Haggai 1:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“You expected much, but behold, it amounted to little. And what you brought home, I blew away. Why? declares the LORD of Hosts. Because My house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house.”
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“You expected much, but behold, it amounted to little. And what you brought home, I blew away. Why? declares the LORD of Hosts. Because My house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the Lord of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith Jehovah of hosts. Because of my house that lieth waste, while ye run every man to his own house.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Looking for much, and lo, little, And ye brought <FI>it<Fi> home, and I blew on it, Wherefore? --an affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, Because of My house that is waste, And ye are running--each to his house,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Haggai 1:9 — 22 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 19:25But in the fifth year you may eat its fruit; thus your harvest will be increased. I am the LORD your God.
- Deuteronomy 28:38You will sow much seed in the field but harvest little, because the locusts will consume it.
- Joshua 7:10But the LORD said to Joshua, “Stand up! Why have you fallen on your face?
- 2 Samuel 21:1During the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family, because he killed the Gibeonites.”
- 2 Samuel 22:16The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed at the rebuke of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of His nostrils.
- 2 Kings 19:7Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, where I will cause him to fall by the sword.’”
- Job 10:2I will say to God: Do not condemn me! Let me know why You prosecute me.
- Psalms 77:5I considered the days of old, the years long in the past.
- Proverbs 11:24One gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor.
- Isaiah 5:10For ten acres of vineyard will yield but a bath of wine, and a homer of seed only an ephah of grain.”
- Isaiah 17:10For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and failed to remember the Rock of your refuge. Therefore, though you cultivate delightful plots and set out cuttings from exotic vines—
- Isaiah 40:7The grass withers and the flowers fall when the breath of the LORD blows on them; indeed, the people are grass.
- Jeremiah 12:13They have sown wheat but harvested thorns. They have exhausted themselves to no avail. Bear the shame of your harvest because of the fierce anger of the LORD.”
- Haggai 1:4“Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?”
- Haggai 1:6You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put on clothes but never get warm. You earn wages to put into a bag pierced through.”
- Haggai 2:16from that time, when one came expecting a heap of twenty ephahs of grain, there were but ten. When one came to the winepress to draw out fifty baths, there were but twenty.
- Malachi 2:2If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name,” says the LORD of Hosts, “I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already begun to curse them, because you are not taking it to heart.
- Malachi 3:8Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you ask, ‘How do we rob You?’ In tithes and offerings.
- Matthew 10:37Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me;
- 1 Corinthians 11:30That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep.
- Revelation 2:4But I have this against you: You have abandoned your first love.
- Revelation 3:19Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
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