Habakkuk 2:9

Overview - Habakkuk 2
Unto Habakkuk, waiting for an answer, is shewn that he must wait by faith.
The judgment upon the Chaldean for unsatiableness,
for covetousness,
12 for cruelty,
15 for drunkenness,
18 and for idolatry.
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Habakkuk 2:9  (King James Version)
Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
 


that coveteth an evil covetousness or, that gaineth an evil
gain.
Genesis 13:10-13 ; 19:26-38 Deuteronomy 7:25 Deuteronomy 7:26 ; Joshua 7:21-26 ; 1 Kings 21:2-4 1 Kings 21:19-24
2 Kings 5:20-27 ; Job 20:19-28 ; Jeremiah 22:13-19 ; Zechariah 5:1-4 ; Acts 1:17-25
Jude 1:11

set
Psalms 10:3-6 ; 49:11 52:7 Proverbs 18:11 Proverbs 18:12 ; Isaiah 28:15 ; 47:7-9 Jeremiah 49:16
Obadiah 1:4

power of evil
Hebrew palm of the hand.