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Haggai 1:6

King James Version (KJV)

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Haggai 1:6

Verse 6 of 15

Scripture focus

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.

Haggai 1:6 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Haggai 1:6

Theological / Devotional

Sown much. The labors of the people during the preceding drought yielded scant returns because God withheld His blessing (see Haggai 2:15-17; cf. Deut. 28:38-47; Prov. 11:24).

Bag with holes. A striking figure of the lack of prosperity which Judah suffered because the people were not zealous in the Lord’s service. Such is the inevitable result of a materialistic philosophy of life. For comment on the relative value of spiritual and material things and the importance of making first things first see on Matt. 6:24-34 ; 19:21,22.

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