Bible Verses About "What Is the Book of Haggai About"
The Book of Haggai is a series of four prophetic messages urging the returned exiles to rebuild the temple, warning against misplaced priorities, and promising God's presence and future glory.
The Book of Haggai is a series of four prophetic messages urging the returned exiles to rebuild the temple, warning against misplaced priorities, and promising God's presence and future glory.
"Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste? Now 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 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 1:4-6 (KJV)
KJV Verses That Answer This Question
The Scriptures below are gathered specifically to address "What Is the Book of Haggai About?" Each is quoted in the King James Version with a link to its full chapter.
"Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste? Now 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 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."
"Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways. Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD."
"Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the LORD; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the LORD, and work: for I am with you, saith the LORD of hosts."
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