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Haggai 1:6 Cross-References
Explore 20 cross-references for Haggai 1:6 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Haggai chapter 1 verse 6 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes. with holes: Heb. pierced through”
Haggai 1:6 (KJV)
Commentary on Haggai 1:6
Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes. God diagnoses the futility that had gripped the people's economic life—despite hard work and reasonable efforts, nothing satisfied. The Hebrew structure emphasizes the frustrating cycle: sow-bring in little, eat-not enough, drink-not filled, clothe-not warm, earn-loses value. This wasn't lazy inactivity being punished but active labor producing inexplicably poor results...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Haggai 1:6
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“Because of my house that lies waste, while each of you is busy with his own house.,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., פָּנֹה אֶל־הַרְבֵּה וְהִנֵּה לִמְעָט וַהֲבֵאתֶם הַבַּיִת וְנָפַחְתִּי בוֹ יַעַן מֶה נְאֻם יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת יַעַן בֵּיתִי אֲשֶׁר־הוּא חָרֵב וְאַתֶּם רָצִים אִישׁ לְבֵיתוֹ׃ ,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 My house that lieth waste, while ye run every man for his own house.,ἐπεβλέψατε εἰς πολλά καὶ ἐγένετο ὀλίγα καὶ εἰσηνέχθη εἰς τὸν οἶκον καὶ ἐξεφύσησα αὐτά διὰ τοῦτο τάδε λέγει κύριος παντοκράτωρ ἀνθ' ὧν ὁ οἶκός μού ἐστιν ἔρημος ὑμεῖς δὲ διώκετε ἕκαστος εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ,Ye looked for much, and there came little; and it was brought into the house, and I blew it away. Therefore thus saith the Lord Almighty, Because my house is desolate, and ye run everyone into his own house;,,,,”
“and shall gather little in; for the locust shall consume it.”
“and not have enough. They will play the prostitute”
“even this whole nation.”
“when one came to a heap of twenty measures”
“and they will reap the whirlwind. He has no standing grain. The stalk will yield no head. If it does yield”
“and if you will not lay it to heart”
“ten yokes”
“nor any wages for an animal; neither was there any peace to him who went out or came in”
“says Yahweh of Armies, and it will enter into the house of the thief”