Jeremiah 35:9

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We do not build houses to live in, or own vineyards, fields, or seed.

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  • 1 Tim 6:6 : 6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.
  • Ps 37:16 : 16 Better is the little that the righteous have than the abundance of many wicked.
  • Jer 35:7 : 7 'You must not build houses, sow seed, plant vineyards, or own any of these things, but instead, live in tents all your days so that you may live long in the land where you sojourn.'
  • Num 16:14 : 14 What's more, you haven't brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor have you given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Do you intend to gouge out the eyes of these men? We will not come!"
  • 2 Kgs 5:26 : 26 But Elisha said to him, 'Was my spirit not with you when the man got down from his chariot to meet you? Is this the time to take money or accept clothes, olive groves, vineyards, sheep, cattle, male servants, and female servants?'

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  • Jer 35:5-8
    4 verses
    86%

    5Then I set bowls full of wine and cups before the sons of the house of the Rechabites and said to them, 'Drink wine.'

    6But they said, 'We will not drink wine, for Jonadab, son of Rechab, our ancestor, commanded us, saying: “You and your descendants must never drink wine.”'

    7'You must not build houses, sow seed, plant vineyards, or own any of these things, but instead, live in tents all your days so that you may live long in the land where you sojourn.'

    8We have obeyed the voice of Jonadab, son of Rechab, our ancestor, in everything he instructed us, so that we do not drink wine all our days—we, our wives, our sons, and our daughters.

  • Jer 35:10-11
    2 verses
    84%

    10But we live in tents, and we have obeyed and done everything that Jonadab, our ancestor, commanded us.

    11However, when Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came up against the land, we said, 'Come, let us go to Jerusalem to escape the army of the Chaldeans and the army of Aram.' So we have lived in Jerusalem.

  • Jer 35:14
    73%

    14The words of Jonadab, son of Rechab, which he commanded his sons not to drink wine, have been upheld to this day. They have obeyed their ancestor's command. But I have spoken to you persistently, and you have not listened to Me.

  • Jer 35:16
    72%

    16Surely the sons of Jonadab, son of Rechab, have kept the command their ancestor gave them, but these people have not listened to Me.

  • Dan 9:10
    72%

    10We have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God by following His instructions, which He gave us through His servants the prophets.

  • Neh 9:34-37
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    72%

    34Our kings, leaders, priests, and ancestors did not obey Your law or pay attention to Your commandments and warnings You gave them.

    35Even while they were in their kingdom, enjoying Your abundant goodness and the spacious, fertile land You gave them, they did not serve You or turn from their evil deeds.

    36Here we are today, slaves in the land You gave to our ancestors so they could enjoy its fruit and its goodness—here we are, slaves in it!

    37Its abundant harvest goes to the kings You have set over us because of our sins. They rule over our bodies and our livestock as they please, and we are in great distress.

  • Neh 5:2-5
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    71%

    2Some were saying, 'We, along with our sons and daughters, are numerous. Let us get grain that we may eat and stay alive.'

    3Others were saying, 'We have had to mortgage our fields, vineyards, and houses to get grain during the famine.'

    4Still others were saying, 'We have borrowed money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.'

    5'Although we are of the same flesh and blood as our fellow Israelites, and our children are just like theirs, we have to subject our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters are already enslaved, and we are powerless to do anything about it, since our fields and vineyards now belong to others.'

  • Jer 35:18-19
    2 verses
    71%

    18But to the house of the Rechabites, Jeremiah said: 'This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Because you have obeyed the command of Jonadab, your ancestor, and have kept all his instructions and done all that he commanded you,”'

    19Therefore, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: 'Jonadab, son of Rechab, will never lack a man to stand before Me all the days.'

  • Jer 35:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2Go to the house of the Rechabites, speak to them, bring them into the house of the LORD, to one of the chambers, and offer them wine to drink.

    3So I took Jaazaniah son of Jeremiah, son of Habazziniah, his brothers, all his sons, and the entire house of the Rechabites.

  • Jer 29:5
    71%

    5Build houses and settle in them. Plant gardens and eat their fruit.

  • Dan 9:6
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    6We have not listened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, our rulers, our ancestors, and to all the people of the land.

  • Jer 42:13-14
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    13But if you say, 'We will not stay in this land,' and do not listen to the voice of the LORD your God,

    14Instead, you say, 'No, we will go to the land of Egypt where we will not see war, hear the sound of the trumpet, or suffer hunger for bread. There we will stay.'

  • Neh 10:30
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    30joined together with their relatives and nobles, committing themselves with a curse and an oath to follow the Law of God, given through Moses, the servant of God, and to obey carefully all the commands, regulations, and decrees of the LORD our Lord.

  • Jer 44:17
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    17Instead, we will do everything we promised: we will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and pour out drink offerings to her, just as we, our ancestors, our kings, and our officials did in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem. At that time, we had plenty of food, prospered, and experienced no disaster.

  • Josh 22:29
    70%

    29Far be it from us to rebel against the LORD and turn away from Him today by building an altar for burnt offerings, grain offerings, and sacrifices other than the altar of the LORD our God that stands in front of His tabernacle.

  • Josh 22:26
    70%

    26That is why we said, ‘Let us build an altar—not for burnt offerings or sacrifices,

  • Num 32:18
    69%

    18We will not return to our homes until every Israelite has received their inheritance.

  • 1 Chr 29:15
    69%

    15For we are strangers and temporary residents before you, as were all our ancestors. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.

  • Amos 5:11
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    11Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact a grain tax from them, though you have built houses of cut stone, you will not live in them; though you have planted delightful vineyards, you will not drink their wine.

  • Ezra 5:9
    69%

    9'Then we asked those elders, and we said to them, "Who gave you the authority to rebuild this temple and complete this structure?"'

  • Josh 24:13
    69%

    13I gave you a land on which you had not labored, and cities you did not build. You are living in them and eating from vineyards and olive groves you did not plant.

  • Ezra 9:9
    69%

    9'Though we are slaves, our God has not abandoned us in our slavery. He has shown us kindness in the sight of the kings of Persia. He has granted us new life to rebuild the house of our God and repair its ruins, and He has given us a wall of protection in Judah and Jerusalem.'

  • Hos 10:3
    69%

    3Now they will say, 'We have no king, for we did not fear the LORD. And as for the king, what could he do for us?

  • 1 Chr 17:5
    69%

    5For I have not lived in a house from the day I brought Israel out until this very day. I have moved from tent to tent and from tabernacle to tabernacle.

  • Lam 5:3-4
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    69%

    3We have become orphans, without a father; our mothers are like widows.

    4We must pay for the water we drink; even our wood comes at a price.

  • Deut 6:11
    69%

    11with houses full of every good thing that you did not fill, wells that you did not dig, and vineyards and olive trees that you did not plant—when you eat and are satisfied.

  • Neh 10:39
    69%

    39A priest, a descendant of Aaron, will accompany the Levites when they collect the tithes, and they will bring a tenth of the collected tithes to the storerooms of the house of our God, to the treasury.

  • Isa 5:9
    68%

    9The Lord of Hosts said in my hearing: Truly, many houses will become desolate—large and beautiful ones, without occupants.

  • Neh 10:37
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    37We agreed to bring the firstborn of our sons and of our livestock, as written in the Law, and the firstborn of our herds and flocks to the house of our God, to the priests ministering there.

  • Josh 9:13
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    13These wineskins were new when we filled them, but see how they have burst. Our clothes and sandals are worn out from the very long journey.”

  • Jer 29:28
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    28For he has sent us to Babylon saying, 'The exile will be long. Build houses and settle down, plant gardens and eat their produce.'

  • Lev 25:20
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    20If you say, 'What will we eat in the seventh year if we do not sow or gather our crops?'

  • 2 Sam 7:6
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    6For I have not lived in a house since the day I brought the people of Israel up from Egypt, to this day, but I have been moving about in a tent, a tabernacle.

  • Zeph 1:13
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    13Their wealth will become plunder, and their houses a desolation. They will build houses but not live in them, and they will plant vineyards but not drink their wine.

  • Neh 5:16
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    16Instead, I devoted myself to the work on this wall. We did not acquire any land, and all my servants were gathered there for the work.

  • Ps 44:17
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    17This is from the taunts of those who insult and revile, from the presence of the enemy and the avenger.