Haggai 1:4

New Century Version

“Is it right for you to be living in fancy houses while the Temple is still in ruins?”

Cross References

2 Samuel 7:2

Then David said to Nathan the prophet, “Look, I am living in a palace made of cedar wood, but the Ark of God is in a tent!”

2 Kings 5:26

But Elisha said to him, “My spirit was with you. I knew when the man turned from his chariot to meet you. This isn’t a time to take money, clothes, olives, grapes, sheep, oxen, male servants, or female servants.

Psalm 102:14

Your servants love even her stones; they even care about her dust.

Psalm 74:7

They burned your Temple to the ground; they have made the place where you live unclean.

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.

Jeremiah 22:14

He says, ‘I will build a great palace for myself with large upper rooms.’ So he builds it with large windows and uses cedar wood for the walls, which he paints red.

Jeremiah 26:18

“Micah, from the city of Moresheth, was a prophet during the time Hezekiah was king of Judah. Micah said to all the people of Judah, ‘This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: Jerusalem will be plowed like a field. It will become a pile of rocks, and the hill where the Temple stands will be covered with bushes.’

Jeremiah 26:6

If you don’t obey me, I will destroy my Temple in Jerusalem as I destroyed my Holy Tent at Shiloh. When I do, people all over the world will curse Jerusalem.’ ”

Jeremiah 33:10

“You are saying, ‘Our country is an empty desert, without people or animals.’ But this is what the Lord says: It is now quiet in the streets of Jerusalem and in the towns of Judah, without people or animals, but it will be noisy there soon!

Jeremiah 33:12

This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: “This place is empty now, without people or animals. But there will be shepherds in all the towns of Judah and pastures where they let their flocks rest.

Jeremiah 52:13

Nebuzaradan set fire to the Temple of the Lord, the palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem; every important building was burned.

Lamentations 2:7

The Lord has rejected his altar and abandoned his Temple. He has handed over to the enemy the walls of Jerusalem’s palaces. Their uproar in the Lord’s Temple was like that of a feast day.

Lamentations 4:1

See how the gold has lost its shine, how the pure gold has dulled! The stones of the Temple are scattered at every street corner.

Ezekiel 24:21

‘Say to the people of Israel, This is what the Lord God says: I am going to dishonor my Temple. You think it gives you strength. You are proud of it, and you look at it with love and tenderness. But your sons and daughters that you left behind in Jerusalem will fall dead by the sword.

Leviticus 19:25

Then in the fifth year, you may eat the fruit from the tree. The tree will then produce more fruit for you. I am the Lord your God.

Micah 3:12

Because of you, Jerusalem will be plowed like a field. The city will become a pile of rocks, and the hill on which the Temple stands will be covered with bushes.

Haggai 1:3

Then Haggai the prophet spoke the word of the Lord:

Haggai 1:5

This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: “Think about what you have done.

Haggai 1:9

“You look for much, but you find little. When you bring it home, I destroy it. Why?” asks the Lord All-Powerful. “Because you all work hard for your own houses while my house is still in ruins!

Matthew 6:33

Seek first God’s kingdom and what God wants. Then all your other needs will be met as well.

Philippians 2:21

Other people are interested only in their own lives, not in the work of Jesus Christ.