Gen 11:3-4, 7, 2Ki 5:5, Isa 5:5, Jam 4:13, 5:1 | ESV | STEP | And they said to one another , Come , let us make bricks , and burn them thoroughly . And they had brick for stone , and bitumen for mortar .

Genesis 11:3-4

3 And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” And they had brick for stone, ^aand bitumen for mortar. 4 Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower ^bwith its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth.”

Genesis 11:7

7 Come, ^clet us go down and there confuse their language, so that they may not understand one another’s speech.”

2 Kings 5:5

5 And the king of Syria said, “Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel.”

So he went, ^dtaking with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels ^{▼▼A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms; a shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams} of gold, and ten ^fchanges of clothing.

Isaiah 5:5

5 And now I will tell you
what I will do to my vineyard.
I will remove ^gits hedge,
and it shall be devoured; ^{▼▼Or grazed over; compare Exodus 22:5}
ⁱI will break down its wall,
and it shall be trampled down.

James 4:13

Boasting About Tomorrow

13 Come now, you who say, ^j“Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”—

James 5:1

Warning to the Rich

1 Come now, ^kyou rich, weep and howl for the ^lmiseries that are coming upon you.