Habakkuk 2:9-11 Part 1 of 2

"What sorrow awaits you who build big houses with money gained dishonestly! You believe your wealth will buy security, putting your family's nest beyond the reach of danger. But by the murders you committed, you have shamed your name and forfeited your lives. The very stones in the walls cry out against you, and the beams in the ceilings echo the complaint."

"What sorrow awaits you who build big houses"

Isaiah 5:8  What sorrow for you who buy up house after house and field after field, until everyone is evicted and you live alone in the land. (see verses 8-10)

Jeremiah 22:13  And the LORD says, "What sorrow awaits Jehoiakim, who builds his palace with forced labor. He builds injustice into its walls, for he makes his neighbors work for nothing. He does not pay them for their labor." (see verses 13-23)

Micah 2:2  When you want a piece of land, you find a way to seize it. When you want someone's house, you take it by fraud and violence. You cheat a man of his property, stealing his family's inheritance. (see verses 1-5)

Micah 3:10  You are building Jerusalem on a foundation of murder and corruption.

 

"with money gained dishonestly!" 

Ezekiel 22:27  "Your leaders are like wolves who tear apart their victims. They actually destroy peoples lives for money!" (see all chapter 22)

Micah 3:11  You rulers make decisions based on bribes; you priests teach God's laws only for a price; you prophets won't prophesy unless you are paid. Yet all of you claim to depend on the LORD. "No harm can come to us," you say, "for the LORD is here among us." (see all chapter 3)

James 5:4  For listen! Hear the cries of the field workers whom you have cheated of their pay. The wages you held back cry out against you. The cries of those who harvest your fields have reached the ears of the LORD of Heaven's Armies. (see verses 1-5)

 

"You believe your wealth will buy security, putting your family's nest beyond the reach of danger." 

Isaiah 10:14  "I have robbed their nests of riches and gathered up kingdoms as a farmer gathers eggs. No one can even flap a wing against me or utter a peep of protest." (see verses 12-19)

Jeremiah 49:16  "You have been deceived by the fear you inspire in others and by your own pride. You live in a rock fortress and control mountain heights. But even if you make your nest among the peaks with the eagles, I will bring you crashing down." says the LORD. (see verses 7-22, also see Obadiah 1-21)

Psalm 49:6  They trust in their wealth and boast of great riches. (see all chapter 49)

Psalm 52:7  "Look what happens to mighty warriors who do not trust in God. They trust their wealth instead and grow more and more bold in their wickedness." (see all chapter 52)

Psalm 62:10  Don't make your living by extortion or put your hope in stealing. And if your wealth increases, don't make it the center of your life. (see all chapter 62)

 

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