Habakkuk 2:10

Thou hast consulted shame to thyne owne house, by destroying many people, & hast sinned against thyne owne soule.

Bible (Bishops')

In The King James Version

Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul.

In Context

9Wo he that coueteth an euyll couetousnesse to his house, that he may set his nest on hie, to escape from the power of euyll.

11For the stone shall crye out of the wal, and the beame out of the timber shall aunswere it.

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Cross References

Proverbs 8:36But whoso offendeth against me, hurteth his owne soule: and they that hate me, are the louers of death.

Isaiah 33:11Ye shall conceaue stubble, and beare strawe: and your spirite shalbe the fire, that it may consume you.

Matthew Henry on Habakkuk 2:6-15

Judgment Predicted; Judgment of the King of Babylon. ( b. c. 600.) 5 Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people: 6 Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay! 7 Shall… Read the whole commentary →

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