Haggai 1:9

Modern English Version

You looked for much, and it came to little; and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why? says the Lord of Hosts. Because of My house that lies in ruins while each of you runs to his own house.

Cross References

2 Samuel 21:1

Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David called upon the Lord. The Lord said, “There is blood guilt upon Saul and upon his house because he put the Gibeonites to death.”

2 Samuel 22:16

The channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were exposed with the rebuke of the Lord, from the blast of breath from His nostrils.

2 Kings 19:7

Behold, I will put a spirit in him, and he will hear a report and return to his own land. Then I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.’ ”

Job 10:2

I will say to God, Do not condemn me; show me why You contend with me.

Proverbs 11:24

One gives freely, and yet increases; another withholds what is due, but only suffers want.

Proverbs 27:20

Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

Ecclesiastes 1:8

All matters are wearisome. A person is not able to speak to them. The eye is not satisfied with what it sees, and the ear is not content with what it hears.

Isaiah 40:7

The grass withers, the flower fades because the Spirit of the Lord blows upon it; surely the people are grass.

Isaiah 5:10

For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the homer of seed shall yield one ephah.

Jeremiah 12:13

They have sown wheat, but reap thorns; they have strained themselves, but shall not profit. And they shall be ashamed of your harvest because of the fierce anger of the Lord.

Ezekiel 21:31

I will pour out My indignation upon you; I will blow against you in the fire of My wrath, and deliver you into the hand of cruel men, skilled in destruction.

Leviticus 19:25

And in the fifth year you shall eat of the fruit that it may yield an increase to you: I am the Lord your God.

Haggai 1:4

Is it time for you yourselves to live in paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?

Haggai 1:6

You have sown much, and harvested little. You eat, but you do not have enough; you drink, but you are not filled with drink; you clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; and he who earns wages earns wages to put them into a bag with holes.

Malachi 2:2

If you will not listen, and if you will not take it to heart to give honor to My name, says the Lord of Hosts, I will send a curse on you and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have cursed them already, because you do not take it to heart.

Deuteronomy 28:38

You will carry a lot of seed out into the field but will gather but little in, for the locust will consume it.

Revelation 2:4

“But I have something against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first.

Revelation 3:19

“Those whom I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be zealous and repent.