Luke 15:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders,”
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BSBPD
“And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“and having found, he doth lay <FI>it<Fi> on his shoulders rejoicing,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Luke 15:5 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 40:10Behold, the Lord GOD comes with might, and His arm establishes His rule. His reward is with Him, and His recompense accompanies Him.
- Isaiah 46:3“Listen to Me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been sustained from the womb, carried along since birth.
- Isaiah 53:10Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.
- Isaiah 62:5For as a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you; and as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.
- Isaiah 62:12And they will be called the Holy People, the Redeemed of The LORD; and you will be called Sought Out, A City Not Forsaken.
- Isaiah 63:9In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.
- Jeremiah 32:41Yes, I will rejoice in doing them good, and I will faithfully plant them in this land with all My heart and with all My soul.
- Ezekiel 18:23Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Lord GOD. Wouldn’t I prefer that he turn from his ways and live?
- Ezekiel 33:11Say to them: ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked should turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?’
- Micah 5:4He will stand and shepherd His flock in the strength of the LORD, in the majestic name of the LORD His God. And they will dwell securely, for then His greatness will extend to the ends of the earth.
- Micah 7:18Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance— who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?
- Zephaniah 3:17The LORD your God is among you; He is mighty to save. He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you with His love; He will rejoice over you with singing.”
- Luke 15:23Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let us feast and celebrate.
- Luke 15:32But it was fitting to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’”
- Luke 19:9Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man too is a son of Abraham.
- Luke 23:43And Jesus said to him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.”
- John 4:34Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.
- John 15:11I have told you these things so that My joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.
- Acts 9:1Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord. He approached the high priest
- Romans 10:20And Isaiah boldly says: “I was found by those who did not seek Me; I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me.”
- Ephesians 1:19and the surpassing greatness of His power to us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of His mighty strength,
- Ephesians 2:3All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath.
- Ephesians 2:10For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.
- Ephesians 3:7I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace, given me through the working of His power.
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