Verse 20

And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way of, his father sawe him, & had compassion, and ranne, and fell on his necke, and kissed hym.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 45:14 : 14 And he fel on his brother Beniamins necke, and wept: and Beniamin wept on his necke.
  • Gen 46:29 : 29 And Ioseph made redy his charet, and went vp to meete Israel his father vnto Gosen, and presented him self vnto him, and he fell on his necke, and wept on his necke a good whyle.
  • Ps 86:5 : 5 For thou Lorde art good and gracious: and of great mercy vnto all them that call vpon thee.
  • Ps 86:15 : 15 But thou O Lorde art a God full of compassion and mercy: long yet thou be angry, plenteous in goodnes and trueth.
  • Isa 49:15 : 15 Will a woman forget her owne infant, and not pitie the sonne of her owne wombe? And though they do forget, yet wyll I not forget thee.
  • Deut 30:2-4 : 2 And come agayne vnto the Lorde thy God, and hearken vnto his voyce in all these thynges that I commaunde thee this day, thou, and thy children, with all thine heart, and all thy soule: 3 And the Lorde thy God wyll turne thy captiuitie and haue compassion vpon thee, and wyll turne and fetche thee agayne from all the nations among which the Lord thy God had scattered thee. 4 Though thou wast cast vnto the extreme partes of heauen: euen from thence wyll the Lorde thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee:
  • Gen 33:4 : 4 Esau ranne to meete hym, and imbraced him, and fel on his necke, and kissed him, and they wept.
  • Acts 20:37 : 37 And they all wepte sore, and fell on Paules necke, and kyssed hym,
  • Eph 2:13 : 13 But nowe in Christe Iesus, ye which sometyme were farre of, are made nye by the blood of Christe.
  • Jer 31:20 : 20 Upon this complaynt I thought thus by my selfe: Is not Ephraim my deare sonne? Is he not the childe with whom I haue had all my mirth and pastime? For since the tyme that I first comuned with hym, I haue hym euer in remembraunce: therfore my heart driueth me vnto hym, gladly and louyngly wyll I haue mercie vpon him, saith the Lorde.
  • Ps 103:10-13 : 10 He dealeth not with vs accordyng to our sinnes: nor rewardeth vs according to our wickednesse. 11 For accordyng to the hyghnesse of heauen aboue the earth: his mercie preuayleth to them that feare hym. 12 Loke howe farre distaunt the east is from the west: so farre a sunder setteth he our sinnes from vs. 13 Yea lyke as a father pitieth his owne children: euen so is God mercifull vnto them that feare hym.
  • Isa 55:6-9 : 6 Seke the Lorde whyle he may be founde, and call vpon hym whyle he is nye. 7 Let the vngodly man forsake his owne wayes, and the vnrighteous his owne imaginations, and turne agayne vnto the Lorde, so shall he be mercifull vnto hym: and to our God, for he is very redy to forgeue. 8 For thus saith ye Lord: My thoughtes are not your thoughtes, & your wayes are not my wayes. 9 But as farre as the heauens are hyer then the earth: so farre do my wayes exceede yours, & my thoughtes yours.
  • Isa 57:18 : 18 I haue seene his wayes, and I heale hym, I leade him, and restore to hym comfort, and to those that were sorie for hym.
  • Job 33:27-28 : 27 A respect hath he vnto men, let man then say, I haue offended, I did vnrighteously, & it hath done me no good: 28 Yea he hath deliuered my soule from destruction, and my lyfe shall see the light.
  • Ezek 16:6-8 : 6 Then came I by thee, and sawe thee defiled in thyne owne blood, and I said vnto thee when thou wast in thy blood, liue: euen when thou wast in thy blood, I sayde vnto thee, liue. 7 I caused thee to multiplie as the bud of the fielde, thou art growen vp, and waxen great, thou hast gotten a marueylous pleasaunt beautie, thy brestes are fashioned, thy heere is goodly growen, whereas thou wast naked & bare. 8 Nowe when I went by thee and looked vpon thee, beholde, thy tyme was come, yea euen the time to woo thee: then spread I my clothes ouer thee to couer thy dishonestie, yea I made an othe vnto thee, and contracted my selfe with thee (saith the Lorde God) and so thou becamest myne owne.
  • Hos 11:8 : 8 Howe shall I geue thee vp Ephraim? howe shal I deliuer thee Israel? howe shall I make thee as Adama? howe shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentinges are kindled within me.
  • Mic 7:18-19 : 18 Who is such a God as thou, that pardonest wickednesse, and forgeuest the offences of the remnaunt of thyne heritage? He kepeth not his wrath for euer: for his delite is to haue compassion. 19 He shall turne againe, and be merciful to vs, he shall put downe our wickednesses, and cast all our sinnes into the bottome of the sea?
  • Acts 2:39 : 39 For the promise was made vnto you, and to your chyldren, and to all that are a farre of, euen as many as the Lorde our God shall call.
  • Eph 2:17 : 17 And came and preached peace to you which were a farre of, and to them that were nye.