Luke 15:13
A few days later the younger son packed up what he had and left for a distant country. Here he wasted all his money living a reckless life.
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14After he'd spent everything, the country was hit by a severe famine and he was starving.
Cross References
Job 21:13They live out their lives contentedly, and go down to Sheol in peace.
Psalms 10:4The wicked are too proud to come to God. In all their thinking they never consider God.
Proverbs 5:8Stay far away from her! Don't go near the door of her house!
Proverbs 18:9Laziness and destruction are brothers.
Proverbs 21:20The wise hold on to their wealth and olive oil, but stupid people use up everything they have.
Proverbs 27:8Having to leave home is like a bird having to leave its nest.
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 →