Jeremiah 35:9

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

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  • 1 Tim 6:6 : 6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.
  • Ps 37:16 : 16 A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches 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 where ye be strangers.
  • Num 16:14 : 14 Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, or 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 mine heart with thee, when the man turned again 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 menservants, and maidservants?

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    5And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots 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 where ye be strangers.

    8Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters;

  • Jer 35:10-11
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    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 usalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians: so we dwell at usalem.

  • Jer 35:14
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    14The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons not to drink wine, are performed; for unto this day they drink none, but obey their father's commandment: notwithstanding I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye hearkened not unto me.

  • Jer 35:16
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    16Because 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
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    10Neither have we obeyed the voice of the LORD 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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    34ither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearked 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 goodss that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou gavest before them, ither turd they from their wicked works.

    36Behold, we are servants this day, and 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 dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.

  • Neh 5:2-5
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    2For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live.

    3Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, viyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.

    4There were also that said, We have borrowed moy for the king's tribute, and that upon our lands and viyards.

    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 unto bondage already: ither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and viyards.

  • Jer 35:18-19
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    18And emiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith the LORD 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 hath commanded you:

    19Therefore thus saith the LORD 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
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    2Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring them into the house of the LORD, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink.

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

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

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    6Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which 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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    13But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the LORD 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
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    30And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons:

  • Jer 44:17
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    17But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own 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 usalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.

  • Josh 22:29
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    29God forbid that we should rebel against the LORD, and turn this day from following the LORD, to build an altar for burnt offerings, for meat offerings, or for sacrifices, beside the altar of the LORD our God that is before his tabernacle.

  • Josh 22:26
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    26Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice:

  • Num 32:18
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    18We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance.

  • 1 Chr 29:15
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    15For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.

  • Amos 5:11
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    11Forasmuch 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.

  • Ezra 5:9
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    9Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls?

  • Josh 24:13
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    13And 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.

  • Ezra 9:9
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    9For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy 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 desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.

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    3For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then suld a king do to us?

  • 1 Chr 17:5
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    5For I have not dwelt in an 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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    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
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    11And 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;

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    39For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the offering of the corn, of the w wi, and 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.

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

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    13Therefore 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.

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    16Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, ither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work.

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