Verse 14

He says,“I will build myself a large palace with spacious upper rooms.” He cuts windows in its walls, panels it with cedar, and paints its rooms red.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 7:2 : 2 The king said to Nathan the prophet,“Look! I am living in a palace made from cedar, while the ark of God sits in the middle of a tent.”
  • Isa 5:8-9 : 8 Disaster is Coming Beware, those who accumulate houses, who also accumulate landed property until there is no land left, and you are the only landowners remaining within the land. 9 The LORD of Heaven’s Armies told me this:“Many houses will certainly become desolate, large, impressive houses will have no one living in them.
  • Hag 1:4 : 4 “Is it right for you to live in richly paneled houses while my temple is in ruins?
  • Mal 1:4 : 4 Edom says,“Though we are devastated, we will once again build the ruined places.” So the LORD of Heaven’s Armies responds,“They indeed may build, but I will overthrow. They will be known as the land of evil, the people with whom the LORD is permanently displeased.
  • Luke 14:28-29 : 28 For which of you, wanting to build a tower, doesn’t sit down first and compute the cost to see if he has enough money to complete it? 29 Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish the tower, all who see it will begin to make fun of him.
  • Isa 9:9 : 9 All the people were aware of it, the people of Ephraim and those living in Samaria. Yet with pride and an arrogant attitude, they said,
  • Dan 4:30 : 30 The king uttered these words:“Is this not the great Babylon that I have built for a royal residence by my own mighty strength and for my majestic honor?”
  • 2 Chr 3:5 : 5 He paneled the main hall with boards made from evergreen trees and plated it with fine gold, decorated with palm trees and chains.
  • Prov 17:19 : 19 The one who loves a quarrel loves transgression; whoever builds his gate high seeks destruction.
  • Prov 24:27 : 27 Establish your work outside and get your fields ready; afterward build your house.
  • Song 1:17 : 17 the cedars are the beams of our bedroom chamber; the pines are the rafters of our bedroom.