Bible Cross References
We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
Proverbs 1:19
Robbery always claims the life of the robber---this is what happens to anyone who lives by violence.
Job 24:2
People move property lines to get more land; they steal sheep and put them with their own flocks.
Job 24:3
They take donkeys that belong to orphans, and keep a widow's ox till she pays her debts.
Isaiah 10:13
The emperor of Assyria boasts, "I have done it all myself. I am strong and wise and clever. I wiped out the boundaries between nations and took the supplies they had stored. Like a bull I have trampled the people who live there.
Isaiah 10:14
The nations of the world were like a bird's nest, and I gathered their wealth as easily as gathering eggs. Not a wing fluttered to scare me off; no beak opened to scream at me!"
Jeremiah 22:16
He gave the poor a fair trial, and all went well with him. That is what it means to know the LORD.
Jeremiah 22:17
But you can only see your selfish interests; you kill the innocent and violently oppress your people. The LORD has spoken.
Nahum 2:12
The lion killed his prey and tore it to pieces for his mate and her cubs; he filled his den with torn flesh.
Haggai 2:9
The new Temple will be more splendid than the old one, and there I will give my people prosperity and peace." The LORD Almighty has spoken.
Luke 12:15
And he went on to say to them all, "Watch out and guard yourselves from every kind of greed; because your true life is not made up of the things you own, no matter how rich you may be."
1 Timothy 6:9
But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and are caught in the trap of many foolish and harmful desires, which pull them down to ruin and destruction.
1 Timothy 6:10
For the love of money is a source of all kinds of evil. Some have been so eager to have it that they have wandered away from the faith and have broken their hearts with many sorrows.
Revelation 18:9-16
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The kings of the earth who took part in her immorality and lust will cry and weep over the city when they see the smoke from the flames that consume her.
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They stand a long way off, because they are afraid of sharing in her suffering. They say, "How terrible! How awful! This great and mighty city Babylon! In just one hour you have been punished!"
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The merchants of the earth also cry and mourn for her, because no one buys their goods any longer;
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no one buys their gold, silver, precious stones, and pearls; their goods of linen, purple cloth, silk, and scarlet cloth; all kinds of rare woods and all kinds of objects made of ivory and of expensive wood, of bronze, iron, and marble;
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and cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, and frankincense; wine and oil, flour and wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and carriages, slaves, and even human lives.
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The merchants say to her, "All the good things you longed to own have disappeared, and all your wealth and glamor are gone, and you will never find them again!"
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The merchants, who became rich from doing business in that city, will stand a long way off, because they are afraid of sharing in her suffering. They will cry and mourn,
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and say, "How terrible! How awful for the great city! She used to dress herself in linen, purple, and scarlet, and cover herself with gold ornaments, precious stones, and pearls!