Deuteronomy 22:8

Easy To Read Version

“When you build a new house, you must build a wall around your roof. [131] Then you will not be guilty for the death of a person that falls from the house.

Cross References

2 Samuel 11:2

In the evening, he got up from his bed. He walked around on the roof of the king’s house. While David was on the roof, he saw a woman bathing. The woman was very beautiful.

Exodus 22:6

“A man might start a fire to burn thorn bushes on his field. But if the fire grows and burns his neighbor’s crops or the grain growing on the neighbor’s field, then the man that started the fire must pay for the things he burned.

Isaiah 22:1

The sad message about the Valley of Vision: {\cf2\super [213]}

Jeremiah 19:13

‘The houses in Jerusalem will become as “dirty” as this place, Topheth. The kings’ palaces {\cf2\super [161]} will be ruined like this place, Topheth. Why? Because the people worshiped false gods on the roofs of those houses. {\cf2\super [162]} They worshiped the stars and burned sacrifices to honor them. They gave drink offerings to false gods.’”

Ezekiel 3:18

If I say, ‘This bad man will die!’ Then you must warn him! You must tell him to change his life and stop doing bad things. If you don’t warn that person, then he will die. He will die because he sinned. But I will also make you responsible for his death! Why? Because you did not go to him and save his life.

Ezekiel 3:20

“Or maybe a good man will stop being good. I might put something in front of him that causes him to fall (sin). He will start to do bad things, so he will die. He will die because he is sinning and you did not warn him. I will make you responsible for his death. And people won’t remember all the good things he did.

Matthew 10:27

I tell you these things in the dark (secretly). But I want you to tell these things in the light. I speak these things quietly and only to you. But you should tell these things freely to all people.

Mark 2:4

But they could not bring the man to Jesus because the house was full of people. So the men went to the roof above Jesus and made a hole in the roof. Then they lowered the mat with the paralyzed man on it.

Acts 10:9

The next day these men came near Joppa. At that time, Peter was going up to the roof to pray. It was about noon.

Romans 14:13

So we should stop judging each other. We must decide not to do anything that will make a brother or sister weak or fall into sin.

Deuteronomy 22:7

You may take the babies for yourself. But you must let the mother go. If you obey these laws, then things will go well for you, and you will live a long time.

Deuteronomy 22:9

“You must not plant seeds of grain in the same fields as your grapevines. Why? Because then they become useless, [132] and you can’t use either the grapes or the grain that grows from the seeds you planted.

Philippians 1:10

that you will see the difference between good and bad and choose the good;\par that you will be pure and without wrong\par for the coming of Christ;\par

1 Thessalonians 5:22

And stay away from everything that is evil.

1 Samuel 9:25

{After they finished eating}, they came down from the place for worship [103] and went back to town. Samuel made a bed for Saul on the roof, [104] and Saul went to sleep.