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Deu 22:8 — When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

then thou shalt		The eastern houses being built with flat roofs, which were used for various purposed, as walking, sleeping, etc., it was therefore necessary to have a sort of battlement, or balustrade, to prevent accidents, by people falling off. Exd 21:28-36; Exd 22:6; Rom 14:13; 1Cr 10:32; Phl 1:10; 1Th 5:22
thy roof		2Sa 11:2; Isa 22:1; Jer 19:13; Mat 10:27; Mar 2:4; Act 10:9
thou bring		Eze 3:18,20; Eze 32:2-9; Mat 18:6,7; Act 20:26,27

Correlating Passages

then thou shalt

	Exd 21:28	If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox [shall be] quit.
	Exd 21:29	But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death.
	Exd 21:30	If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.
	Exd 21:31	Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him.
	Exd 21:32	If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
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	Exd 22:6	If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed [therewith]; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.
	Rom 14:13	Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in [his] brother's way.
	1Cr 10:32	Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:
	Phl 1:10	That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;
	1Th 5:22	Abstain from all appearance of evil.

thy roof

	2Sa 11:2	And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman [was] very beautiful to look upon.
	Isa 22:1	The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?
	Jer 19:13	And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink offerings unto other gods.
	Mat 10:27	What I tell you in darkness, [that] speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, [that] preach ye upon the housetops.
	Mar 2:4	And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken [it] up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.
	Act 10:9	On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour:

thou bring

	Eze 3:18	When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked [man] shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
	Eze 3:20	Again, When a righteous [man] doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
	Eze 32:2	Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou [art] as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.
	Eze 32:3	Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will therefore spread out my net over thee with a company of many people; and they shall bring thee up in my net.
	Eze 32:4	Then will I leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth upon the open field, and will cause all the fowls of the heaven to remain upon thee, and I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with thee.
	Eze 32:5	And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys with thy height.
	Eze 32:6	I will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, [even] to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee.
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	Mat 18:6	But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and [that] he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
	Mat 18:7	Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!
	Act 20:26	Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I [am] pure from the blood of all [men].
	Act 20:27	For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.

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Scott, Thomas. "Deuteronomy 22:8," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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