Haggai 1:5 Cross References

Haggai 1:5

5: This is what the LORD Almighty says: Consider how things are going for you!

Instead, let us test and examine our ways. Let us turn again in repentance to the LORD.

Examine yourselves to see if your faith is really genuine. Test yourselves. If you cannot tell that Jesus Christ is among you, it means you have failed the test.

So think about this from now on--consider how things were going for you before you began to lay the foundation of the LORD's Temple.
When you hoped for a twenty-bushel crop, you harvested only ten. When you expected to draw fifty gallons from the winepress, you found only twenty.
I sent blight and mildew and hail to destroy all the produce of your labor. Yet, even so, you refused to return to me, says the LORD.
"On this eighteenth day of December--the day when the foundation of the LORD's Temple was laid--carefully consider this:

"When he finally came to his senses, he said to himself, 'At home even the hired men have food enough to spare, and here I am, dying of hunger!

But those who had no respect for the word of the LORD left them out in the open.

Take note of the fortified walls, and tour all the citadels, that you may describe them to future generations.

Then he said, "Don't be afraid, Daniel. Since the first day you began to pray for understanding and to humble yourself before your God, your request has been heard in heaven. I have come in answer to your prayer.

They will live, because after thinking it over, they decided to turn from their sins. Such people will not die.

He said to me, "Son of man, watch and listen. Pay close attention to everything I show you. You have been brought here so I can show you many things. Then you will return to the people of Israel and tell them everything you have seen."

Hearing this, the king was very angry with himself for signing the law, and he tried to find a way to save Daniel. He spent the rest of the day looking for a way to get Daniel out of this predicament.

Be sure to do what you should, for then you will enjoy the personal satisfaction of having done your work well, and you won't need to compare yourself to anyone else.

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