Jeremiah 29:5

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Build ye houses, and dwell [in them]; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;

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Referenced Verses

  • Jer 29:28 : 28 For therefore he sent unto us [in] Babylon, saying, This [captivity is] long: build ye houses, and dwell [in them]; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
  • Ezek 28:26 : 26 And they shall dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, and plant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with confidence, when I have executed judgments upon all those that despise them round about them; and they shall know that I [am] the LORD their God.
  • Jer 29:10 : 10 For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.

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  • Jer 29:28
    84%

    28 For therefore he sent unto us [in] Babylon, saying, This [captivity is] long: build ye houses, and dwell [in them]; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.

  • Jer 29:6-7
    2 verses
    81%

    6 Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished.

    7 And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.

  • Isa 65:21-22
    2 verses
    81%

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

    22 They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree [are] the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.

  • Ps 107:36-37
    2 verses
    77%

    36 And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;

    37 And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.

  • Jer 31:5
    75%

    5 Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria: the planters shall plant, and shall eat [them] as common things.

  • Lev 25:19-20
    2 verses
    75%

    19 And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety.

    20 And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:

  • Amos 9:14-15
    2 verses
    74%

    14 And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit [them]; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.

    15 And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the LORD thy God.

  • Deut 28:30
    74%

    30 Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.

  • Deut 8:12
    74%

    12 Lest [when] thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt [therein];

  • Prov 24:27
    74%

    27 ¶ Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.

  • Jer 35:7
    74%

    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 where ye [be] strangers.

  • Deut 6:10-11
    2 verses
    74%

    10 And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not,

    11 And houses full of all good [things], which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full;

  • Lev 26:5
    73%

    5 And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.

  • Josh 24:13
    72%

    13 And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.

  • Eccl 2:4-5
    2 verses
    72%

    4 I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:

    5 I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all [kind of] fruits:

  • 2 Kgs 19:29
    72%

    29 And this [shall be] a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof.

  • Jer 29:4
    72%

    4 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all that are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem unto Babylon;

  • Ps 128:2
    72%

    2 For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy [shalt] thou [be], and [it shall be] well with thee.

  • Isa 5:9
    72%

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

  • Isa 37:30
    71%

    30 And this [shall be] a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat [this] year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof.

  • Zeph 1:13
    71%

    13 Therefore their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit [them]; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof.

  • Jer 32:15
    71%

    15 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land.

  • Jer 31:24
    71%

    24 And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all the cities thereof together, husbandmen, and they [that] go forth with flocks.

  • Hag 1:8
    71%

    8 Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD.

  • Isa 54:2
    71%

    2 Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;

  • Lev 19:25
    71%

    25 And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I [am] the LORD your God.

  • Jer 35:9
    71%

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

  • Deut 28:39
    71%

    39 Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress [them], but shalt neither drink [of] the wine, nor gather [the grapes]; for the worms shall eat them.

  • Hag 1:4-5
    2 verses
    70%

    4 [Is it] time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house [lie] waste?

    5 Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.

  • Deut 3:19
    70%

    19 But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle, ([for] I know that ye have much cattle,) shall abide in your cities which I have given you;

  • Num 32:24
    70%

    24 Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.

  • Ezek 36:10
    70%

    10 And I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, [even] all of it: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the wastes shall be builded:

  • Jer 29:20
    70%

    20 Hear ye therefore the word of the LORD, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon:

  • Ezek 28:26
    70%

    26 And they shall dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, and plant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with confidence, when I have executed judgments upon all those that despise them round about them; and they shall know that I [am] the LORD their God.

  • Nah 3:14
    70%

    14 Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln.

  • Jer 42:10
    70%

    10 If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull [you] down, and I will plant you, and not pluck [you] up: for I repent me of the evil that I have done unto you.

  • Amos 5:11
    70%

    11 Forasmuch therefore as your treading [is] upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens 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 wine of them.

  • Jer 30:18
    70%

    18 ¶ Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof.

  • Gen 2:15
    70%

    15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

  • Deut 20:6
    70%

    6 And what man [is he] that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not [yet] eaten of it? let him [also] go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it.

  • Jer 40:10
    69%

    10 As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah to serve the Chaldeans, which will come unto us: but ye, gather ye wine, and summer fruits, and oil, and put [them] in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that ye have taken.