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Behold the wretch whose lust and wine The repenting prodigal, Luke 15. 13 &c

Isaac Watts printed it in 1707 in Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Book I, no. 123, under Luke 15:13.

WRITTEN BY

Isaac Watts 1674–1748

PRINTED

1707 Hymns and Spiritual Songs · no. 123

METRE

Common Metre 8.6.8.6 · 7 stanzas

WRITTEN ON

Luke 15:13 the verse printed above it

The hymn, and the Scripture in it

All 7 stanzas as Watts printed them, with the verses their lines echo beside them. Point at a line to join it to its verse; click to read the passage.

SHARED WORDSthe verse shares the line's wording ECHOproposed by an AI model, confirmed by a separate check Not the author's own notes

Where Watts found it

Watts printed the hymn under Luke 15:13. The line that comes closest to it is marked.

After a few days, the younger son got everything together and journeyed to a distant country, where he squandered his wealth in wild living. LUKE 15:13 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ LUKE 15

Behold the wretch whose lust and wine Had wasted his estate, He begs a share among the swine, To taste the husks they eat! STANZA I

Its place in the book

Book I of the hymn book, “Collected from the Holy Scriptures”, holds these hymns in this order: 179 hymns. This is number 123. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 123 · ISAAC WATTS · THIS HYMN Behold the wretch whose lust and wine

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