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 sown much, and harvested little. You eat, but you never have enough; you drink, but you never have your fill. You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm. And he who earns wages does so to put them into a bag with holes.
Haggai 2:16
how did you fare? When one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten. When one came to the wine vat to draw fifty measures, there were but twenty.
Isaiah 17:10
For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and have not remembered the Rock of your refuge; therefore, though you plant pleasant plants and sow the vine-branch of a stranger,
Malachi 3:8
Will man rob God? Yet you are robbing me. But you say, 'How have we robbed you?'In your tithes and contributions.
Blow upon it
2 Samuel 22:16
Then the channels of the sea were seen; the foundations of the world were laid bare, 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 shall 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 on it; surely the people are grass.
Malachi 2:2
If you will not listen, if you will not take it to heart to give honor to my name, says the LORD of hosts, then I will send the curse upon you and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have already cursed them, because you do not lay it to heart.
Why
Job 10:2
I will say to God, Do not condemn me; let me know why you contend against me.
Psalm 77:5
I consider the days of old, the years long ago.
General references
Leviticus 19:25
But in the fifth year you may eat of its fruit, to increase its yield for you: I am the LORD your God.
Proverbs 3:9
Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your produce;
Malachi 3:9
You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing me, the whole nation of you.