Haggai 1:6
Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.
Context
This verse from Haggai Chapter 1 connects to 10 cross-references. In the second year of Darius, God rebukes the returned exiles through Haggai for living in paneled houses while God's temple lies in ruins. Their poor harvests and insufficient wages are the result of this neglect. Zerubbabel the governor and …
Other Translations
Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.
Ye have sown much, and brought in little, To eat, and not to satiety, To drink, and not to drunkenness, To clothe, and none hath heat, And he who is hiring himself out, Is hiring himself for a bag pierced through.
Much has been planted, but little got in; you take food, but have not enough; you take drink, but are not full; you are clothed, but no one is warm; and he who gets payment for his work, gets it to put it into a bag full of holes.
Cross References
And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees …
And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and …
Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall consume …
Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine …
Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the …
And she said, As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in …
In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.
The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah.