Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:

Bible References

General references

Jeremiah 35:7
You must not build a house or sow seed or plant a vineyard. Those things are not for you. Rather, you must live in tents your whole life, so you may live a long time on the soil where you stay as a temporary resident.’
Numbers 16:14
Furthermore, you didn’t bring us to a land flowing with milk and honey or give us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Will you gouge out the eyes of these men? We will not come!”
2 Kings 5:26
But Elisha questioned him, “Wasn’t my spirit there when the man got down from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to accept money and clothes, olive orchards and vineyards, sheep and oxen, and male and female slaves?
Psalm 37:16
The little that the righteous man has is better
than the abundance of many wicked people.
1 Timothy 6:6
But godliness with contentment is a great gain.

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