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 bring in little; you eat, but you do not have enough; you drink, but you are not filled with drink; you dress, but no one is warm; and he who hires out himself hires himself for a bag full of holes.
Haggai 2:16
from then onward, one came to a heap of twenty measures, and there were but ten; one came to the wine vat to draw off fifty from the winepress, and there were but twenty.
Isaiah 17:10
Because you have forgotten the God of your salvation, and have not been mindful of the Rock of your strength, therefore you shall plant pleasant plants and shall sow it a fresh shoot.
Malachi 3:8
Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me. But you say, In what have we robbed You? In the tithe and the offering!
Blow upon it
2 Samuel 22:16
And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were uncovered, at the rebuking of Jehovah, at the blast of the breath of His nostrils.
2 Kings 19:7
Behold, I will send a blast on him, and he shall hear a rumor and shall return to his own land. And I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
Isaiah 40:7
The grass withers, the flower fades, because the Spirit of Jehovah blows on it; surely the people is grass.
Malachi 2:2
If you will not hear, and if you will not set it on your heart to give glory to My name, says Jehovah of Hosts, then I will send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings. And indeed I have cursed it, because you do not set it on your heart.
Why
Job 10:2
I will say to God, Do not condemn me; make me know why You contend with me.
Psalm 77:5
I have thought on the days of old, the years of ages past.
General references
Leviticus 19:25
And in the fifth year you shall eat of the fruit of it, so that it may yield to you its increase. I am Jehovah your God.
Proverbs 3:9
Honor Jehovah with your substance, and with the firstfruits of all your increase;
Malachi 3:9
You are cursed with a curse; for you are robbing Me, the nation, all of it.