Cross references
Habakkuk 2:9
Woe to him who builds his house
by unjust gain,
to place his nest on high
and escape the hand of disaster!
Habakkuk 2:9 has 20 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 2 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Jeremiah 49:16 (5 votes) and Jeremiah 22:13–19 (4 votes). 49 other verses point back to it. It links with 22 other books, from Genesis 13 to Jude 1.
Which verses does Habakkuk 2:9 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Jeremiah 49:165 votes
The terror you cause and the pride of your heart have deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks, O occupiers of the mountain summit. Though you elevate your nest like the eagle, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 22:13–194 votes
“Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his countrymen serve without pay, and fails to pay their wages, who says, ‘I will build myself a great palace, with spacious upper rooms.’ So he cuts windows in it, panels it with cedar, and paints it with vermilion. …
- Genesis 13:10–132 votes
And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.) So Lot chose the whole plain of the Jordan for himself and set out toward the east. And Abram and Lot parted company. …
- Genesis 19:26–382 votes
But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt. Early the next morning, Abraham got up and returned to the place where he had stood before the LORD. …
- Deuteronomy 7:25–262 votes
You must burn up the images of their gods; do not covet the silver and gold that is on them or take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared by it; for it is detestable to the LORD your God. And you must not bring any detestable thing into your house, or you, like it, will be set apart for destruction. You are to utterly detest and abhor it, because it is set apart for destruction.
- Joshua 7:21–262 votes
When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Shinar, two hundred shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.” So Joshua sent messengers who ran to the tent, and there it all was, hidden in his tent, with the silver underneath. …
- 1 Kings 21:2–42 votes
So Ahab said to Naboth, “Give me your vineyard to use as a vegetable garden, since it is next to my palace. I will give you a better vineyard in its place—or if you prefer, I will give you its value in silver.” But Naboth replied, “The LORD forbid that I should give you the inheritance of my fathers.” …
- 1 Kings 21:19–242 votes
Tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Have you not murdered a man and seized his land?’ Then tell him that this is also what the LORD says: ‘In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, there also the dogs will lick up your blood—yes, yours!’” When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him, “So you have found me out, my enemy.” He replied, “I have found you out because you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of the LORD. …
- 2 Kings 5:20–272 votes
Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “Look, my master has spared this Aramean, Naaman, by not accepting what he brought. As surely as the LORD lives, I will run after him and get something from him.” So Gehazi pursued Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running toward him, he got down from the chariot to meet him and asked, “Is everything all right?” …
- Job 20:19–282 votes
For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build. Because his appetite is never satisfied, he cannot escape with his treasure. …
- Psalm 10:3–62 votes
- Psalm 49:112 votes
- Psalm 52:72 votes
- Proverbs 18:11–122 votes
- Isaiah 28:152 votes
- Isaiah 47:7–92 votes
- Obadiah 1:42 votes
- Zechariah 5:1–42 votes
- Acts 1:17–252 votes
- Jude 1:112 votes
Which verses point to Habakkuk 2:9?
The 10 strongest of 49.