Haggai 1:2

New Century Version

“This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: ‘The people say the right time has not come to rebuild the Temple of the Lord.’ ”

Cross References

Ezra 4:23

A copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes sent was read to Rehum and Shimshai the secretary and the others. Then they quickly went to the Jewish people in Jerusalem and forced them to stop building.

Nehemiah 4:10

The people of Judah said, “The workers are getting tired. There is so much trash we cannot rebuild the wall.”

Ecclesiastes 11:4

Those who wait for perfect weather will never plant seeds; those who look at every cloud will never harvest crops.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Whatever work you do, do your best, because you are going to the grave, where there is no working, no planning, no knowledge, and no wisdom.

Numbers 13:31

But the men who had gone with him said, “We can’t attack those people; they are stronger than we are.”

Proverbs 29:25

Being afraid of people can get you into trouble, but if you trust the Lord, you will be safe.

Proverbs 22:13

The lazy person says, “There’s a lion outside! I might get killed out in the street!”

Haggai 1:1

The prophet Haggai spoke the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, the governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest. This message came in the second year that Darius was king, on the first day of the sixth month:

Haggai 1:3

Then Haggai the prophet spoke the word of the Lord:

2 Kings 12:7

So King Joash called for Jehoiada the priest and the other priests and said to them, “Why aren’t you repairing the damage of the Temple? Don’t take any more money from the people you serve, but hand over the money for the repair of the Temple.”

Ecclesiastes 3:3

There is a time to kill and a time to heal. There is a time to destroy and a time to build.