Nehemiah 2:3

“And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my...”

Nehemiah 2:17

“Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned w...”

Proverbs 17:1

“Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.”

Jeremiah 33:10

“Thus saith the Lord; Again there shall be heard in this place, which ye say shall be desolate without man and without be...”

Haggai 1:4

“Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?”