Jeremiah 22:14

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

who says, “I will build myself a spacious house with large upper rooms,” and who cuts out windows for it, paneling it with cedar and painting it with vermilion.

Cross References

2 Samuel 7:2

the king said to the prophet Nathan, “See now, I am living in a house of cedar, but the ark of God stays in a tent.”

2 Chronicles 3:5

The great hall he lined with cypress, covered it with fine gold, and made palms and chains on it.

Proverbs 17:19

One who loves transgression loves strife; one who builds a high threshold invites broken bones.

Proverbs 24:27

Prepare your work outside; get everything ready for you in the field; and after that build your house.

Song of Solomon 1:17

the beams of our house are cedar; our rafters are pine.

Isaiah 9:9

and all the people knew it— Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria— but in pride and arrogance of heart they said:

Ezekiel 23:14

But she carried her prostitutions further; she saw male figures carved on the wall, images of the Chaldeans portrayed in vermilion,

Daniel 4:30

and the king said, “Is this not magnificent Babylon, which I have built as a royal capital by my mighty power and for my glorious majesty?”

Amos 6:8

The Lord God has sworn by himself (says the Lord, the God of hosts): I abhor the pride of Jacob and hate his strongholds, and I will deliver up the city and all that is in it.

Haggai 1:4

“Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?

Malachi 1:4

If Edom says, ‘We are shattered but we will rebuild the ruins,’ the Lord of hosts says: They may build, but I will tear down, until they are called the wicked country, the people with whom the Lord is angry forever.