Luke 15:16

Geneva Bible (1560)

And hee would faine haue filled his bellie with the huskes, that the swine ate: but no man gaue them him.

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  • Ps 142:4 : 4 I looked vpon my right hand, and beheld, but there was none that would knowe me: all refuge failed me, and none cared for my soule.
  • Lam 4:5 : 5 They that did feede delicately, perish in the streetes: they that were brought vp in skarlet, embrace the dongue.
  • Rom 6:19-21 : 19 I speake after the maner of man, because of the infirmitie of your flesh: for as yee haue giuen your members seruants to vncleannes and to iniquitie, to commit iniquitie, so now giue your mebers seruants vnto righteousnesse in holinesse. 20 For when ye were the seruants of sinne, ye were freed from righteousnesse. 21 What fruit had ye then in those things, whereof ye are nowe ashamed? For the ende of those things is death.
  • Ps 73:22 : 22 So foolish was I & ignorant: I was a beast before thee.
  • Hos 12:1 : 1 Ephraim is fed with the winde, and followeth after the East winde: hee increaseth daily lies and destruction, & they do make a couenant with Asshur, and oyle is caried into Egypt.
  • Jonah 2:2-8 : 2 And said, I cryed in mine affliction vnto the Lorde, and he heard me: out of the bellie of hell cryed I, and thou heardest my voyce. 3 For thou haddest cast me into the bottome in the middes of the sea, and the floods compassed me about: all thy surges, and all thy waues passed ouer me. 4 Then I saide, I am cast away out of thy sight: yet will I looke againe towarde thine holy Temple. 5 The waters compassed me about vnto the soule: the depth closed me rounde about, and the weedes were wrapt about mine head. 6 I went downe to the bottome of the moutaines: the earth with her barres was about me for euer, yet hast thou brought vp my life from the pit, O Lorde my God. 7 When my soule fainted within me, I remembred the Lorde: and my prayer came vnto thee, into thine holy Temple. 8 They that waite vpon lying vanities, forsake their owne mercie.
  • Isa 44:20 : 20 He feedeth of ashes: a seduced heart hath deceiued him, that he cannot deliuer his soule, nor say, Is there not a lye in my right hand?
  • Isa 55:2 : 2 Wherefore doe ye lay out siluer and not for bread? and your labour without being satisfied? hearken diligently vnto me, and eate that which is good, and let your soule delite in fatnes.
  • Isa 57:3 : 3 But you witches children, come hither, the seede of the adulterer and of the whore.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 15:11-15
    5 verses
    90%

    11He sayde moreouer, A certaine man had two sonnes.

    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.

    13So 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.

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

    15Then hee went and claue to a citizen of that conntrey, and hee sent him to his farme, to feede swine.

  • Luke 15:17-21
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    89%

    17Then he came to him selfe, & said, Howe many hired seruaunts at my fathers haue bread ynough, and I die for hunger?

    18I wil rise and goe to my father, and say vnto him, Father, I haue sinned against heaue, and before thee,

    19And am no more worthy to be called thy sonne: make me as one of thy hired seruants.

    20So hee arose and came to his father, and when hee was yet a great way off, his father sawe him, and had compassion, and ranne and fell on his necke, and kissed him.

    21And the sonne sayde vnto him, Father, I haue sinned against heauen, and before thee, and am no more worthie to be called thy sonne.

  • Luke 16:19-21
    3 verses
    74%

    19There was a certaine riche man, which was clothed in purple and fine linnen, and fared well and delicately euery day.

    20Also there was a certaine begger named Lazarus, which was laide at his gate full of sores,

    21And desired to bee refreshed with the crommes that fell from the riche mans table: yea, and the dogges came and licked his sores.

  • Luke 15:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2Therefore the Pharises and Scribes murmured, saying, Hee receiueth sinners, and eateth with them.

    3Then spake hee this parable to them, saying,

  • Mark 5:10-12
    3 verses
    73%

    10And hee prayed him instantly, that hee would not send them away out of the countrey.

    11Now there was there in the mountaines a great heard of swine, feeding.

    12And all ye deuils besought him, saying, Send vs into the swine, that we may enter into them.

  • Luke 15:28-31
    4 verses
    73%

    28Then he was angry, and would not goe in: therefore came his father out and entreated him.

    29But he answered & said to his father, Loe, these many yeeres haue I done thee seruice, neither brake I at any time thy commadement, and yet thou neuer gauest mee a kidde that I might make merie with my friends.

    30But when this thy sonne was come, which hath deuoured thy good with harlots, thou hast for his sake killed the fat calfe.

    31And he said vnto him, Sonne, thou art euer with me, and al that I haue, is thine.

  • Matt 8:30-32
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    73%

    30Nowe there was, afarre off from them, a great heard of swine feeding.

    31And the deuils besought him, saying, If thou cast vs out, suffer vs to goe into the heard of swine.

    32And he said vnto them, Go. So they went out and departed into the heard of swine: and beholde, the whole heard of swine ranne headlong into the sea, and died in the water.

  • Luke 8:32-34
    3 verses
    73%

    32And there was there by, an hearde of many swine, feeding on an hill: and the deuils besought him, that he would suffer them to enter into them. So he suffered them.

    33Then went the deuils out of the man, and entred into the swine: and the hearde was caried with violence from a steepe downe place into the lake, and was choked.

    34When the heardmen sawe what was done, they fled: and when they were departed, they tolde it in the citie and in the countrey.

  • Mark 5:14
    73%

    14And the swineheards fled, and told it in the citie, and in the countrey, and they came out to see what it was that was done.

  • Mark 5:16
    72%

    16And they that saw it, tolde them, what was done to him that was possessed with the deuil, and concerning the swine.

  • Luke 15:26
    71%

    26And called one of his seruaunts, and asked what those things meant.

  • Luke 16:3
    70%

    3Then the stewarde saide within himselfe, What shall I doe? for my master taketh away from me the stewardship. I cannot digge, and to begge I am ashamed.

  • Luke 12:16-17
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    70%

    16And he put foorth a parable vnto them, saying, The grounde of a certaine riche man brought foorth fruites plenteously.

    17Therefore he thought with himselfe, saying, What shall I doe, because I haue no roume, where I may lay vp my fruites?

  • Luke 14:15-16
    2 verses
    70%

    15Nowe when one of them that sate at table, heard these things, he said vnto him, Blessed is he that eateth bread in the kingdome of God.

    16Then saide he to him, A certaine man made a great supper, and bade many,

  • Luke 16:1
    69%

    1And he sayde also vnto his disciples, There was a certaine riche man, which had a stewarde, and he was accused vnto him, that he wasted his goods.

  • 2 Sam 12:3
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    3But the poore had none at all, saue one litle sheepe which he had bought, and nourished vp: and it grew vp with him, and with his children also, and did eate of his owne morsels, and dranke of his owne cup, and slept in his bosome, and was vnto him as his daughter.

  • Luke 17:7-8
    2 verses
    69%

    7Who is it also of you, that hauing a seruant plowing or feeding cattell, woulde say vnto him by and by, when hee were come from the fielde, Goe, and sit downe at table?

    8And woulde not rather say to him, Dresse wherewith I may suppe, and girde thy selfe, and serue mee, till I haue eaten and drunken, and afterward eate thou, and drinke thou?

  • Mark 6:36
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    36Let them depart, that they may goe into the countrey and townes about, and buy them bread: for they haue nothing to eate.

  • Luke 16:23
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    23And being in hell in torments, he lift vp his eyes, and sawe Abraham a farre off, and Lazarus in his bosome.

  • Matt 25:42
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    42For I was an hungred, and ye gaue me no meate: I thirsted, and ye gaue me no drinke:

  • Matt 4:2
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    2And when he had fasted fourtie dayes, and fourtie nights, he was afterward hungrie.

  • Acts 10:10
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    10Then waxed hee an hungred, and would haue eaten: but while they made some thing ready, he fell into a trance.

  • Luke 16:5
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    5Then called he vnto him euery one of his masters detters, & said vnto the first, Howe much owest thou vnto my master?

  • Luke 16:27
    68%

    27Then he said, I pray thee therfore, father, that thou wouldest sende him to my fathers house,

  • Job 20:15
    68%

    15He hath deuoured substance, and hee shall vomit it: for God shall drawe it out of his bellie.

  • Mark 12:3
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    3But they tooke him, and beat him, & sent him away emptie.

  • Matt 21:29
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    29But he answered, and said, I will not: yet afterward he repented himselfe, and went.