Isaiah 5:8

Woe to those who add house to house
and join field to field
until there is no more room
and you alone are left in the land.

Micah 2:2

They covet fields and seize them;
they also take houses.
They deprive a man of his home,
a person of his inheritance.

Habakkuk 2:9-12

Woe to him who dishonestly makes
wealth for his house
to place his nest on high,
to escape from the reach of disaster!

Jeremiah 22:13-17

Woe for the one who builds his palace
through unrighteousness,
his upper rooms through injustice,
who makes his fellow man serve without pay
and will not give him his wages,

1 Kings 21:16-20

When Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, he got up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite to take possession of it.

Ezekiel 11:15

“Son of man, your own relatives, those who have the right to redeem you, and the entire house of Israel, all of them, are those that the residents of Jerusalem have said this to, ‘Stay away from the Lord; this land has been given to us as a possession.’

Ezekiel 33:24

“Son of man, those who live in the ruins in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one person, yet he received possession of the land. But we are many; the land has been given to us as a possession.’

Matthew 23:13

“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You lock up the kingdom of heaven from people. For you don’t go in, and you don’t allow those entering to go in.

Luke 12:16-24

Then He told them a parable: “A rich man’s land was very productive.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!

Bible References

Them

Jeremiah 22:13
Woe for the one who builds his palace
through unrighteousness,
his upper rooms through injustice,
who makes his fellow man serve without pay
and will not give him his wages,
Micah 2:2
They covet fields and seize them;
they also take houses.
They deprive a man of his home,
a person of his inheritance.
Habakkuk 2:9
Woe to him who dishonestly makes
wealth for his house
to place his nest on high,
to escape from the reach of disaster!
Matthew 23:14
[“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You devour widows’ houses and make long prayers just for show. This is why you will receive a harsher punishment.]
Luke 12:16
Then He told them a parable: “A rich man’s land was very productive.

Field

1 Kings 21:16
When Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, he got up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite to take possession of it.

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