Jeremiah 35:9

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Tim 6:6 : 6 But godliness with contentment is great gain:
  • Ps 37:16 : 16 Better is a little that the righteous hath Than the abundance of many wicked.
  • Jer 35:7 : 7 neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any; but all your days ye shall dwell in tents; that ye may live many days in the land wherein ye sojourn.
  • Num 16:14 : 14 Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up.
  • 2 Kgs 5:26 : 26 And he said unto him, Went not my heart [with thee], when the man turned from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards and vineyards, and sheep and oxen, and men-servants and maid-servants?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jer 35:5-8
    4 verses
    86%

    5And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites bowls full of wine, and cups; and I said unto them, Drink ye wine.

    6But they said, We will drink no wine; for Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons, for ever:

    7neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any; but all your days ye shall dwell in tents; that ye may live many days in the land wherein ye sojourn.

    8And we have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all that he charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, or our daughters;

  • Jer 35:10-11
    2 verses
    84%

    10but we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.

    11But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians; so we dwell at Jerusalem.

  • Jer 35:14
    73%

    14The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons, not to drink wine, are performed; and unto this day they drink none, for they obey their father's commandment: but I have spoken unto you, rising up early and speaking; and ye have not hearkened unto me.

  • Jer 35:16
    72%

    16Forasmuch as the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their father which he commanded them, but this people hath not hearkened unto me;

  • Dan 9:10
    72%

    10neither have we obeyed the voice of Jehovah our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.

  • Neh 9:34-37
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    72%

    34neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies wherewith thou didst testify against them.

    35For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.

    36Behold, we are servants this day, and as for the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it.

    37And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have power over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.

  • Neh 5:2-5
    4 verses
    71%

    2For there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many: let us get grain, that we may eat and live.

    3Some also there were that said, We are mortgaging our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses: let us get grain, because of the dearth.

    4There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute [upon] our fields and our vineyards.

    5Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought into bondage [already] : neither is it in our power to help it; for other men have our fields and our vineyards.

  • Jer 35:18-19
    2 verses
    71%

    18And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he commanded you;

    19therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever.

  • Jer 35:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring them into the house of Jehovah, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink.

    3Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habazziniah, and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites;

  • Jer 29:5
    71%

    5Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.

  • Dan 9:6
    71%

    6neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, that spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.

  • Jer 42:13-14
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    70%

    13But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land; so that ye obey not the voice of Jehovah your God,

    14saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell:

  • Neh 10:30
    70%

    30and that we would not give our daughters unto the peoples of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons;

  • Jer 44:17
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    17But we will certainly perform every word that is gone forth out of our mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.

  • Josh 22:29
    70%

    29Far be it from us that we should rebel against Jehovah, and turn away this day from following Jehovah, to build an altar for burnt-offering, for meal-offering, or for sacrifice, besides the altar of Jehovah our God that is before his tabernacle.

  • Josh 22:26
    70%

    26Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt-offering, nor for sacrifice:

  • Num 32:18
    69%

    18We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance.

  • 1 Chr 29:15
    69%

    15For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as all our fathers were: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no abiding.

  • Amos 5:11
    69%

    11Forasmuch therefore as ye trample upon the poor, and take exactions from him of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink the wine thereof.

  • Ezra 5:9
    69%

    9Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?

  • Josh 24:13
    69%

    13And I gave you a land whereon thou hadst not labored, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell therein; of vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.

  • Ezra 9:9
    69%

    9For we are bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended lovingkindness unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the [ ruins thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.

  • Hos 10:3
    69%

    3Surely now shall they say, We have no king; for we fear not Jehovah; and the king, what can he do for us?

  • 1 Chr 17:5
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    5for I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up Israel, unto this day, but have gone from tent to tent, and from [one] tabernacle [to another] .

  • Lam 5:3-4
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    69%

    3We are orphans and fatherless; Our mothers are as widows.

    4We have drunken our water for money; Our wood is sold unto us.

  • Deut 6:11
    69%

    11and houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and cisterns hewn out, which thou hewedst not, vineyards and olive-trees, which thou plantedst not, and thou shalt eat and be full;

  • Neh 10:39
    69%

    39For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the heave-offering of the grain, of the new wine, and of the oil, unto the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the porters, and the singers: and we will not forsake the house of our God.

  • Isa 5:9
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    9In mine ears [saith] Jehovah of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.

  • Neh 10:37
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    37and that we should bring the first-fruits of our dough, and our heave-offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, the new wine and the oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites; for they, the Levites, take the tithes in all the cities of our tillage.

  • Josh 9:13
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    13and these wine-skins, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they are rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey.

  • Jer 29:28
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    28forasmuch as he hath sent unto us in Babylon, saying, [The captivity] is long: build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them?

  • Lev 25:20
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    20And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? Behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase;

  • 2 Sam 7:6
    68%

    6for I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle.

  • Zeph 1:13
    68%

    13And their wealth shall become a spoil, and their houses a desolation: yea, they shall build houses, but shall not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but shall not drink the wine thereof.

  • Neh 5:16
    68%

    16Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work.

  • Ps 44:17
    68%

    17All this is come upon us; Yet have we not forgotten thee, Neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.