Verse 25

`And his elder son was in a field, and as, coming, he drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing,

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 15:20 : 20 And Miriam the inspired one, sister of Aaron, taketh the timbrel in her hand, and all the women go out after her, with timbrels and with choruses;
  • 2 Sam 6:14 : 14 And David is dancing with all strength before Jehovah, and David is girded with a linen ephod,
  • Ps 30:11 : 11 Thou hast turned my mourning to dancing for me, Thou hast loosed my sackcloth, And girdest me `with' joy.
  • Ps 126:1 : 1 A Song of the Ascents. In Jehovah's turning back `to' the captivity of Zion, We have been as dreamers.
  • Ps 149:3 : 3 They praise His name in a dance, With timbrel and harp sing praise to Him.
  • Ps 150:4 : 4 Praise Him with timbrel and dance, Praise Him with stringed instruments and organ.
  • Eccl 3:4 : 4 A time to weep, And a time to laugh. A time to mourn, And a time to skip.
  • Jer 31:4 : 4 Again do I build thee, And thou hast been built, O virgin of Israel, Again thou puttest on thy tabrets, And hast gone out in the chorus of the playful.
  • Luke 7:32 : 32 they are like to children, to those sitting in a market-place, and calling one to another, and saying, We piped to you, and ye did not dance, we mourned to you, and ye did not weep!
  • Luke 15:11-12 : 11 And he said, `A certain man had two sons, 12 and the younger of them said to the father, Father, give me the portion of the substance falling to `me', and he divided to them the living.