Luke 15:13
And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together, and went abroad into a far country; and there wasted his substance in riotous living.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
14And when he had spent all, there arose a great famine in that country; and he began to be in want.
Cross References
Job 21:13They spend their days in prosperity, And in a moment go down to the under-world.
Psalms 10:4The wicked [[saith]] in his haughtiness, “He careth not!” All his thoughts are, “There is no God.”
Proverbs 5:8Remove thy way far from her. And come not nigh the door of her house:
Proverbs 18:9Moreover, he that is slothful in his work Is brother to him that is a great waster.
Proverbs 21:20Precious treasure and oil are in the dwelling of the wise; But the foolish man swalloweth them up.
Proverbs 27:8As a bird that wandereth from its nest, So is a man who wandereth from 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 →