...Prophet Habakkuk,) ivo be to him who covet eth an evil covetoufnefs to his houfe% that he mayfet his neft on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil. Men, he implies, imagine by getting riches, they have fecured and raifed themfelves above the reach...

...by the recollection of the plenty which once made their cup to run over. " Wo to him that cov" eteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may " set...high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil !" " Though thou exalt thyself as " the eagle, and though thou set thy nest amongst the " stars, thence...

...: "The wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, andblesseth the cove* tous, whom tiie Lord abhorreth. Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his...that he may be delivered from the power of evil." But among a multitude of ill effects, I will only mention the following: First, it tempts men to unlawful...

...borders. of wickedness, and the people against whom the Lord hath indignation for ever!" (Mai. i. 4.) " Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his...that he may be delivered from the power of evil!" (Heb. ii. 9.) " Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is...

...because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein. 9 Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his...high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil ! 10 Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy...

...point of view by Habakkuk, chap. ii. ver. 9. " Woe unto him who coveteth an evil covetousnesa for bis house ; " That he may set his nest on high ; " That he may be delivered from the power of evil." And Obadiah, chap. i. ver. 3. " He that dwelleth in the clifts of the rock, the height of his habitation,...

...judgments, even in the present life. How awful is that curse pronounced by the prophet Habakkuk ! " Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his...from the power of evil. Thou hast consulted shame to thyself, and hast sinned against thy soul ; for the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out...

...glory they pursued, and imagined they had attained. According to the prophet's words, 'Woe to him who coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his uest on high; that he may be delivered from the power of evil. Thou hast consulted shame to thine house,...

...enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied c. Wo to him that coveteth an evj| covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest...power of evil. Thou hast consulted shame to thy house. For the stone shall cry out of the wallj and the beam out of the timber shall answer it'1. Bread of...

...to him that increaseth that -which is not his; and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay — Wo to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house,...high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil. They think to bless themselves, and raise their houses and posterity by these devices and grasping...