Habakkuk 2:11

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For the stones in the walls will cry out, and the wooden rafters will answer back.

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Referenced Verses

  • Luke 19:40 : 40 He answered,“I tell you, if they keep silent, the very stones will cry out!”
  • Josh 24:27 : 27 Joshua said to all the people,“Look, this stone will be a witness against us, for it has heard everything the LORD said to us. It will be a witness against you if you deny your God.”
  • Job 31:38-40 : 38 Job’s Final Solemn Oath“If my land cried out against me and all its furrows wept together, 39 if I have eaten its produce without paying, or caused the death of its owners, 40 then let thorns sprout up in place of wheat, and in place of barley, weeds!” The words of Job are ended.
  • Gen 4:10 : 10 But the LORD said,“What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying out to me from the ground!
  • Heb 12:24 : 24 and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks of something better than Abel’s does.
  • Jas 5:3-4 : 3 Your gold and silver have rusted and their rust will be a witness against you. It will consume your flesh like fire. It is in the last days that you have hoarded treasure! 4 Look, the pay you have held back from the workers who mowed your fields cries out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
  • Rev 6:10 : 10 They cried out with a loud voice,“How long, Sovereign Master, holy and true, before you judge those who live on the earth and avenge our blood?”

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