 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.  Sermons Preacht in Herstmonceux Church - Page 23by Julius Charles Hare - 1849Full view - About this book
 | Arminianism - 1879 - 1042 pages
...houses, and this house to lie waste ? Consider your ways. Ye have sawn much, and bring in little ; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes. Consider your ways. Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house. Ye looked for much,... | |
 | Nathanael Emmons - 1823 - 508 pages
...consider your ways, ye have sown much, and bring in little ; yc eat but have not enough; ye drink, but are not filled with drink ; ye clothe you, but there...; and he that earneth wages, earneth wages to put into a bag with holes." It seriously concerns all to consider their ways, whether they have been labouring... | |
 | Simeon Ashe - Contentment - 1823 - 232 pages
...10.) and is not this a curse? What was it but a severe judgment upon the people of Judah ? Ye eat, but ye have not enough ; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink, Hag. i. 6. Oh ! let us take heed of this plague. Did Esau say to his brother — "I have abundance,... | |
 | 1825 - 712 pages
...saying, Consider your ways, saith the Lord of Hosts; ye have sown much and bring in little ; ye eat, but ye have not enough ; ye drink, but ye are not...wages, earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes : ye looked for much, and lo, it came to little, and when ye brought it home I did blow upon it ? Why... | |
 | George Townsend - 1826 - 1056 pages
...der your ways. cDeut-xiTiii. 6 Ye have e sown much, and bring in little: ye eat, bat saMMj.vtii, jre have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with...ye clothe you, but there is none warm ; and he that *££-£ereed earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag t with holes. 7 1f Thus saith the LORD... | |
 | Thomas Elrington (bp. of Ferns and Leighlin.) - 1828 - 384 pages
...your cieled houses, and the Lord's house lie waste ? Ye have sown much, and bring in little ; ye eat, but ye have not enough ; ye drink, but ye are not...wages, earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes." By these and other plagues, which God for this cause inflicted upon his people, it may evidently appear,... | |
 | William Lothian - Bible - 1828 - 580 pages
...they eat, but have not enough ; they drink, but are not filled with drink ; they clothe themselves, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages. earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes," (Hag. i. 6.) They lay up treasures on earth, but are not rich towards God. They withhold more than... | |
 | William Jay - Meditations - 1829 - 538 pages
...cannot serve God for nought. But now, says God, " Ye have sown much, and bring in little ; ye eat, but ye have not enough ; ye drink, but ye are not...wages, earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes." It is also more satisfying. For the state of the mind conduces to the relish of every outward comfort;... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1829 - 588 pages
...they had not enough ; they drank, but were not filled with drink : they clothed them, but there was none warm ; and he that earneth wages, earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes : they looked for much, and lo it came to little ; and the heaven was stayed from dew, and the earth... | |
 | William Jay - Families - 1833 - 518 pages
...matters not what he gets — he gets nothing. "Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but yc have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with...warm ; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put into a bag with holes." Or he may succeed — but his prosperity will destroy him. The God he disregards... | |
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