Property, houses

From at least the time of the flood people have built houses to live in and these have been a major part of their property; the temple was seen as God's house.

Houses are a major part of people's property

Exodus 12:22; Haggai 1:4; Matthew 7:24–27; Hebrews 3:3

The homeless have no property

1 Corinthians 4:11 See also Job 24:8; Lamentations 4:5; Luke 9:58

To this very hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.

Property has no lasting value

Hebrews 10:34 See also Deuteronomy 6:11–12; Matthew 19:29

You sympathized with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, knowing that you yourselves had a better and permanent possession.

Materials used in house building

Clay

Job 4:19

Brick

Exodus 1:11–14; Isaiah 9:10

Stone and wood

Leviticus 14:40, Leviticus 14:42; Habakkuk 2:11

Luxurious building materials

1 Kings 22:39; Esther 1:6; Amos 3:15

Houses are protected by God

Psalm 127:1 See also Exodus 12:27

A song of ascents. Of Solomon. Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.

Houses as dwellings

For sinners

Joshua 2:1; Proverbs 7:27, Proverbs 21:9

For friends

Zechariah 13:6; Luke 10:38; John 12:1–2

Other uses for houses

For work

Jeremiah 18:2

For hospitality

Luke 10:5–7 parallels Matthew 10:11, Mark 6:10 See also Genesis 19:3; Matthew 25:35; Acts 16:15; 1 Timothy 5:10; Hebrews 13:2

Whatever house you enter, begin by saying, ‘Peace to this house.’ If a man of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; if not, it will return to you. Stay at the same house, eating and drinking whatever you are offered. For the worker is worthy of his wages. Do not move around from house to house.

For church gatherings

Acts 20:20 See also Romans 16:5; 1 Corinthians 16:19; Colossians 4:15; Philemon 1:2

I did not shrink back from declaring anything that was helpful to you as I taught you publicly and from house to house,

As palaces

2 Samuel 7:2; 1 Kings 7:1–2, 1 Kings 22:39; Daniel 4:29–30; Matthew 11:8

Legislation concerning houses

Respecting the houses of others

Exodus 20:17; Micah 2:2

Redemption of property

Leviticus 25:29–33

The LORD's house

God's promise to David

2 Samuel 7:11; 1 Kings 5:5

Solomon's building

1 Kings 6:1, 1 Kings 6:2, 1 Kings 6:7, 1 Kings 6:12, 1 Kings 6:14

Ezra's rebuilding

Ezra 3:9–10

It was a place to meet God

Psalm 23:6, Psalm 27:4, Psalm 84:10, Psalm 122:1; Isaiah 56:7; Joel 3:18; John 2:16–17; Psalm 69:9

It is a picture of the church

Ephesians 2:19–20 See also 1 Corinthians 3:9–11

Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.