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 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.
Haggai 2:16
You would go to a pile of grain looking for twenty bushels, but there would be only ten. You would go to draw fifty gallons of wine from a vat and find only twenty.
Isaiah 17:10
Because you have forgotten the God of your salvation. You have not been mindful of the Rock of your stronghold. Therefore you will plant pleasant plants and set out foreign (imported) (unusual) seedlings.
Malachi 3:8
I ask you: 'will you rob and defraud God? Of course not, yet you are robbing and defrauding me!' 'How have we robbed and defrauded?' You ask. 'In the matter of tithes and offerings.'
Blow upon it
2 Samuel 22:16
Then the ocean floor could be seen. The foundations of the earth were laid bare at Jehovah's stern warning, at the blast of breath from your nostrils.
2 Kings 19:7
I am going to put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own country. I will have him assassinated in his own country.'
Isaiah 40:7
The grass withers and the flowers fall, because the breath of Jehovah blows on them. Surely the people are grass.
Malachi 2:2
You must honor me by your actions. If you will not listen to what I say, and give glory and honor to my name, I will bring a curse on you. I will put a curse on the things you receive for your support. I have already put a curse on you. Your blessings are cursed already because you do not take my command seriously.
Why
Job 10:2
I will say to God: 'Do not condemn me, but tell me what charges you have against me.
Psalm 77:5
I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.
General references
Leviticus 19:25
You may eat the fruit in the fifth year. Do this to make the trees produce more for you. I am Jehovah your God.
Proverbs 3:9
Honor Jehovah with your wealth and give him the best of all you have.
Malachi 3:9
A curse is on all of you because the whole nation is cheating me.