Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it.
Shalt carry
For the locust
General references
Bible References
Shalt carry
Isaiah 5:10
A ten-acre vineyard will produce only six gallons of wine, and two quarts of seed will produce only four quarts of grain.
Micah 6:15
You will sow and not reap. You will tread the olives, but will not be anointed with oil! And you will grow the grapes but you will not drink the wine.
Haggai 1:6
You sow much and reap little. You eat but you do not have enough! You drink and yet you are not filled. You clothe yourselves but you are not warm. You earns wages, only to put them in a purse with holes in it.
For the locust
Exodus 10:14
They invaded all of Egypt and landed all over the country in great swarms. Never before had there been so many locusts, nor would there ever be that many again.
Joel 1:4
That which the gnawing locust left the swarming locust ate. That which the swarming locust left the creeping locust ate. That which the creeping locust left other locusts ate.
Joel 2:3
A fire devours before them and behind them a flame burns! The land is like the Garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness. Yes, none have escaped them.
Amos 4:9
I struck you with scorching and mildew. The caterpillar has devoured the multitudes of your gardens, your vineyards, your fig trees and your olive-trees. Yet you have not returned to me, said Jehovah.
Amos 7:1
This is what the Lord Jehovah showed me: Behold, he formed locusts in the beginning of the sprouting of the second crop. It was the later growth (second crop) after the king's mowing.
General references
Micah 6:15
You will sow and not reap. You will tread the olives, but will not be anointed with oil! And you will grow the grapes but you will not drink the wine.