Luke 15:14

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Then after he had spent everything, a severe famine took place in that country, and he began to be in need.

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  • 2 Chr 33:11 : 11 So the LORD brought against them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria. They seized Manasseh, put hooks in his nose, bound him with bronze chains, and carried him away to Babylon.
  • Ezek 16:27 : 27 So see here, I have stretched out my hand against you and cut off your rations. I have delivered you into the power of those who hate you, the daughters of the Philistines, who were ashamed of your obscene conduct.
  • Hos 2:9-9 : 9 Therefore, I will take back my grain during the harvest time and my new wine when it ripens; I will take away my wool and my flax which I had provided in order to clothe her. 10 Soon I will expose her lewd nakedness in front of her lovers, and no one will be able to rescue her from me! 11 I will put an end to all her celebration: her annual religious festivals, monthly new moon celebrations, and weekly Sabbath festivities– all her appointed festivals. 12 I will destroy her vines and fig trees, about which she said,“These are my wages for prostitution that my lovers gave to me!” I will turn her cultivated vines and fig trees into an uncultivated thicket, so that wild animals will devour them. 13 “I will punish her for the festival days when she burned incense to the Baal idols; she adorned herself with earrings and jewelry, and went after her lovers, but she forgot me!” says the LORD. 14 Future Repentance and Restoration of Israel However, in the future I will allure her; I will lead her back into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her.
  • Amos 8:9-9 : 9 In that day,” says the Sovereign LORD,“I will make the sun set at noon, and make the earth dark in the middle of the day. 10 I will turn your festivals into funerals, and all your songs into funeral dirges. I will make everyone wear funeral clothes and cause every head to be shaved bald. I will make you mourn as if you had lost your only son; when it ends it will indeed have been a bitter day. 11 Be certain of this, the time is coming,” says the Sovereign LORD,“when I will send a famine through the land– not a shortage of food or water but an end to divine revelation! 12 People will stagger from sea to sea, and from the north around to the east. They will wander about looking for a message from the LORD, but they will not find any.

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  • Luke 15:15-32
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    85%

    15So he went and worked for one of the citizens of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs.

    16He was longing to eat the carob pods the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.

    17But when he came to his senses he said,‘How many of my father’s hired workers have food enough to spare, but here I am dying from hunger!

    18I will get up and go to my father and say to him,“Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.

    19I am no longer worthy to be called your son; treat me like one of your hired workers.”’

    20So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still a long way from home his father saw him, and his heart went out to him; he ran and hugged his son and kissed him.

    21Then his son said to him,‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’

    22But the father said to his slaves,‘Hurry! Bring the best robe, and put it on him! Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet!

    23Bring the fattened calf and kill it! Let us eat and celebrate,

    24because this son of mine was dead, and is alive again– he was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate.

    25“Now his older son was in the field. As he came and approached the house, he heard music and dancing.

    26So he called one of the slaves and asked what was happening.

    27The slave replied,‘Your brother has returned, and your father has killed the fattened calf because he got his son back safe and sound.’

    28But the older son became angry and refused to go in. His father came out and appealed to him,

    29but he answered his father,‘Look! These many years I have worked like a slave for you, and I never disobeyed your commands. Yet you never gave me even a goat so that I could celebrate with my friends!

    30But when this son of yours came back, who has devoured your assets with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!’

    31Then the father said to him,‘Son, you are always with me, and everything that belongs to me is yours.

    32It was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost and is found.’”

  • Luke 15:11-13
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    11The Parable of the Compassionate Father Then Jesus said,“A man had two sons.

    12The younger of them said to his father,‘Father, give me the share of the estate that will belong to me.’ So he divided his assets between them.

    13After a few days, the younger son gathered together all he had and left on a journey to a distant country, and there he squandered his wealth with a wild lifestyle.

  • Luke 16:1-5
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    1The Parable of the Clever Steward Jesus also said to the disciples,“There was a rich man who was informed of accusations that his manager was wasting his assets.

    2So he called the manager in and said to him,‘What is this I hear about you? Turn in the account of your administration, because you can no longer be my manager.’

    3Then the manager said to himself,‘What should I do, since my master is taking my position away from me? I’m not strong enough to dig, and I’m too ashamed to beg.

    4I know what to do so that when I am put out of management, people will welcome me into their homes.’

    5So he contacted his master’s debtors one by one. He asked the first,‘How much do you owe my master?’

  • Gen 43:1
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    1The Second Journey to Egypt Now the famine was severe in the land.

  • Luke 15:3-6
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    3So Jesus told them this parable:

    4“Which one of you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, would not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture and go look for the one that is lost until he finds it?

    5Then when he has found it, he places it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

    6Returning home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, telling them,‘Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost.’

  • Gen 41:30-31
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    30But seven years of famine will occur after them, and all the abundance will be forgotten in the land of Egypt. The famine will devastate the land.

    31The previous abundance of the land will not be remembered because of the famine that follows, for the famine will be very severe.

  • Matt 4:2
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    2After he fasted forty days and forty nights he was famished.

  • Luke 12:16-17
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    16He then told them a parable:“The land of a certain rich man produced an abundant crop,

    17so he thought to himself,‘What should I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’

  • Gen 47:13
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    13But there was no food in all the land because the famine was very severe; the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan wasted away because of the famine.

  • Acts 7:11
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    11Then a famine occurred throughout Egypt and Canaan, causing great suffering, and our ancestors could not find food.

  • Job 30:3
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    3gaunt with want and hunger, they would roam the parched land, by night a desolate waste.

  • Eccl 5:14
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    14Then that wealth was lost through bad luck; although he fathered a son, he has nothing left to give him.

  • Gen 47:15
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    15When the money from the lands of Egypt and Canaan was used up, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said,“Give us food! Why should we die before your very eyes because our money has run out?”

  • 2 Sam 12:3
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    3But the poor man had nothing except for a little lamb he had acquired. He raised it, and it grew up alongside him and his children. It used to eat his food, drink from his cup, and sleep in his arms. It was just like a daughter to him.

  • Prov 13:23
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    23Abundant food may come from the field of the poor, but it is swept away by injustice.

  • Luke 16:19
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    19The Rich Man and Lazarus“There was a rich man who dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day.

  • Matt 18:24-25
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    24As he began settling his accounts, a man who owed ten thousand talents was brought to him.

    25Because he was not able to repay it, the lord ordered him to be sold, along with his wife, children, and whatever he possessed, and repayment to be made.

  • Luke 19:15
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    15When he returned after receiving the kingdom, he summoned these slaves to whom he had given the money. He wanted to know how much they had earned by trading.

  • Luke 14:16
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    16But Jesus said to him,“A man once gave a great banquet and invited many guests.

  • Prov 6:11
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    11and your poverty will come like a robber, and your need like an armed man.

  • Gen 41:54
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    54Then the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had predicted. There was famine in all the other lands, but throughout the land of Egypt there was food.