'Woe to Him' in the Bible
“Woe to him who says to a father, ‘What are you begetting?’Or to a woman, ‘To what are you giving birth?’”
“Woe to him who builds his house without righteousnessAnd his upper rooms without justice,Who uses his neighbor’s services without payAnd does not give him his wages,
“Will not all of these take up a taunt-song against him,Even mockery and insinuations against himAnd say, ‘Woe to him who increases what is not his—For how long—And makes himself rich with loans?’
“Woe to him who gets evil gain for his houseTo put his nest on high,To be delivered from the hand of calamity!
“Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshedAnd founds a town with violence!
“Woe to him who says to a piece of wood, ‘Awake!’To a mute stone, ‘Arise!’And that is your teacher?Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver,And there is no breath at all inside it.
He said to His disciples, “It is inevitable that stumbling blocks come, but woe to him through whom they come!