Haggai 1:9

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You were hoping for so much, but look, it turned out to be so little. Everything you brought home I blew away. And why was that? Because my house remains a ruin while you are preoccupied with building your own houses, declares the Lord Almighty.

Cross References

2 Samuel 21:1

Once during David's reign there was a famine for three years in a row, and David asked the Lord about it. The Lord replied, “It's because Saul and his family are guilty of murdering the Gibeonites.”

2 Samuel 22:16

The Lord roared, and by the wind from the breath of his nostrils the valleys of the sea could be seen and the foundations of the earth were uncovered.

2 Kings 19:7

Look, I'm going to scare him—he'll hear a rumor, and he'll have to return to his own country. When he's there I'll have him killed by the sword.’”

Job 10:2

I will tell God, “Don't just condemn me—tell me what you have against me.

Proverbs 11:24

If you give generously you receive more, but if you keep back what you should give, you end up poor.

Proverbs 27:20

In the same way that the grave and destruction are never satisfied, human desire is never satisfied.

Ecclesiastes 1:8

Everything just keeps on going. You can't say all there is to say. You can't see all there is to see. You can't hear all there is to hear.

Isaiah 40:7

The grass wilts and the flower fades when the Lord breathes on them. Yes, the people are grass!

Isaiah 5:10

Ten acres of vineyard will only produce six gallons of wine, and a measure of seed only a tenth of that in grain.

Jeremiah 12:13

My people sowed wheat but harvested thorns. They wore themselves out but gained no benefit. You should be ashamed of such a poor harvest, caused by the Lord's furious anger.

Ezekiel 21:31

I will deal with you in my anger; I will breathe my fire of anger on you; I will hand you over to cruel men who are experts in destruction.

Leviticus 19:25

However, the fifth year you may eat the fruit and in this way you will have an even greater harvest. I am the Lord your God.

Haggai 1:4

Is it the proper time for you to live in your paneled houses while this house remains a ruin?

Haggai 1:6

You have sown much but harvested little. You eat but you're still hungry. You drink but you're still thirsty. You put on clothes but you're still cold. You work hard to earn money but put it in a bag full of holes.

Malachi 2:2

If you will not listen and if you will not take it to heart to honor me, says the Lord Almighty, then I will place a curse on you and I will curse your blessings—in fact I have already cursed them because you haven't taken what I said to heart.

Deuteronomy 28:38

You will sow a lot of seed in the field, but harvest very little because the locusts will destroy it.

Revelation 2:4

But I have something against you: you have neglected your first love.

Revelation 3:19

Those I love I correct and discipline. So be really sincere, and repent.