Isaiah 5:8

New King James Version

Woe to those who join house to house; They add field to field, Till there is no place Where they may dwell alone in the midst of the land!

Cross References

Micah 2:2

They covet fields and take them by violence, Also houses, and seize them. So they oppress a man and his house, A man and his inheritance.

Matthew 23:13

“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither go in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.

Ezekiel 33:24

“Son of man, they who inhabit those ruins in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one, and he inherited the land. But we are many; the land has been given to us as a possession.’

Ezekiel 11:15

“Son of man, your brethren, your relatives, your countrymen, and all the house of Israel in its entirety, are those about whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, ‘Get far away from the Lord; this land has been given to us as a possession.’

Job 15:28

He dwells in desolate cities, In houses which no one inhabits, Which are destined to become ruins.

Amos 1:13

Thus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of the people of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, Because they ripped open the women with child in Gilead, That they might enlarge their territory.

Job 20:21

Nothing is left for him to eat; Therefore his well-being will not last.

Proverbs 15:27

He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, But he who hates bribes will live.

Micah 2:1

Woe to those who devise iniquity, And work out evil on their beds! At morning light they practice it, Because it is in the power of their hand.

Habakkuk 2:6

“Will not all these take up a proverb against him, And a taunting riddle against him, and say, ‘Woe to him who increases What is not his—how long? And to him who loads himself with many pledges’?