Habakkuk 2:6

Bible in Basic English 1965

Will not all these take up a word of shame against him and a bitter saying against him, and say, A curse on him who goes on taking what is not his and is weighted down with the property of debtors!

Cross References

Psalm 94:3

How long will sinners, O Lord, how long will sinners have joy over us?

Proverbs 22:16

He who is cruel to the poor for the purpose of increasing his profit, and he who gives to the man of wealth, will only come to be in need.

Isaiah 10:13

For he has said, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my knowledge, for I am wise: and I have taken away the limits of the peoples' lands, and the stores of their wealth have become mine; and I have made towns low in the dust, sending destruction on those living in them;

Isaiah 44:20

As for him whose food is the dust of a dead fire, he has been turned from the way by a twisted mind, so that he is unable to keep himself safe by saying, What I have here in my hand is false.

Isaiah 5:8

Cursed are those who are joining house to house, and putting field to field, till there is no more living-space for any but themselves in all the land!

Isaiah 55:2

Why do you give your money for what is not bread, and the fruit of your work for what will not give you pleasure? Give ear to me, so that your food may be good, and you may have the best in full measure.

Jeremiah 17:11

Like the partridge, getting eggs together but not producing young, is a man who gets wealth but not by right; before half his days are ended, it will go from him, and at his end he will be foolish.

Jeremiah 29:22

And their fate will be used as a curse by all the prisoners of Judah who are in Babylon, who will say, May the Lord make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, who were burned in the fire by the king of Babylon;

Jeremiah 50:13

Because of the wrath of the Lord no one will be living in it, and it will be quite unpeopled: everyone who goes by Babylon will be overcome with wonder, and make sounds of fear at all her punishments.

Ezekiel 32:21

The strong among the great ones will say to him from the underworld, Are you more beautiful than any? go down, you and your helpers, and take your rest among those without circumcision, and those who have been put to the sword.

Micah 2:4

In that day this saying will be said about you, and this song of grief will be made: The heritage of my people is measured out, and there is no one to give it back; those who have made us prisoners have taken our fields from us, and complete destruction has come to us.

Habakkuk 1:15

He takes them all up with his hook, he takes them in his net, getting them together in his fishing-net: for which cause he is glad and full of joy.

Habakkuk 2:12

A curse on him who is building a place with blood, and basing a town on evil-doing!

Habakkuk 2:13

See, is it not the pleasure of the Lord of armies that the peoples are working for the fire and using themselves up for nothing?

Numbers 23:18

And in the words which the Lord had given him he said, Up! Balak, and give ear; give attention to me, O son of Zippor:

Numbers 23:7

And in the words which the Lord had given him he said, From Aram Balak has sent for me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East: come, put curses on Jacob for me and be angry with Israel.

Luke 12:20

But God said to him, You foolish one, tonight I will take your soul from you, and who then will be the owner of all the things which you have got together?

1 Peter 4:7

But the end of all things is near: so be serious in your behaviour and keep on the watch with prayer;