Jeremiah 35:9
New Revised Standard Version
and not to build houses to live in. We have no vineyard or field or seed;

New American Bible
not building houses to live in; not owning vineyards or fields or crops.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Nor to build houses to dwell in, nor to have vineyard, or field, or seed:

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Nor to build houses to dwell in, nor to have vineyard, or field, or seed:

Jeremiah 35:7 Neither shall ye build houses, nor sow reed, nor plant vineyards, nor have any: but you shall dwell in tents all your days, that you may live many days upon the face of the earth, in which you are strangers.

Numbers 16:14 Thou hast brought us indeed into a land that floweth with rivers of milk and honey, and hast given us possessions of fields and vineyards; wilt thou also pull out our eyes? We will not come.

2 Kings 5:26 But he said: Was not my heart present, when the man turned back, from his chariot, to meet thee? So now thou hast received money, and received garments, to buy oliveyards and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and men-servants, and maid-servants.

Psalm 37:16 Better is a little to the just, than the great riches of the wicked.

1 Timothy 6:6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.

Context
The Obedience of the Rechabites
8Therefore we have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all things that he commanded us: so as to drink no wine all our days: neither we, nor our wives, nor our sons, nor our daughters: 9Nor to build houses to dwell in, nor to have vineyard, or field, or seed:10But we have dwelt in tents, and have been obedient according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.…
Cross References
1 Timothy 6:6
But godliness with contentment is great gain.

Psalm 37:16
Better is a little to the just, than the great riches of the wicked.

Jeremiah 35:7
Neither shall ye build houses, nor sow reed, nor plant vineyards, nor have any: but you shall dwell in tents all your days, that you may live many days upon the face of the earth, in which you are strangers.

Jeremiah 35:8
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