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Habakkuk 2:9

Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster!

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ASV

Woe to him that getteth an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!

KJV

Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ה֗וֹיHowoe to!H1945 →
בֹּצֵ֛עַbo.Tze.a'[one who] gainsH1214 →
בֶּ֥צַעBe.tza'unjust gainH1215 →
רָ֖עra'evilH7451 →
לְבֵית֑וֹle.vei.Tofor house hisH1004 →
לָשׂ֤וּםla.Sumto setH7760 →
בַּמָּרוֹם֙ba.ma.rOmon the high placesH4791 →
קִנּ֔וֹki.Nonest hisH7064 →
לְהִנָּצֵ֖לle.hi.na.Tzelto deliver himselfH5337 →
מִכַּף־mi.kaf-from [the] hand ofH3709 →
רָֽע׃Ra'harmH7451 →

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Luke 12:15And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”Jeremiah 49:16The terror you cause and the pride of your heart have deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks, O occupiers of the mountain summit. Though you elevate your nest like the eagle, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.Luke 12:21This is how it will be for anyone who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich toward God.”Exodus 20:17You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”Jeremiah 22:13–19“Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his countrymen serve without pay, and fails to pay their wages,Proverbs 1:19Such is the fate of all who are greedy, whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors.Isaiah 10:1Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees,Proverbs 18:11–12A rich man’s wealth is his fortified city; it is like a high wall in his imagination.Acts 1:17–25He was one of our number and shared in this ministry.”Obadiah 1:4Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.Genesis 13:10–13And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)Isaiah 28:15For you said, “We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. When the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not touch us, because we have made lies our refuge and falsehood our hiding place.”1 Kings 21:19–24Tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Have you not murdered a man and seized his land?’ Then tell him that this is also what the LORD says: ‘In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, there also the dogs will lick up your blood—yes, yours!’”Isaiah 47:7–9You said, ‘I will be queen forever.’ You did not take these things to heart or consider their outcome.Joshua 7:21–26When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Shinar, two hundred shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”1 Kings 21:2–4So Ahab said to Naboth, “Give me your vineyard to use as a vegetable garden, since it is next to my palace. I will give you a better vineyard in its place—or if you prefer, I will give you its value in silver.”Jude 1:11Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam; they have perished in Korah’s rebellion.2 Kings 5:20–27Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “Look, my master has spared this Aramean, Naaman, while not accepting what he brought. As surely as the LORD lives, I will run after him and get something from him.”

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