Haggai 1:9

New Century Version

“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!

Cross References

2 Samuel 21:1

During the time David was king, there was a shortage of food that lasted for three years. So David prayed to the Lord. The Lord answered, “Saul and his family of murderers are the reason for this shortage, because he killed the Gibeonites.”

2 Samuel 22:16

The Lord spoke strongly. The wind blew from his nose. Then the valleys of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the earth were seen.

2 Kings 19:7

Listen! I am going to put a spirit in the king of Assyria. He will hear a report that will make him return to his own country, and I will cause him to die by the sword there.’ ”

Job 10:2

I will say to God: Do not hold me guilty, but tell me what you have against me.

Proverbs 11:24

Some people give much but get back even more. Others don’t give what they should and end up poor.

Proverbs 27:20

People will never stop dying and being destroyed, and they will never stop wanting more than they have.

Ecclesiastes 1:8

Everything is boring, so boring that you don’t even want to talk about it. Words come again and again to our ears, but we never hear enough, nor can we ever really see all we want to see.

Isaiah 40:7

The grass dies and the flowers fall when the breath of the Lord blows on them. Surely the people are like grass.

Isaiah 5:10

At that time a ten-acre vineyard will make only six gallons of wine, and ten bushels of seed will grow only half a bushel of grain.”

Jeremiah 12:13

The people have planted wheat, but they have harvested only thorns. They have worked hard until they were very tired, but they have nothing for all their work. They are ashamed of their poor harvest, because the Lord’s terrible anger has caused this.”

Ezekiel 21:31

I will pour out my anger against you and blast you with the fire of my anger. I will hand you over to cruel men, experts in destruction.

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.

Haggai 1:4

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

Haggai 1:6

You have planted much, but you harvest little. You eat, but you do not become full. You drink, but you are still thirsty. You put on clothes, but you are not warm enough. You earn money, but then you lose it all as if you had put it into a purse full of holes.”

Malachi 2:2

Listen to me. Pay attention to what I say. Honor my name,” says the Lord All-Powerful. “If you don’t, I will send a curse on you and on your blessings. I have already cursed them, because you don’t pay attention to what I say.

Deuteronomy 28:38

You will plant much seed in your field, but your harvest will be small, because locusts will eat the crop.

Revelation 2:4

“But I have this against you: You have left the love you had in the beginning.

Revelation 3:19

“I correct and punish those whom I love. So be eager to do right, and change your hearts and lives.