Verse 9
Woe{H1945} to him that getteth{H1214} an evil{H7451} gain{H1215} for his house,{H1004} that he may set{H7760} his nest{H7064} on high,{H4791} that he may be delivered{H5337} from the hand{H3709} of evil!{H7451}
Referenced Verses
- Jer 49:16 : 16 As for thy terribleness,{H8606} the pride{H2087} of thy heart{H3820} hath deceived{H5377} thee, O thou that dwellest{H7931} in the clefts{H2288} of the rock,{H5553} that holdest{H8610} the height{H4791} of the hill:{H1389} though thou shouldest make thy nest{H7064} as high{H1361} as the eagle,{H5404} I will bring thee down{H3381} from thence, saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068}
- Obad 1:4 : 4 Though thou mount on high{H1361} as the eagle,{H5404} and though thy nest{H7064} be set{H7760} among the stars,{H3556} I will bring thee down{H3381} from thence, saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068}
- Zech 5:1-4 : 1 Then again{H7725} I lifted up{H5375} mine eyes,{H5869} and saw,{H7200} and, behold, a flying{H5774} roll.{H4039} 2 And he said{H559} unto me, What seest{H7200} thou? And I answered,{H559} I see{H7200} a flying{H5774} roll;{H4039} the length{H753} thereof is twenty{H6242} cubits,{H520} and the breadth{H7341} thereof ten{H6235} cubits.{H520} 3 Then said{H559} he unto me, This is the curse{H423} that goeth forth{H3318} over the face{H6440} of the whole land:{H776} for every one that stealeth{H1589} shall be cut off{H5352} on the one side according{H3644} to it; and every one that sweareth{H7650} shall be cut off{H5352} on the other side according{H3644} to it. 4 I will cause it to go forth,{H3318} saith{H5002} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts,{H6635} and it shall enter{H935} into the house{H1004} of the thief,{H1590} and into the house{H1004} of him that sweareth{H7650} falsely{H8267} by my name;{H8034} and it shall abide{H3885} in the midst{H8432} of his house,{H1004} and shall consume{H3615} it with the timber{H6086} thereof and the stones{H68} thereof.
- Acts 1:17-25 : 17 For{G3754} he{G2674} was{G2258} numbered{G2674} among{G4862} us,{G2254} and{G2532} received{G2975} his portion{G2819} in this{G3778} ministry.{G1248} 18 (Now{G3767} this man{G3778} obtained{G2932} a field{G5564} with{G1537} the reward{G3408} of his iniquity;{G93} and{G2532} falling{G1096} headlong,{G4248} he burst asunder{G2997} in the midst,{G3319} and{G2532} all{G3956} his{G846} bowels{G4698} gushed out.{G1632} 19 And{G2532} it became{G1096} known{G1110} to all{G3956} the dwellers{G2730} at Jerusalem;{G2419} insomuch{G5620} that{G1565} in their{G846} {G2398} language{G1258} that{G5124} field{G5564} was called{G2564} Akeldama,{G184} that{G5124} is, The field{G5564} of blood.){G129} 20 For{G1063} it is written{G1125} in{G1722} the book{G976} of Psalms,{G5568} Let{G1096} his{G846} habitation{G1886} be{G1096} made desolate,{G2048} And{G2532} let{G2077} no{G3361} man dwell{G2730} therein:{G846} and,{G2532} His{G846} office{G1984} let{G2983} another{G2087} take.{G2983} 21 Of the men{G435} therefore{G3767} that{G3588} have companied{G4905} with us{G2254} {G1722} all{G3956} the time{G5550} {G1722} that{G3739} the Lord{G2962} Jesus{G2424} went in{G1525} and{G2532} went out{G1831} among{G1909} us,{G2248} 22 beginning{G756} from{G575} the baptism{G908} of John,{G2491} unto{G2193} the{G3739} day{G2250} that{G3739} he was received up{G353} from{G575} us,{G2257} of these{G5130} must{G1096} one{G1520} become{G1096} a witness{G3144} with{G4862} us{G2254} of his{G846} resurrection.{G386} 23 And{G2532} they put forward{G2476} two,{G1417} Joseph{G2501} called{G2564} Barsabbas,{G923} who{G3739} was surnamed{G1941} Justus,{G2459} and{G2532} Matthias.{G3159} 24 And{G2532} they prayed,{G4336} and{G2532} said,{G2036} Thou,{G4771} Lord,{G2962} who knowest the hearts{G2589} of all{G3956} men, show{G322} of{G1537} these{G5130} two{G1417} the{G3739} one{G1520} whom thou hast chosen,{G1586} 25 to take{G2983} the place{G2819} in this{G3778} ministry{G1248} and{G2532} apostleship{G651} from{G1537} which{G3739} Judas{G2455} fell{G3845} away, that he might go{G4198} to{G1519} his own{G2398} place.{G5117}
- Jude 1:11 : 11 Woe{G3759} unto them!{G846} For{G3754} they went{G4198} in the way{G3598} of Cain,{G2535} and{G2532} ran riotously{G1632} in the error{G4106} of Balaam{G903} for hire,{G3408} and{G2532} perished{G622} in the gainsaying{G485} of Korah.{G2879}
- Gen 13:10-13 : 10 And Lot{H3876} lifted up{H5375} his eyes,{H5869} and beheld{H7200} all the Plain{H3603} of the Jordan,{H3383} that it was well watered{H4945} every where, before{H6440} Jehovah{H3068} destroyed{H7843} Sodom{H5467} and Gomorrah,{H6017} like the garden{H1588} of Jehovah,{H3068} like the land{H776} of Egypt,{H4714} as thou goest{H935} unto Zoar.{H6820} 11 So Lot{H3876} chose{H977} him all the Plain{H3603} of the Jordan;{H3383} and Lot{H3876} journeyed{H5265} east:{H6924} and they separated themselves{H6504} the one{H376} from the other.{H251} 12 Abram{H87} dwelt{H3427} in the land{H776} of Canaan,{H3667} and Lot{H3876} dwelt{H3427} in the cities{H5892} of the Plain,{H3603} and moved his tent{H167} as far{H5704} as Sodom.{H5467} 13 Now the men{H582} of Sodom{H5467} were wicked{H7451} and sinners{H2400} against Jehovah{H3068} exceedingly.{H3966}
- Gen 19:26-38 : 26 But his wife{H802} looked back{H5027} from behind him,{H310} and she became a pillar{H5333} of salt.{H4417} 27 And Abraham{H85} gat up early{H7925} in the morning{H1242} to the place{H4725} where he had stood{H5975} before{H6440} Jehovah:{H3068} 28 and he looked{H8259} toward{H6440} Sodom{H5467} and Gomorrah,{H6017} and toward{H6440} all the land{H776} of the Plain,{H3603} and beheld,{H7200} and, lo, the smoke{H7008} of the land{H776} went up{H5927} as the smoke{H7008} of a furnace.{H3536} 29 And it came to pass, when God{H430} destroyed{H7843} the cities{H5892} of the Plain,{H3603} that God{H430} remembered{H2142} Abraham,{H85} and sent{H7971} Lot{H3876} out of the midst{H8432} of the overthrow,{H2018} when he overthrew{H2015} the cities{H5892} in which{H2004} Lot{H3876} dwelt.{H3427} 30 And Lot{H3876} went up{H5927} out of Zoar,{H6820} and dwelt{H3427} in the mountain,{H2022} and his two{H8147} daughters{H1323} with him; for he feared{H3372} to dwell{H3427} in Zoar:{H6820} and he dwelt{H3427} in a cave,{H4631} he and his two{H8147} daughters.{H1323} 31 And the first-born{H1067} said{H559} unto the younger,{H6810} Our father{H1} is old,{H2204} and there is not a man{H376} in the earth{H776} to come in{H935} unto us after the manner{H1870} of all the earth:{H776} 32 come,{H3212} let us make{H8248} our father{H1} drink{H8248} wine,{H3196} and we will lie{H7901} with him, that we may preserve{H2421} seed{H2233} of our father.{H1} 33 And they made{H8248} their father{H1} drink{H8248} wine{H3196} that night:{H3915} and the first-born{H1067} went in,{H935} and lay{H7901} with her father;{H1} and he knew{H3045} not when she lay down,{H7901} nor when she arose.{H6965} 34 And it came to pass on the morrow,{H4283} that the first-born{H1067} said{H559} unto the younger,{H6810} Behold, I lay{H7901} yesternight{H570} with my father:{H1} let us make him drink{H8248} wine{H3196} this night{H3915} also; and go thou in,{H935} and lie{H7901} with him, that we may preserve{H2421} seed{H2233} of our father.{H1} 35 And they made{H8248} their father{H1} drink{H8248} wine{H3196} that{H1931} night{H3915} also: and the younger{H6810} arose,{H6965} and lay{H7901} with him; and he knew{H3045} not when she lay down,{H7901} nor when she arose.{H6965} 36 Thus were both{H8147} the daughters{H1323} of Lot{H3876} with child{H2029} by their father.{H1} 37 And the first-born{H1067} bare{H3205} a son,{H1121} and called{H7121} his name{H8034} Moab:{H4124} the same{H1931} is the father{H1} of the Moabites{H4124} unto this day.{H3117} 38 And the younger,{H6810} she also bare{H3205} a son,{H1121} and called{H7121} his name{H8034} Ben-ammi:{H1151} the same is the father{H1} of the children{H1121} of Ammon{H5983} unto this day.{H3117}
- Deut 7:25-26 : 25 The graven images{H6456} of their gods{H430} shall ye burn{H8313} with fire:{H784} thou shalt not covet{H2530} the silver{H3701} or the gold{H2091} that is on them, nor take{H3947} it unto thee, lest thou be snared{H3369} therein; for it is an abomination{H8441} to Jehovah{H3068} thy God.{H430} 26 And thou shalt not bring{H935} an abomination{H8441} into thy house,{H1004} and become a devoted thing{H2764} like unto it: thou shalt utterly{H8262} detest{H8262} it, and thou shalt utterly{H8581} abhor{H8581} it; for it is a devoted thing.{H2764}
- Josh 7:21-26 : 21 when I saw{H7200} among the spoil{H7998} a{H259} goodly{H2896} Babylonish{H8152} mantle,{H155} and two hundred{H3967} shekels{H8255} of silver,{H3701} and a{H259} wedge{H3956} of gold{H2091} of fifty{H2572} shekels{H8255} weight,{H4948} then I coveted{H2530} them, and took{H3947} them; and, behold, they are hid{H2934} in the earth{H776} in the midst{H8432} of my tent,{H168} and the silver{H3701} under it. 22 So Joshua{H3091} sent{H7971} messengers,{H4397} and they ran{H7323} unto the tent;{H168} and, behold, it was hid{H2934} in his tent,{H168} and the silver{H3701} under it. 23 And they took{H3947} them from the midst{H8432} of the tent,{H168} and brought{H935} them unto Joshua,{H3091} and unto all the children{H1121} of Israel;{H3478} and they laid them down{H3332} before{H6440} Jehovah.{H3068} 24 And Joshua,{H3091} and all Israel{H3478} with him, took{H3947} Achan{H5912} the son{H1121} of Zerah,{H2226} and the silver,{H3701} and the mantle,{H155} and the wedge{H3956} of gold,{H2091} and his sons,{H1121} and his daughters,{H1323} and his oxen,{H7794} and his asses,{H2543} and his sheep,{H6629} and his tent,{H168} and all that he had: and they brought{H5927} them up unto the valley{H6010} of Achor.{H5911} 25 And Joshua{H3091} said,{H559} Why{H4100} hast thou troubled{H5916} us? Jehovah{H3068} shall trouble{H5916} thee this day.{H3117} And all Israel{H3478} stoned{H7275} him with stones;{H68} and they burned{H8313} them with fire,{H784} and stoned{H5619} them with stones.{H68} 26 And they raised{H6965} over him a great{H1419} heap{H1530} of stones,{H68} unto this day;{H3117} and Jehovah{H3068} turned{H7725} from the fierceness{H2740} of his anger.{H639} Wherefore the name{H8034} of that place{H4725} was called,{H7121} The valley{H6010} of Achor,{H5911} unto this day.{H3117}
- 1 Kgs 21:2-4 : 2 And Ahab{H256} spake{H1696} unto Naboth,{H5022} saying,{H559} Give{H5414} me thy vineyard,{H3754} that I may have it for a garden{H1588} of herbs,{H3419} because it is near{H7138} unto{H681} my house;{H1004} and I will give{H5414} thee for it a better{H2896} vineyard{H3754} than it: or, if it seem good{H2896} to thee,{H5869} I will give{H5414} thee the worth{H4242} of it in money.{H3701} 3 And Naboth{H5022} said{H559} to Ahab,{H256} Jehovah{H3068} forbid{H2486} it me, that I should give{H5414} the inheritance{H5159} of my fathers{H1} unto thee. 4 And Ahab{H256} came{H935} into his house{H1004} heavy{H5620} and displeased{H2198} because of the word{H1697} which Naboth{H5022} the Jezreelite{H3158} had spoken{H1696} to him; for he had said,{H559} I will not give{H5414} thee the inheritance{H5159} of my fathers.{H1} And he laid him down{H7901} upon his bed,{H4296} and turned away{H5437} his face,{H6440} and would eat{H398} no bread.{H3899}
- 1 Kgs 21:19-24 : 19 And thou shalt speak{H1696} unto him, saying,{H559} Thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} Hast thou killed{H7523} and also taken possession?{H3423} And thou shalt speak{H1696} unto him, saying,{H559} Thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} In the place{H4725} where dogs{H3611} licked{H3952} the blood{H1818} of Naboth{H5022} shall dogs{H3611} lick{H3952} thy blood,{H1818} even thine. 20 And Ahab{H256} said{H559} to Elijah,{H452} Hast thou found{H4672} me, O mine enemy?{H341} And he answered,{H559} I have found{H4672} thee, because thou hast sold{H4376} thyself to do{H6213} that which is evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of Jehovah.{H3068} 21 Behold, I will bring{H935} evil{H7451} upon thee, and will utterly{H310} sweep thee away{H1197} and will cut off{H3772} from Ahab{H256} every man-child,{H8366} {H7023} and him that is shut up{H6113} and him that is left{H5800} at large in Israel:{H3478} 22 and I will make{H5414} thy house{H1004} like the house{H1004} of Jeroboam{H3379} the son{H1121} of Nebat,{H5028} and like the house{H1004} of Baasha{H1201} the son{H1121} of Ahijah{H281} for the provocation{H3708} wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger,{H3707} and hast made Israel{H3478} to sin.{H2398} 23 And of Jezebel{H348} also spake{H1696} Jehovah,{H3068} saying,{H559} The dogs{H3611} shall eat{H398} Jezebel{H348} by the rampart{H2426} of Jezreel.{H3157} 24 Him that dieth{H4191} of Ahab{H256} in the city{H5892} the dogs{H3611} shall eat;{H398} and him that dieth{H4191} in the field{H7704} shall the birds{H5775} of the heavens{H8064} eat.{H398}
- 2 Kgs 5:20-27 : 20 But Gehazi{H1522} the servant{H5288} of Elisha{H477} the man{H376} of God,{H430} said,{H559} Behold, my master{H113} hath spared{H2820} this Naaman{H5283} the Syrian,{H761} in not receiving{H3947} at his hands{H3027} that which he brought:{H935} as Jehovah{H3068} liveth,{H2416} I will run{H7323} after{H310} him, and take{H3947} somewhat{H3972} of him. 21 So Gehazi{H1522} followed{H7291} after{H310} Naaman.{H5283} And when Naaman{H5283} saw{H7200} one running{H7323} after{H310} him, he alighted{H5307} from the chariot{H4818} to meet{H7125} him, and said,{H559} Is all well?{H7965} 22 And he said,{H559} All is well.{H7965} My master{H113} hath sent{H7971} me, saying,{H559} Behold, even now there are come{H935} to me from the hill-country{H2022} of Ephraim{H669} two{H8147} young men{H5288} of the sons{H1121} of the prophets;{H5030} give{H5414} them, I pray thee, a talent{H3603} of silver,{H3701} and two{H8147} changes{H2487} of raiment.{H899} 23 And Naaman{H5283} said,{H559} Be pleased{H2974} to take{H3947} two talents.{H3603} And he urged{H6555} him, and bound{H6696} two{H8147} talents{H3603} of silver{H3701} in two{H8147} bags,{H2754} with two{H8147} changes{H2487} of raiment,{H899} and laid{H5414} them upon two{H8147} of his servants;{H5288} and they bare{H5375} them before{H6440} him. 24 And when he came{H935} to the hill,{H6076} he took{H3947} them from their hand,{H3027} and bestowed{H6485} them in the house;{H1004} and he let the men{H582} go,{H7971} and they departed.{H3212} 25 But he went in,{H935} and stood{H5975} before his master.{H113} And Elisha{H477} said{H559} unto him, Whence{H370} comest thou, Gehazi?{H1522} And he said,{H559} Thy servant{H5650} went{H1980} no whither.{H575} 26 And he said{H559} unto him, Went{H1980} not my heart{H3820} [with thee], when the man{H376} turned{H2015} from his chariot{H4818} to meet{H7125} thee? Is it a time{H6256} to receive{H3947} money,{H3701} and to receive{H3947} garments,{H899} and oliveyards{H2132} and vineyards,{H3754} and sheep{H6629} and oxen,{H1241} and men-servants{H5650} and maid-servants?{H8198} 27 The leprosy{H6883} therefore of Naaman{H5283} shall cleave{H1692} unto thee, and unto thy seed{H2233} for ever.{H5769} And he went out{H3318} from his presence{H6440} a leper{H6879} [as white] as snow.{H7950}
- Job 20:19-28 : 19 For he hath oppressed{H7533} and forsaken{H5800} the poor;{H1800} He hath violently taken away{H1497} a house,{H1004} and he shall not build{H1129} it up. 20 Because he knew{H3045} no quietness{H7961} within him,{H990} He shall not save{H4422} aught of that wherein he delighteth.{H2530} 21 There was nothing{H400} left{H8300} that he devoured not; Therefore his prosperity{H2898} shall not endure.{H2342} 22 In the fulness{H4390} of his sufficiency{H5607} he shall be in straits:{H3334} The hand{H3027} of every one that is in misery{H6001} shall come{H935} upon him. 23 When he is about to fill{H4390} his belly,{H990} [God] will cast{H7971} the fierceness{H2740} of his wrath{H639} upon him, And will rain{H4305} it upon him while he is eating.{H3894} 24 He shall flee{H1272} from the iron{H1270} weapon,{H5402} And the bow{H7198} of brass{H5154} shall strike him through.{H2498} 25 He draweth{H8025} it forth, and it cometh out{H3318} of his body;{H1465} Yea, the glittering point{H1300} cometh out{H1980} of his gall:{H4846} Terrors{H367} are upon him. 26 All darkness{H2822} is laid{H2934} up for his treasures:{H6845} A fire{H784} not blown{H5301} [by man] shall devour{H398} him; It shall consume{H3415} that which is left{H8300} in his tent.{H168} 27 The heavens{H8064} shall reveal{H1540} his iniquity,{H5771} And the earth{H776} shall rise up{H6965} against him. 28 The increase{H2981} of his house{H1004} shall depart;{H1540} [His goods] shall flow away{H5064} in the day{H3117} of his wrath.{H639}
- Ps 10:3-6 : 3 For the wicked{H7563} boasteth{H1984} of his heart's{H5315} desire,{H8378} And the covetous{H1214} renounceth,{H1288} [yea], contemneth{H5006} Jehovah.{H3068} 4 The wicked,{H7563} in the pride{H1363} of his countenance,{H639} [saith], He will not require{H1875} [it]. All his thoughts{H4209} are, There is no God.{H430} 5 His ways{H1870} are firm{H2342} at all times;{H6256} Thy judgments{H4941} are far above{H4791} out of his sight: As for all his adversaries,{H6887} he puffeth{H6315} at them. 6 He saith{H559} in his heart,{H3820} I shall not be moved;{H4131} To all generations{H1755} I shall not be in adversity.{H7451}
- Ps 49:11 : 11 Their inward{H7130} thought is, [that] their houses{H1004} [shall continue] for ever,{H5769} [And] their dwelling-places{H4908} to all{H1755} generations;{H1755} They call{H7121} their lands{H127} after their own names.{H8034}
- Ps 52:7 : 7 Lo, this is the man{H1397} that made{H7760} not God{H430} his strength,{H4581} But trusted{H982} in the abundance{H7230} of his riches,{H6239} And strengthened{H5810} himself in his wickedness.{H1942}
- Prov 18:11-12 : 11 The rich man's{H6223} wealth{H1952} is his strong{H5797} city,{H7151} And as a high{H7682} wall{H2346} in his own imagination.{H4906} 12 Before{H6440} destruction{H7667} the heart{H3820} of man{H376} is haughty;{H1361} And before{H6440} honor{H3519} [goeth] humility.{H6038}
- Isa 28:15 : 15 Because ye have said,{H559} We have made{H3772} a covenant{H1285} with death,{H4194} and with Sheol{H7585} are we{H6213} at agreement;{H2374} when the overflowing{H7857} scourge{H7752} shall pass through,{H5674} it shall not come{H935} unto us; for we have made{H7760} lies{H3577} our refuge,{H4268} and under falsehood{H8267} have we hid{H5641} ourselves:
- Isa 47:7-9 : 7 And thou saidst,{H559} I shall be mistress{H1404} for ever;{H5769} so that thou didst not lay{H7760} these things to thy heart,{H3820} neither didst remember{H2142} the latter end{H319} thereof. 8 Now therefore hear{H8085} this, thou that art given to pleasures,{H5719} that sittest{H3427} securely,{H983} that sayest{H559} in thy heart,{H3824} I am, and there is none else{H657} besides me; I shall not sit{H3427} as a widow,{H490} neither shall I know{H3045} the loss of children:{H7908} 9 but these two{H8147} things shall come{H935} to thee in a moment{H7281} in one{H259} day,{H3117} the loss of children,{H7908} and widowhood;{H489} in their full measure{H8537} shall they come{H935} upon thee, in the multitude{H7230} of thy sorceries,{H3785} and the great{H3966} abundance{H6109} of thine enchantments.{H2267}
- Jer 22:13-19 : 13 Woe{H1945} unto him that buildeth{H1129} his house{H1004} by{H3808} unrighteousness,{H6664} and his chambers{H5944} by injustice;{H4941} that useth his neighbor's{H7453} service{H5647} without wages,{H2600} and giveth{H5414} him not his hire;{H6467} 14 that saith,{H559} I will build{H1129} me a wide{H4060} house{H1004} and spacious{H7304} chambers,{H5944} and cutteth him out{H7167} windows;{H2474} and it is ceiled{H5603} with cedar,{H730} and painted{H4886} with vermilion.{H8350} 15 Shalt thou reign,{H4427} because thou strivest to excel{H8474} in cedar?{H730} Did not thy father{H1} eat{H398} and drink,{H8354} and do{H6213} justice{H4941} and righteousness?{H6666} then it was well{H2896} with him. 16 He judged{H1777} the cause{H1779} of the poor{H6041} and needy;{H34} then it was well.{H2896} Was not this to know{H1847} me? saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068} 17 But thine eyes{H5869} and thy heart{H3820} are not but for thy covetousness,{H1215} and for shedding{H8210} innocent{H5355} blood,{H1818} and for oppression,{H6233} and for violence,{H4835} to do{H6213} it. 18 Therefore thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} concerning Jehoiakim{H3079} the son{H1121} of Josiah,{H2977} king{H4428} of Judah:{H3063} they shall not lament{H5594} for him, [saying], Ah{H1945} my brother!{H251} or, Ah{H1945} sister!{H269} They shall not lament{H5594} for him, [saying] Ah{H1945} lord!{H113} or, Ah{H1945} his glory!{H1935} 19 He shall be buried{H6912} with the burial{H6900} of an ass,{H2543} drawn{H5498} and cast forth{H7993} beyond{H1973} the gates{H8179} of Jerusalem.{H3389}