Bible Cross References
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Jeremiah 22:13-17
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Doomed is the one who builds his house by injustice and enlarges it by dishonesty; who makes his people work for nothing and does not pay their wages.
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Doomed is the one who says, "I will build myself a mansion with spacious rooms upstairs." So he puts windows in his house, panels it with cedar, and paints it red.
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Does it make you a better king if you build houses of cedar, finer than those of others? Your father enjoyed a full life. He was always just and fair, and he prospered in everything he did.
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He gave the poor a fair trial, and all went well with him. That is what it means to know the LORD.
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But you can only see your selfish interests; you kill the innocent and violently oppress your people. The LORD has spoken.
Micah 2:2
When they want fields, they seize them; when they want houses, they take them. No one's family or property is safe.
Habakkuk 2:9-12
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You are doomed! You have made your family rich with what you took by violence, and have tried to make your own home safe from harm and danger!
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But your schemes have brought shame on your family; by destroying many nations you have only brought ruin on yourself.
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Even the stones of the walls cry out against you, and the rafters echo the cry.
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You are doomed! You founded a city on crime and built it up by murder.
Matthew 23:14
Luke 12:16-24
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Then Jesus told them this parable: "There was once a rich man who had land which bore good crops.
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He began to think to himself, 'I don't have a place to keep all my crops. What can I do?
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This is what I will do,' he told himself; 'I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, where I will store the grain and all my other goods.
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Then I will say to myself, Lucky man! You have all the good things you need for many years. Take life easy, eat, drink, and enjoy yourself !'
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But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night you will have to give up your life; then who will get all these things you have kept for yourself ? ' "
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And Jesus concluded, "This is how it is with those who pile up riches for themselves but are not rich in God's sight."
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Then Jesus said to the disciples, "And so I tell you not to worry about the food you need to stay alive or about the clothes you need for your body.
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Life is much more important than food, and the body much more important than clothes.
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Look at the crows: they don't plant seeds or gather a harvest; they don't have storage rooms or barns; God feeds them! You are worth so much more than birds!
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1 Kings 21:16-20
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At once Ahab went to the vineyard to take possession of it.
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Then the LORD said to Elijah, the prophet from Tishbe,
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"Go to King Ahab of Samaria. You will find him in Naboth's vineyard, about to take possession of it.
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Tell him that I, the LORD, say to him, 'After murdering the man, are you taking over his property as well?' Tell him that this is what I say: 'In the very place that the dogs licked up Naboth's blood they will lick up your blood!' "
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When Ahab saw Elijah, he said, "Have you caught up with me, my enemy?" "Yes, I have," Elijah answered. "You have devoted yourself completely to doing what is wrong in the LORD's sight.
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Ezekiel 11:15
"Mortal man," he said, "the people who live in Jerusalem are talking about you and those of your nation who are in exile. They say, 'The exiles are too far away to worship the LORD. He has given us possession of the land.'
Ezekiel 33:24
"Mortal man," he said, "the people who are living in the ruined cities of the land of Israel are saying: 'Abraham was only one man, and he was given the whole land. There are many of us, so now the land is ours.'