Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.

Bible References

I will

Proverbs 17:19
A lover of transgression, is one who loveth strife, he that heighteneth his door, seeketh grievous harm.
Proverbs 24:27
Prepare, in the open, thy work, and make ready, in the field, for thyself, Afterwards, shalt thou build thy house.
Isaiah 5:8
Alas for them who join house to house, Field to field, bring they near, - Until there is no room, But ye are left to dwell alone in the midst of the land.
Isaiah 9:9
and the people shall all of them know it - Ephraim and the dweller in Samaria - Who in pride and insolence of heart, are saying:
Daniel 4:30
the king spake and said, Is not, this, Babylon the great, - which, I myself, have built as the home of the kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the dignity of my majesty?
Malachi 1:4
Whereas Edom, may say, We are laid waste, but we will again build the desolate places, Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, They, may build, but, I, will pull down, - and men shall call them, The Boundary of Lawlessness, and, The people with whom Yahweh hath indignation unto times age-abiding;
Luke 14:28
For, who from among you, wishing to build a tower, doth not first sit down and count the cost, - whether he hath sufficient for completion;

Ceiled with cedar

2 Samuel 7:2
that the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See, I pray thee - I, have my abode in a house, of cedar, but, the ark of God, abideth in, the midst, of curtains.
2 Chronicles 3:5
And, the greater house, covered he with cypress wood, and overlaid it with fine gold, - and raised thereon palms, and wreathed garlands.
Song of Songs 1:17
The beams of our house, are cedars, Our fretted ceiling, is cypress-trees.
Haggai 1:4
Is it a time that, ye yourselves, should be dwelling in your own paneled houses? and, this house, be in ruins?