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.
Ye looked
Blow upon it
Why
General references
Bible References
Ye looked
Haggai 1:6
You have planted much, but you harvest little; you eat, but you do not have enough; you drink, but you do not have enough to be intoxicated; you clothe yourselves, but no one is warm enough; and he who earns wages earns them just to put them in a bag with holes in it [because God has withheld His blessing].”
Haggai 2:16
from that time when one came to a grain heap expecting twenty measures, there would be only ten; and when one came to the wine vat to draw out fifty measures, there would be only twenty.
Isaiah 17:10
Because you [Judah] have forgotten the God of your salvation
And have not remembered the Rock of your Stronghold—
Therefore you plantlovely plants
And set the grounds with vine slips of a strange god,
Because you [Judah] have forgotten the God of your salvation
And have not remembered the Rock of your Stronghold—
Therefore you plant
And set the grounds with vine slips of a strange god,
Malachi 3:8
“Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you say, ‘In what way have we robbed You?’ In tithes and offerings [you have withheld].
Blow upon it
2 Samuel 22:16
“The channels of the sea appeared,
The foundations of the world were uncovered
At the rebuke of the Lord,
At the blast of the breath of His nostrils.
“The channels of the sea appeared,
The foundations of the world were uncovered
At the rebuke of the Lord,
At the blast of the breath of His nostrils.
2 Kings 19:7
Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land. And I will make him fall by the sword in his own land.”’”
Isaiah 40:7
The grass withers, the flower fades,
When the breath of the Lord blows upon it;
Most certainly [all] the people are [like] grass.
The grass withers, the flower fades,
When the breath of the Lord blows upon it;
Most certainly [all] the people are [like] grass.
Malachi 2:2
If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name,” says the Lord of hosts, “then I will send the curse upon you and I will curse your blessings [on the people]. Indeed, I have cursed them already, because you are not taking it to heart.
Why
Job 10:2
“I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me [and declare me guilty]!
Show me why You contend and argue and struggle with me.
“I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me [and declare me guilty]!
Show me why You contend and argue and struggle with me.
Psalm 77:5
I have considered the ancient days,
The years [of prosperity] of long, long ago.
I have considered the ancient days,
The years [of prosperity] of long, long ago.
General references
Leviticus 19:25
In the fifth year you may eat the fruit [of the trees], this is so that their yield may increase for you; I am the Lord your God.
Proverbs 3:9
Honor the Lord with your wealth
And with the first fruits of all your crops (income);
Honor the Lord with your wealth
And with the first fruits of all your crops (income);
Malachi 3:9
You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing Me, this whole nation!