Haggai 1:2

Bible in Basic English 1965

These are the words of the Lord of armies: These people say, The time has not come for building the Lord's house.

Cross References

2 Kings 12:7

Then King Jehoash sent for Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests, and said to them, Why have you not made good what is damaged in the house? now take no more money from your neighbours, but give it for the building up of the house.

Ezra 4:23

Then, after reading the king's letter, Rehum and Shimshai the scribe and their friends went quickly to Jerusalem, to the Jews, and had them stopped by force.

Nehemiah 4:10

And Judah said, The strength of the workmen is giving way, and there is much waste material; it is impossible for us to put up the wall.

Proverbs 22:13

The hater of work says, There is a lion outside: I will be put to death in the streets.

Proverbs 29:25

The fear of man is a cause of danger: but whoever puts his faith in the Lord will have a safe place on high.

Ecclesiastes 11:4

He who is watching the wind will not get the seed planted, and he who is looking at the clouds will not get in the grain.

Ecclesiastes 3:3

A time to put to death and a time to make well; a time for pulling down and a time for building up;

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Whatever comes to your hand to do with all your power, do it because there is no work, or thought, or knowledge, or wisdom in the place of the dead to which you are going.

Haggai 1:1

In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, ruler of Judah, and to Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,

Haggai 1:3

Then the word of the Lord came by Haggai the prophet, saying,

Numbers 13:31

But the men who had gone up with him said, We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we.