Haggai 1:2

Contemporary English Version 1995

that the Lord All-Powerful had said to them and to the people: You say this isn't the right time to build a temple for me. But is it right for you to live in expensive houses, while my temple is a pile of ruins? Just look at what's happening.

Cross References

Ezra 4:23

As soon as this letter was read, Governor Rehum, Secretary Shimshai, and their advisors went to Jerusalem and forced everyone to stop rebuilding the city.

Nehemiah 4:10

Meanwhile, the people of Judah were singing a sorrowful song: “So much rubble for us to haul! Worn out and weary, will we ever finish this wall?”

Ecclesiastes 11:4

If you worry about the weather and don't plant seeds, you won't harvest a crop.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Work hard at whatever you do. You will soon go to the world of the dead, where no one works or thinks or reasons or even knows anything.

Numbers 13:31

But the other men replied, “Those people are much too strong for us.”

Proverbs 29:25

Don't fall into the trap of being a coward— trust the Lord, and you will be safe.

Proverbs 22:13

Don't be so lazy that you say, “If I go to work, a lion will eat me!”

Haggai 1:1

On the first day of the sixth month of the second year that Darius was king of Persia, the Lord told Haggai the prophet to speak his message to the governor of Judah and to the high priest. So Haggai told Governor Zerubbabel and High Priest Joshua

2 Kings 12:7

Joash called for Jehoiada and the other priests and said, “Why aren't you using the money to repair the temple? Don't take any more money for yourselves. It is only to be used to pay for the repairs.”

Ecclesiastes 3:3

for killing and healing, destroying and building,