Habakkuk 2:9

The Scriptures 1998

“Woe to him who is getting evil gain for his house, in order to set his nest on high, to escape the clutches of evil!

Cross References

Jeremiah 49:16

“The dread for you, the pride of your heart, has deceived you, O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, holding the height of the hill! Though you make your nest as high as the eagle, from there I bring you down,” declares the Master.

Jude 1:11

Woe to them! Because they have gone in the way of Qayin, and gave themselves to the delusion of Bilʽ

Obadiah 1:4

“Though you rise high as the eagle, and though you set your nest among the stars, from there I shall bring you down,” declares יהוה.

Isaiah 28:15

because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death, and with the grave we have effected a vision. When the overflowing scourge passes through, it does not come to us, for we have made lying our refuge, and under falsehood we have hidden ourselves.”

Psalm 52:7

“See the man who did not make Elohim his strength, But trusted in his many riches, Being strong in his destruction.”

Psalm 49:11

Their graves are their houses, forever; Their dwelling places, to all generations; They call their lands after their own names.

Isaiah 5:8

Woe to those who join house to house, who add field to field, until there is no room, and you are made to dwell alone in the midst of the land!

Jeremiah 51:13

You who dwell upon many waters, great in treasures, your end has come, the measure of your greedy gain.

Ezekiel 22:27

“Her leaders in her midst are like wolves tearing the prey, to shed blood, to destroy lives, and to get greedy gain.

Jeremiah 17:11

“As a partridge that broods but does not hatch, so is he who gets riches, but not by right. It leaves him in the midst of his days, and at his end he is a fool.”

Jeremiah 22:23

“You who dwell in Leḇ

Jeremiah 51:53

“Though Baḇ