home ownership
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31For you shall cross over the Jordan, so that you may possess the land which the Lord your God will give you, so that you may have it and possess it.
5Build houses and live in them. And plant gardens, and eat from their fruit.
1For the First Sabbath. A Psalm of David. The earth and all its fullness belong to the Lord: the whole world and all that dwells in it.
3By wisdom shall a house be built, and by prudence shall it be strengthened. 4By doctrine, the storerooms shall be filled with every substance that is precious and most beautiful.
18But remember the Lord your God, that he himself has provided you with strength, so that he may fulfill his covenant, about which he swore to your fathers, just as the present day reveals.
21And they will build houses, and will inhabit them. And they will plant vineyards, and will eat their fruits. 22They will not build, so that another may inhabit. They will not plant, so that another may eat. For according to the days of a tree, so will be the days of my people. And the works of their hands will be long-standing. 23My elect will not labor in vain, and they will not bring forth in disorder. For they are the offspring of the blessed of the Lord, and their posterity are with them.
8The Lord will send forth a blessing upon your cellars, and upon all the works of your hands. And he will bless you in the land that you shall receive.
23Jesus responded and said to him: “If anyone loves me, he shall keep my word. And my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and we will make our dwelling place with him.
1But a certain man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a field, 2and he was deceitful about the price of the field, with his wife’s consent. And bringing only part of it, he placed it at the feet of the Apostles. 3But Peter said: “Ananias, why has Satan tempted your heart, so that you would lie to the Holy Spirit and be deceitful about the price of the land? 4Did it not belong to you while you retained it? And having sold it, was it not in your power? Why have you set this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men, but to God!”
15You shall not steal.
11For I know the thoughts that I think over you, says the Lord: thoughts of peace and not of affliction, so that I may give you patience and an end.
53cleansing the land and living in it. For I have given it you as a possession,
2And do not choose to be conformed to this age, but instead choose to be reformed in the newness of your mind, so that you may demonstrate what is the will of God: what is good, and what is well-pleasing, and what is perfect.
1Then, as great crowds were standing so close that they were stepping on one another, he began to say to his disciples: “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 2For there is nothing covered, which will not be revealed, nor anything hidden, which will not be known. 3For the things that you have spoken in darkness will be declared in the light. And what you have said in the ear in bedrooms will be proclaimed from the housetops. 4So I say to you, my friends: Do not be fearful of those who kill the body, and afterwards have no more that they can do. 5But I will reveal to you whom you should fear. Fear him who, after he will have killed, has the power to cast into Hell. So I say to you: Fear him. 6Are not five sparrows sold for two small coins? And yet not one of these is forgotten in the sight of God.