What Does the Bible Say About Wayward Son?

Jeremiah 31:15-17 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Thus says the Lord: “A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping. Rachel is weeping for her children; she refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more.” Thus says the Lord: “Keep your voice from weeping, and your eyes from tears, for there is a reward for your work, declares the Lord, and they shall come back from the land of the enemy. There is hope for your future, declares the Lord, and your children shall come back to their own country.

1 Peter 1:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Who by God's power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

Luke 15:20 ESV / 5 helpful votes

And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.

1 Peter 3:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

Luke 15:1-32 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.” So he told them this parable: “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it? And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. ...

Ephesians 2:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,

Romans 1:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.

Luke 15:11-32 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And he said, “There was a man who had two sons. And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of property that is coming to me.’ And he divided his property between them. Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had and took a journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in reckless living. And when he had spent everything, a severe famine arose in that country, and he began to be in need. So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs. ...

Genesis 2:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”

1 John 2:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.

Hebrews 10:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

1 John 5:13 ESV / 1 helpful vote

I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life.

Hebrews 11:25 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Choosing rather to be mistreated with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin.

15 Bible Verses about Wayward Son

Jeremiah 31:15-17 ESV / 7 helpful votes

1 Peter 1:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Luke 15:20 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Peter 3:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Luke 15:1-32 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 1:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Luke 15:11-32 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Genesis 2:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 2:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 10:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 5:13 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Hebrews 11:25 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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15 Bible Verses about Wayward Son

Jeremiah 31:15-17 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Peter 1:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 15:20 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Peter 3:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Ephesians 2:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 1:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Genesis 2:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Jeremiah 31:15-17 ESV / 7 helpful votes

1 Peter 1:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Luke 15:20 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Peter 3:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Luke 15:1-32 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 1:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Luke 15:11-32 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Genesis 2:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 2:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 10:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 5:13 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Hebrews 11:25 ESV / 1 helpful vote