of him that wasteth his own works.
Proverbs 21:20There is a treasure to be desired, and oil in the dwelling of the just: and the foolish man shall spend it.
Proverbs 27:8As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that leaveth his place.
Matthew Henry on Luke 15:12-32
The Prodigal Son. 11 And he said, A certain man had two sons: 12 And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. 13 And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. 14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want. 15 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that… Read the whole commentary →