Ecclesiastes 2:4

Futility of Materialism

2:4 I increased my possessions:

I built houses for myself;

I planted vineyards for myself.

Jeremiah 22:14-15

22:14 He says, “I will build myself a large palace

with spacious upper rooms.”

He cuts windows in its walls,

panels it with cedar, and paints its rooms red.

22:15 Does it make you any more of a king

that you outstrip everyone else in building with cedar?

Just think about your father.

He was content that he had food and drink.

He did what was just and right.

So things went well with him.

Ezekiel 11:3

11:3 They say, ‘The time is not near to build houses; the city is a cooking pot and we are the meat in it.’

Amos 5:11

5:11 Therefore, because you make the poor pay taxes on their crops

and exact a grain tax from them,

you will not live in the houses you built with chiseled stone,

nor will you drink the wine from the fine vineyards you planted.

Haggai 1:4

1:4 “Is it right for you to live in richly paneled houses while my temple is in ruins?

Luke 17:28

17:28 Likewise, just as it was in the days of Lot, people were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, building;