Jeremiah 22:13
Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour’s service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;
Cross-reference
Jeremiah 22:18 pronounces Jehoiakim's punishment — no lament — as the consequence of the injustices condemned here.
In Jeremiah 17:11, the same warning applies: unjust gain ultimately leaves the possessor empty, mirroring the condemnation of building with unrighteousness.
Deuteronomy 24:14 is the law against oppressing hired servants — the very command violated by building a house with unpaid labor.
James 5:4 echoes that withheld wages cry out to the Lord — a New Testament continuation of this theme.
Malachi 3:5 lists exploitation of wage earners as a sin God will judge — reinforcing the divine perspective on unpaid labor.
Habakkuk 2:9-11 pronounces woe on building a house with bloodshed, even the stones crying out — echoes the same condemnation.
Micah 3:10 condemns building Jerusalem with bloodshed and iniquity — a direct parallel to building houses by injustice.
Deuteronomy 24:15 commands daily payment of wages, underscoring the injustice of withholding pay — the sin condemned here.
Leviticus 19:13 explicitly forbids withholding wages — the very sin Jehoiakim is condemned for here.
Proverbs 29:4 contrasts a just king who establishes the land with the unjust king who overthrows it—the very injustice condemned here.
Isaiah 5:8 pronounces woe on greedy land-grabbing—the same accumulation by injustice condemned in this verse.
Habakkuk 2:12 pronounces the same 'woe' against building a city with bloodshed and iniquity — a direct parallel to building by injustice.
2 Kings 23:35-37 records Jehoiakim's oppressive taxation of the people to pay Pharaoh — the kind of injustice condemned here.
Job 24:10 describes workers carrying sheaves but going hungry — a parallel image of laborers deprived of their due.
Job 24:11 shows workers pressing oil and treading winepresses yet suffering thirst — same injustice as unpaid labor.
Job 20:18 warns the wicked will not enjoy ill-gotten profits—echoing divine justice against those who cheat workers here.
2 Chronicles 36:5 records Jehoiakim's evil deeds—the same king condemned here for building by injustice.
2 Kings 23:37 summarizes Jehoiakim's evil reign—the same king targeted by this woe against unjust building.