Deuteronomy 22:8

Contemporary English Version 1995

If you build a house, make sure to put a low wall around the edge of the flat roof. Then if someone falls off the roof and is killed, it won't be your fault.

Cross References

Mark 2:4

But because of the crowd, they could not get him to Jesus. So they made a hole in the roof above him and let the man down in front of everyone.

Isaiah 22:1

This is a message about Vision Valley: Why are you celebrating on the flat roofs of your houses?

2 Samuel 11:2

Late one afternoon, David got up from a nap and was walking around on the flat roof of his palace. A beautiful young woman was down below in her courtyard, bathing as her religion required. David happened to see her, and he sent one of his servants to find out who she was. The servant came back and told David, “Her name is Bathsheba. She is the daughter of Eliam, and she is the wife of Uriah the Hittite.” David sent some messengers to bring her to his palace. She came to him, and he slept with her. Then she returned home.

1 Thessalonians 5:22

and don't have anything to do with evil.

Acts 10:9

The next day about noon these men were coming near Joppa. Peter went up on the roof of the house to pray

Matthew 10:27

Whatever I say to you in the dark, you must tell in the light. And you must announce from the housetops whatever I have whispered to you.

Exodus 22:6

If you carelessly let a fire spread from your property to someone else's, you must pay the owner for any crops or fields destroyed by the fire.

Ezekiel 3:20

Now suppose faithful people start sinning, and I decide to put stumbling blocks in their paths to make them fall. They deserve to die because of their sins. So if you refuse to warn them, I will forget about the times they were faithful, and I will hold you responsible for their death.

Ezekiel 3:18

When I tell wicked people they will die because of their sins, you must warn them to turn from their sinful ways so they won't be punished. If you refuse, you are responsible for their death.

Philippians 1:10

how to make the right choices. Then you will still be pure and innocent when Christ returns. And until that day,

1 Corinthians 10:32

Don't cause problems for Jews or Greeks or anyone else who belongs to God's church.

Romans 14:13

We must stop judging others. We must also make up our minds not to upset anyone's faith.

Deuteronomy 22:9

If you plant a vineyard, don't plant any other fruit tree or crop in it. If you do plant something else there, you must bring to the place of worship everything you harvest from the vineyard.

1 Samuel 9:25

they went down from the place of worship and back into town. A bed was set up for Saul on the flat roof of Samuel's house,