Haggai 1:9

“You expected much, but then it amounted to little. When you brought the harvest to your house, I ruined it. Why?” This is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts. “Because My house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house.

Haggai 1:4

“Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?”

Isaiah 40:7

The grass withers, the flowers fade
when the breath of the Lord blows on them;
indeed, the people are grass.

Haggai 1:6

You have planted much
but harvested little.
You eat
but never have enough to be satisfied.
You drink
but never have enough to become drunk.
You put on clothes
but never have enough to get warm.
The wage earner puts his wages
into a bag with a hole in it.”

Joshua 7:10-15

The Lord then said to Joshua, “Stand up! Why are you on the ground?

2 Samuel 21:1

During David’s reign there was a famine for three successive years, so David inquired of the Lord. The Lord answered, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family when he killed the Gibeonites.”

2 Samuel 22:16

The depths of the sea became visible,
the foundations of the world were exposed
at the rebuke of the Lord,
at the blast of the breath of His nostrils.

2 Kings 19:7

I am about to put a spirit in him, and he will hear a rumor and return to his own land where I will cause him to fall by the sword.’”

Job 10:2

I will say to God:
“Do not declare me guilty!
Let me know why You prosecute me.

Psalm 77:5-10

I consider days of old,
years long past.

Isaiah 17:10-11

For you have forgotten the God of your salvation,
and you have failed to remember
the rock of your strength;
therefore you will plant beautiful plants
and set out cuttings from exotic vines.

Haggai 2:16-17

what state were you in? When someone came to a grain heap of 20 measures, it only amounted to 10; when one came to the winepress to dip 50 measures from the vat, it only amounted to 20.

Malachi 2:2

If you don’t listen, and if you don’t take it to heart to honor My name,” says Yahweh of Hosts, “I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. In fact, I have already begun to curse them because you are not taking it to heart.

Malachi 3:8-11

“Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me!”

You ask: “How do we rob You?”

“By not making the payments of the tenth and the contributions.

Matthew 10:37-38

The person who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; the person who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.

1 Corinthians 11:30-32

This is why many are sick and ill among you, and many have fallen asleep.

Revelation 2:4

But I have this against you: You have abandoned the love you had at first.

Revelation 3:19

As many as I love, I rebuke and discipline. So be committed and repent.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Bible References

Ye looked

Haggai 1:6
You have planted much
but harvested little.
You eat
but never have enough to be satisfied.
You drink
but never have enough to become drunk.
You put on clothes
but never have enough to get warm.
The wage earner puts his wages
into a bag with a hole in it.”
Haggai 2:16
what state were you in? When someone came to a grain heap of 20 measures, it only amounted to 10; when one came to the winepress to dip 50 measures from the vat, it only amounted to 20.
Isaiah 17:10
For you have forgotten the God of your salvation,
and you have failed to remember
the rock of your strength;
therefore you will plant beautiful plants
and set out cuttings from exotic vines.
Malachi 3:8
“Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me!”

You ask: “How do we rob You?”

“By not making the payments of the tenth and the contributions.

Blow upon it

2 Samuel 22:16
The depths of the sea became visible,
the foundations of the world were exposed
at the rebuke of the Lord,
at the blast of the breath of His nostrils.
2 Kings 19:7
I am about to put a spirit in him, and he will hear a rumor and return to his own land where I will cause him to fall by the sword.’”
Isaiah 40:7
The grass withers, the flowers fade
when the breath of the Lord blows on them;
indeed, the people are grass.
Malachi 2:2
If you don’t listen, and if you don’t take it to heart to honor My name,” says Yahweh of Hosts, “I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. In fact, I have already begun to curse them because you are not taking it to heart.

Why

Job 10:2
I will say to God:
“Do not declare me guilty!
Let me know why You prosecute me.
Psalm 77:5
I consider days of old,
years long past.

General references

Leviticus 19:25
But in the fifth year you may eat its fruit. In this way its yield will increase for you; I am Yahweh your God.
Proverbs 3:9
Honor the Lord with your possessions
and with the first produce of your entire harvest;
Malachi 3:9
You are suffering under a curse, yet you—the whole nation—are still robbing Me.

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