Habakkuk 2:9-11 Part 2 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."

"But by the murders you committed, you have shamed your name and forfeited your lives."

Jeremiah 26:19  "But did King Hezekiah and the people kill him for saying this? No, they turned from their sins and worshiped the LORD. They begged him for mercy. Then the LORD changed his mind about the terrible disaster he had pronounced against them. So we are about to do ourselves great harm." (see all chapter 26)

Ezekiel 22:6  "Every leader in Israel who lives within your walls is bent on murder." (see all chapter 22)

1 Timothy 1:9  For the law was not intended for people who do what is right. It is for people who are lawless and rebellious, who are ungodly and sinful, who consider nothing sacred and defile what is holy, who kill their father or mother or commit other murders. (see verses 3-11)

Revelation 21:8  "But cowards, unbelievers, the corrupt, murderers, the immoral, those who practice witchcraft, idol worshipers, and all liars--their fate is in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death. (see verses 1-8)

Revelation 22:15  Outside the city are the dogs--the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idol worshipers, and all who love to live a lie. (see all chapter 22)

 

"The very stones in the walls cry out against you, and the beams in the ceilings echo the complaint." 

Joshua 24:22  "You are a witness to your own decision," Joshua said. "You have chosen to serve the LORD."  "Yes," they replied, "we are witnesses to what we have said."

Joshua 24:26-27  Joshua recorded these things in the Book of God's Instructions. As a reminder of their agreement, he took a huge stone and rolled it beneath the terebinth tree beside the Tabernacle of the LORD. Joshua said to all the people, "This stone has heard everything the LORD said to us. It will be a witness to testify against you if you go back on your word to God." (see all chapter 24)

Zechariah 5:4  "And this is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says: I am sending this curse into the house of every thief and into the house of everyone who swears falsely using my name. And my curse will remain in that house and completely destroy it--even its timbers and stones." (see verses 1-4)

Luke 19:39-40  But some of the Pharisees among the crowd said, "Teacher, rebuke your followers for saying things like that!" He replied, "If they kept quiet, the stones along the road would burst into cheers!" (see verses 28-44)

 

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