Cross references

Habakkuk 2:5

and wealth

indeed betrays him.

He is an arrogant man never at rest.

He enlarges his appetite like Sheol,

and like Death, he is never satisfied.

He gathers all the nations to himself

and collects all the peoples as his own.

Habakkuk 2:5 BSB
  1. a DSS; MT wine

Habakkuk 2:5 has 28 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 4 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Proverbs 20:1 (6 votes) and Proverbs 27:20 (6 votes). 28 other verses point back to it. It links with 15 other books, from 2 Kings 14 to Revelation 6.

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Which verses does Habakkuk 2:5 point to?

The 20 strongest of 28, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

  2. Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

  3. Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine. At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.

  4. It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink, lest they drink and forget what is decreed, depriving all the oppressed of justice.

  5. You have indeed defeated Edom, and your heart has become proud. Glory in that and stay at home. Why should you stir up trouble so that you fall—you and Judah with you?”

  6. Though the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.

  7. Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes? Those who linger over wine, who go to taste mixed drinks. …

  8. There is a generation—how haughty are their eyes and pretentious are their glances— there is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from among men. …

  9. He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile.

  10. The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day. For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted—it will be humbled—

  11. Isaiah 5:83 votes

Which verses point to Habakkuk 2:5?

The 10 strongest of 28.