Deuteronomy 8:12

When you eat and are full, and build beautiful houses to live in,

Proverbs 30:9

Otherwise, I might have too much
and deny You, saying, “Who is the Lord?”
or I might have nothing and steal,
profaning the name of my God.

Deuteronomy 28:47

Because you didn’t serve the Lord your God with joy and a cheerful heart, even though you had an abundance of everything,

Deuteronomy 32:15

Then Jeshurun became fat and rebelled—
you became fat, bloated, and gorged.
He abandoned the God who made him
and scorned the Rock of his salvation.

When I bring them into the land I swore to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey, they will eat their fill and prosper. They will turn to other gods and worship them, despising Me and breaking My covenant.

Ecclesiastes 2:4

I increased my achievements. I built houses and planted vineyards for myself.

Jeremiah 22:14-15

who says, “I will build myself a massive palace,
with spacious upper rooms.”
He will cut windows in it,
and it will be paneled with cedar
and painted with vermilion.

Ezekiel 11:3

They are saying, ‘Isn’t the time near to build houses? The city is the pot, and we are the meat.’

Hosea 13:5-6

I knew you in the wilderness,
in the land of drought.

Amos 5:11

Therefore, because you trample on the poor
and exact a grain tax from him,
you will never live in the houses of cut stone
you have built;
you will never drink the wine
from the lush vineyards
you have planted.

Haggai 1:4

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

Luke 17:28

It will be the same as it was in the days of Lot: People went on eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, building.

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Summary

Deuteronomy 8:12

Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;

Lest when

Hosea 13:5

And hast built

General references

Job 31:24

Luke 17:27

Bible References

Lest when

Because you didn’t serve the Lord your God with joy and a cheerful heart, even though you had an abundance of everything,

Then Jeshurun

became fat and rebelled—

you became fat, bloated, and gorged.
He abandoned the God who made him
and scorned the Rock of his salvation.

Otherwise, I might have too much
and deny You, saying, “Who is the Lord?”
or I might have nothing and steal,
profaning the name of my God.

I knew you in the wilderness,
in the land of drought.

And hast built

I increased my achievements. I built houses and planted vineyards for myself.

who says, “I will build myself a massive palace,
with spacious upper rooms.”
He will cut windows in it,
and it will be paneled with cedar
and painted with vermilion.

They are saying, ‘Isn’t the time near to build houses?

The city is the pot, and we are the meat.’

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

It will be the same as it was in the days of Lot: People went on eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, building.

General references

If I placed my confidence in gold
or called fine gold my trust,

People went on eating, drinking, marrying and giving in marriage until the day Noah boarded the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.