Habakkuk 2:9

Lighthouse Bible 2006

Woe to him who covets with an evil covetousness for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!

Cross References

Psalm 49:11

Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they name their lands after their own names.

Psalm 52:7

Lo, this is the man that did not make God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.

Isaiah 28:15

Because you have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we in agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come to us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:

Isaiah 5:8

Woe to those who join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place left, that they may dwell alone in the midst of the earth!

Jeremiah 17:11

As the partridge sits on eggs, and does not hatch them; so he that gets riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.

Jeremiah 22:23

O inhabitant of Lebanon, who make your nest in the cedars, how gracious shall you be when pangs come upon you, the pain as of a woman in birth labor!

Jeremiah 49:16

Your dreadfulness has deceived you, and the pride of your heart, you who dwell in the openings in the rock, who hold the height of the hill: though you were to make your nest as high as the eagle, I will bring you down from there, says the LORD.

Jeremiah 51:13

O you who dwell upon many waters, abundant in treasures, your end has come, and the measure of your covetousness.

Jeremiah 51:53

Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall destroyers come to her, says the LORD.

Ezekiel 22:27

Her princes in the midst of her are like wolves devouring the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.

Obadiah 1:4

Though you exalt yourself like the eagle, and though you set your nest among the stars, from there will I bring you down, says the LORD.

Jude 1:11

Woe to them! For they have gone in the way of Cain, and run greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.