Isaiah 5:8 Cross References

Isaiah 5:8

8: Destruction is certain for you who buy up property so others have no place to live. Your homes are built on great estates so you can be alone in the land.

Micah 2:2

  1. When you want a certain piece of land, you find a way to seize it. When you want someone's house, you take it by fraud and violence. No one's family or inheritance is safe with you around!

Habakkuk 2:9

  1. "How terrible it will be for you who get rich by unjust means! You believe your wealth will buy security, putting your families beyond the reach of danger.
  2. But by the murders you committed, you have shamed your name and forfeited your lives.
  3. The very stones in the walls of your houses cry out against you, and the beams in the ceilings echo the complaint.
  4. "How terrible it will be for you who build cities with money gained by murder and corruption!

Jeremiah 22:13

  1. And the LORD says, "Destruction is certain for Jehoiakim, who builds his palace with forced labor. By not paying wages, he builds injustice into its walls and oppression into its doorframes and ceilings.
  2. He says, `I will build a magnificent palace with huge rooms and many windows, paneled throughout with fragrant cedar and painted a lovely red.'
  3. "But a beautiful palace does not make a great king! Why did your father, Josiah, reign so long? Because he was just and right in all his dealings. That is why God blessed him.
  4. He made sure that justice and help were given to the poor and needy, and everything went well for him. Isn't that what it means to know me?" asks the LORD.
  5. "But you! You are full of selfish greed and dishonesty! You murder the innocent, oppress the poor, and reign ruthlessly."

Luke 12:16

  1. And he gave an illustration: "A rich man had a fertile farm that produced fine crops.
  2. In fact, his barns were full to overflowing.
  3. So he said, 'I know! I'll tear down my barns and build bigger ones. Then I'll have room enough to store everything.
  4. And I'll sit back and say to myself, My friend, you have enough stored away for years to come. Now take it easy! Eat, drink, and be merry!'
  5. "But God said to him, 'You fool! You will die this very night. Then who will get it all?'

1 Kings 21:16

  1. So Ahab immediately went down to the vineyard to claim it.
  2. But the LORD said to Elijah, who was from Tishbe,
  3. "Go down to meet King Ahab, who rules in Samaria. He will be at Naboth's vineyard in Jezreel, taking possession of it.
  4. Give him this message: `This is what the LORD says: Isn't killing Naboth bad enough? Must you rob him, too? Because you have done this, dogs will lick your blood outside the city just as they licked the blood of Naboth!'"
  5. "So my enemy has found me!" Ahab exclaimed to Elijah. "Yes," Elijah answered, "I have come because you have sold yourself to what is evil in the LORD's sight.

Ezekiel 33:24

  1. "Son of man, the scattered remnants of Judah living among the ruined cities keep saying, `Abraham was only one man, and yet he gained possession of the entire land! We are many; surely the land should be given to us as a possession.'

Matthew 23:13

  1. "How terrible it will be for you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you won't let others enter the Kingdom of Heaven, and you won't go in yourselves.

Ezekiel 11:15

  1. "Son of man, the people still left in Jerusalem are talking about their relatives in exile, saying, `They are far away from the LORD, so now he has given their land to us!'
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