Isaiah 5:8

Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!

Cross-reference

Isaiah 57:17 says God struck Israel for unjust gain, directly linking the greed of adding fields to divine punishment.

Isaiah 10:1 Parallel

Isaiah 10:1 pronounces a similar woe on those who enact oppressive decrees, another form of injustice that crushes the poor.

1 Kings 21:16-20 recounts Ahab taking Naboth's vineyard — a classic land-grabbing story that perfectly illustrates the sin denounced in Isaiah 5:8.

Jeremiah 22:13-17 pronounces woe on unjust builders and calls for justice — directly parallel to the land-grabbing woe here.

Micah 2:2 Parallel

Micah 2:2 condemns coveting fields and houses, seizing them and oppressing families — a direct parallel to Isaiah 5:8's woe against land-grabbing greed.

Habakkuk 2:9-12 pronounces woe on those who build houses by unjust gain and bloodshed — the same greed-driven expansion condemned in Isaiah 5:8.

Matthew 23:14 condemns scribes who devour widows' houses — a form of property exploitation that echoes the house-grabbing woe of Isaiah 5:8.

Job 20:19 Parallel

Job 20:19 describes oppressing the poor and seizing houses, directly mirroring the land-grabbing condemned in this woe.

Proverbs 15:27 warns that illicit profit troubles one's own house, the same self-destructive greed behind adding house to house.

Ecclesiastes 4:8 depicts a lonely miser never satisfied with riches, a vivid picture of the insatiable greed that leads to dwelling alone.

Jeremiah 22:14 condemns building a spacious house with cedar, the same selfish expansion that leaves no room for others.

Amos 5:11 Parallel

In Amos 5:11, this same judgment on greedy builders appears: building houses but not living in them, a parallel woe against oppressing the poor.

In Zephaniah 1:13, the same consequence is pronounced: building houses but not inhabiting them, a direct parallel to this woe on land-grabbers.

In Habakkuk 2:5, greed is compared to the insatiable grave—echoing the ever-increasing land accumulation condemned here.

Luke 12:19 Parallel

In Luke 12:19, the rich fool's self-indulgent planning mirrors the false security of those who hoard land here.

In 1 Timothy 6:9, the desire to get rich leads to ruin—reinforcing the warning that greed for property brings destruction.