Proverbs 17:19

19Whoever loves transgression loves strife;
he who amakes his door high seeks destruction.

Proverbs 24:27

27 bPrepare your work outside;
get everything ready for yourself in the field,
and after that build your house.

Isaiah 5:8-9

Woe to the Wicked

8 Woe to those who cjoin house to house,
who add field to field,
until there is no more room,
and you are made to dwell alone
in the midst of the land.
9The Lord of hosts has sworn in my hearing:
dSurely many houses shall be desolate,
large and beautiful houses, without inhabitant.

Isaiah 9:9

9and all the people will know,
eEphraim and the inhabitants of Samaria,
who say in pride and in arrogance of heart:

Daniel 4:30

30and the king answered and said, f“Is not this great Babylon, which I have built by gmy mighty power as a royal residence and for hthe glory of my majesty?”

Malachi 1:4

4If Edom says, “We are shattered but we will rebuild the ruins,” the Lord of hosts says, “They may build, but I will tear down, and they will be called ‘the wicked country,’ and ‘the people with whom the Lord is angry forever.’”

Luke 14:28-29

28For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not ifirst sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it? 29Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him,
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