Luke 15:13

So not many daies after, when the yonger sonne had gathered all together, hee tooke his iourney into a farre countrey, and there hee wasted his goods with riotous liuing.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

12And the yonger of them sayde to his father, Father, giue mee the portion of the goods that falleth to mee. So he deuided vnto them his substance.

14Nowe when hee had spent all, there arose a great dearth throughout that land, and he began to be in necessitie.

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Cross References

Job 21:13They spend their dayes in wealth, and suddenly they go downe to the graue.

Psalms 10:4The wicked is so proude that hee seeketh not for God: hee thinketh alwayes, There is no God.

Proverbs 5:8Keepe thy way farre from her, and come not neere the doore of her house,

Proverbs 18:9He also that is slouthfull in his worke, is euen the brother of him that is a great waster.

Proverbs 21:20In the house of the wise is a pleasant treasure and oyle: but a foolish man deuoureth it.

Proverbs 27:8As a bird that wandreth from her nest, so is a man that wandreth from his owne 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 →

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