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!
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Bible References
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Jeremiah 22:13
A curse is on him who is building his house by wrongdoing, and his rooms by doing what is not right; who makes use of his neighbour without payment, and gives him nothing for his work;
Micah 2:2
They have a desire for fields and take them by force; and for houses and take them away: they are cruel to a man and his family, even to a man and his heritage.
Habakkuk 2:9
A curse on him who gets evil profits for his family, so that he may put his resting-place on high and be safe from the hand of the wrongdoer!
Luke 12:16
And he said to them, in a story, The land of a certain man of great wealth was very fertile:
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1 Kings 21:16
So Ahab, hearing that Naboth was dead, went down to the vine-garden of Naboth the Jezreelite to take it as his heritage.