Jer 22:13-17, Mic 2:2, Hab 2:9-12, Mat 23:14, Luk 12:16-24 | ESV | STEP | Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness , and his upper rooms by injustice , who makes his neighbor serve him for nothing and does not give him his wages ,

13 ^a“Woe to him who builds his house by ^bunrighteousness,
and his upper rooms by injustice,
^cwho makes his neighbor serve him for nothing
and does not give him his wages,
14 who says, ‘I will build myself a great house
with spacious upper rooms,’
who cuts out windows for it,
paneling it with cedar
and ^dpainting it with vermilion.
15 Do you think you are a king
because you compete in cedar?
Did not your father eat and drink
and ^edo justice and righteousness?
^fThen it was well with him.
16 ^gHe judged the cause of the poor and needy;
^hthen it was well.
Is not this ⁱto know me?
declares the Lord.
17 But you have eyes and heart
only for your dishonest gain,
^jfor shedding innocent blood,
and for practicing oppression and violence.”

Micah 2:2

2 They covet fields and ^kseize them,
and houses, and take them away;
they oppress a man and his house,
a man and his inheritance.

Habakkuk 2:9-12

9 ^l“Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house,
^mto ⁿset his nest on high,
to be safe from the reach of harm!
10 You have devised shame for your house
^oby cutting off many peoples;
you have forfeited your life.
11 For ^pthe stone will cry out from the wall,
and the beam from the woodwork respond.
12 ^q“Woe to him ^rwho builds a town with blood
and founds a city on iniquity!

Matthew 23:14

Luke 12:16-24

16 And he told them a parable, saying, ^s“The land of a rich man produced plentifully, 17 and he thought to himself, ^t‘What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’ 18 And he said, ‘I will do this: I will tear down my ^ubarns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. 19 And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have ample goods laid up ^vfor many years; relax, ^weat, drink, be merry.”’ 20 But God said to him, ^x‘Fool! ^yThis night ^zyour soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, ^aawhose will they be?’ 21 So is the one ^abwho lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”

Do Not Be Anxious

22 And he said to his disciples, ^ac“Therefore I tell you, ^addo not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will put on. 23 For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing. 24 ^aeConsider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. ^afOf how much more value are you than the birds!