17 occurrences in 13 translations

'Houses' in the Bible

The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses.

Verse ConceptsPlunderingWicked RulersVineyardMetaphorical VineyardsRulers, Wicked

Those who accumulate houses are as good as dead, those who also accumulate landed property until there is no land left, and you are the only landowners remaining within the land.

Verse ConceptsCoveting, prohibition ofExploitationsInjustice, Nature And Source OfLand, As A Divine ResponsibilityLove, Abuse OfStrength, HumanWorldly AmbitionSocial SelfishnessIsolated PersonsNo RoomTaking PossessionWoe To The Wickedspace

In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.

Verse ConceptsEmpty PlacesGod Swearing Harm

Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of CitiesEmpty Cities

And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsFaith, Necessity OfGod, The RockStumblingZion, As A SymbolProphecies Concerning ChristCapstoneDownfall Of IsraelStumbling Over ChristChrist The RockGod TrappingMessianic Prophecies

Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.

Verse ConceptsHorrors Of WarSeeing SituationsChild AbuseKilling Sons And Daughters

But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.

Verse ConceptsOstrichescats

And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.

Verse ConceptsPerils Of LuxuryPalacesAnimals, Types OfShort Time Till The End

In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly.

Verse ConceptsProstrationRoofSackcloth And AshesSorrowRooftop

And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall.

Verse ConceptsNumberingCounting BuildingsDestruction Of HousesBuilding Jerusalem's Wall

The ruined town is shattered; all of the houses are shut up tight.

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of CitiesFormlessnessShutting Doors

Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:

For the fair houses will have no man living in them; the town which was full of noise will become a waste; the hill and the watchtower will be unpeopled for ever, a joy for the asses of the woods, a place of food for the flocks;

Verse ConceptsChaosTowersEmpty CitiesWild DonkeysDwellings Of CreaturesOther Dwellings Of CreaturesChaos As Judgment

And thorns will come up in her fair houses, and waste plants in her strong towers: and foxes will make their holes there, and it will be a meeting-place for ostriches.

Verse ConceptsNettlesCitadelsThornsBramblesOstriches

But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.

Verse ConceptsPlunderingRescueTrapPrisonscredibilityjail

And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.

Verse ConceptsSpiritual Famine, Relief OfPlanting VineyardsGardensLiveFarming

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