Haggai 1:9

Contemporary English Version 1995

You expected much, but received only a little. And when you brought it home, I made that little disappear. Why have I done this? It's because you hurry off to build your own houses, while my temple is still in ruins.

Cross References

Revelation 3:19

I correct and punish everyone I love. So make up your minds to turn away from your sins.

Malachi 2:2

You had better take seriously the need to honor my name. Otherwise, when you give a blessing, I will turn it into a curse. In fact, I have already done this, because you haven't taken to heart your duties as priests.

Haggai 1:6

You harvest less than you plant, you never have enough to eat or drink, your clothes don't keep you warm, and your wages are stored in bags full of holes.

Isaiah 40:7

At the Lord's command, flowers and grass disappear, and so do we.

Revelation 2:4

But I do have something against you! And it is this: You don't have as much love as you used to.

Job 10:2

Don't just condemn me! Point out my sin.

2 Kings 19:7

I will upset him with rumors about what's happening in his own country. He will go back, and there I will make him die a violent death.

2 Samuel 22:16

You roared at the sea, and its deepest channels could be seen. You snorted, and the earth shook to its foundations.

2 Samuel 21:1

While David was king, there were three years in a row when the nation of Israel could not grow enough food. So David asked the Lord for help, and the Lord answered, “Saul and his family are guilty of murder, because he had the Gibeonites killed.”

Proverbs 27:20

Death and the grave are never satisfied, and neither are humans.

Ecclesiastes 1:8

All of life is far more boring than words could ever say. Our eyes and our ears are never satisfied with what we see and hear.

Ezekiel 21:31

My furious anger will scorch you like fire, and I will hand you over to cruel men who are experts in killing.

Leviticus 19:25

to me, the Lord God. Do this, and in the fifth year, those trees will produce an abundant harvest of fruit for you to eat.

Deuteronomy 28:38

You will plant a lot of seed, but gather a small harvest, because locusts will eat your crops.

Proverbs 11:24

Sometimes you can become rich by being generous or poor by being greedy.

Isaiah 5:10

Four hectares of grapevines will produce only 27 liters of juice, and 180 liters of seed will produce merely 18 liters of grain.

Jeremiah 12:13

My people, you planted wheat, but because I was furious, I let only weeds grow. You wore yourselves out and gained only shame!