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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Jeremiah 22:13
Woe unto him that builds his house and not in righteousness and his chambers and not in judgment, using his neighbour's service without wages and not giving him the wages of his work!
Micah 2:2
And they coveted fields and stole them, and houses and took them away; so they oppressed the man and his house, even the man and his heritage.
Habakkuk 2:9
Woe to him that covets ill-gotten gain by violence for his house that he may set his nest on high, that he may escape from the power of evil!
Matthew 23:14
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses and for a pretence make long prayer; therefore, ye shall receive the greater judgment.
Luke 12:16
And he spoke a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully;
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1 Kings 21:16
And it came to pass when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth of Jezreel, to take possession of it.