 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
 | 1853 - 1172 pages
...Thus saith the Lord of Hosts, Consider your ways. 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, / did blow upon it. Why... | |
 | Susanna Corder - Prison reformers - 1853 - 670 pages
...thus saith the Lord of Hosts; consider your ways. Ye have sown much, and bring in little ; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled...but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages, earncth wages to put them into a bag with holes." Whether they may not be applied to myself and some... | |
 | Lebbeus Armstrong - Alcoholism - 1853 - 812 pages
...thus saith the Lord of hosts, Consider your ways. Ye have sown much, and brought 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 ADDRESS BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE. 435 warm ; and he that earneth wages, earneth wages to put it into... | |
 | Christian life - 1843 - 582 pages
...thus saith the Lord of hosts, consider your ways ; 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 !" Such is an inspired description of the utter folly and vanity of living for time ; and were these... | |
 | 1854 - 212 pages
...words of the Prophet may be applied to such folly, — "Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough ; ye drink, but ye are not...; and he that earneth wages, earneth wages to put them into a bag with holes." Is it not high time that this unutterable folly should cease? The following... | |
 | Witness Lee - Church renewal - 1980 - 80 pages
...OF CHRIST Everyone understands the book of Haggai. "Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled...wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes" (Hag. 1:6-7). It is easy to understand this. And he says, "Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the... | |
 | William Arnot - Religion - 1978 - 588 pages
...failure, but a voice from on high proclaimed it : — " Ye have sown much, and bring in little ; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled...Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Consider your ways" (Hag. i. 6, 7). They had forgotten God, and he had withheld his blessing ; — there is the religion... | |
 | Michael E. Evans - Finance, Personal - 1988 - 58 pages
...thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways. 6 Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled...wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes. 7 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways. You are working day and night, but you never have... | |
 | Moshe Gil - History - 1997 - 1004 pages
...to explain. Assaf read Jacob (instead of Abraham) b. 'Amram by mistake. 276 cheap and unfortunately he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes', quoting Hag., i:6). Nehorai's brother-in-law Moses b. Jacob, writing from Jerusalem in March 1053,... | |
 | Robert Atwan, Laurance Wieder - Poetry - 1993 - 514 pages
...therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways. Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled...wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes. HAGGAI JOHN CHAGY Shealtiel, governor of Judah, And Jehozadak, his friend, the high priest, Had no... | |
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