 | William Jay - Meditations - 1829 - 538 pages
...would have minded theirs; and have proved that we cannot serve God for nought. But now, says God, " Ye have sown much, and bring in little ; ye eat, but...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... | |
 | Edward Irving - Bible - 1831 - 510 pages
...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...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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | George Fox - Society of Friends - 1831 - 466 pages
...christianity, whether ye be not found in these practises that the scriptures declare against. Hagg, i. 6. 'Ye have sown much, and bring in little, ye eat, but ye are not satisfied ; ye drink, and are not filled ; ye clothe you, but you are not warm ; and he that... | |
 | Stephen Merrill - Bible - 1832 - 472 pages
...houses, and this house lie waste ? 5 Now, therefore, thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider your ways. 6 Ye have sown much, and bring in little ; ye eat, but...wages, earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes. 7 If Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider your ways. 8 Go up to the mountain and bring wood, and... | |
 | Charles Lambert Coghlan - 1832 - 578 pages
...houses, and this house lie waste ? Now, therefore, thus saith the Lord of hosta, Consider your ways ; l the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren,...come to pase, that every soul which will not hear ta put it into a bag with holes. Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Consider your ways ; go up to the mountain,... | |
 | British preacher - 1832 - 342 pages
...Ye looked for much, and lo ! it came to little : and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it : he that earneth wages, earneth wages to put it into a bag of holes. Why ? saith the Lord of hosts : because of mine house, that is waste ; and ye run every man... | |
 | William Stevens (biographer.) - 1833 - 786 pages
...houses, and this house lie waste ? Now, therefore, thus saith Jehovah of Hosts ; consider your ways. Ye have sown much, and bring in little ; ye eat, but...not filled with drink ; ye clothe you, but there is no warmth ; and he that earneth wages, earneth wages, to put it into a bag with holes. Thus saith Jehovah... | |
 | William Jay - Christian life - 1834 - 326 pages
...to find his plans crossed, his hopes disappointed. It matters not what he gets — he gets nothing: "Ye have sown much, and bring in little : ye eat,...wages, earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes." Or, he may succeed; but, his prosperity will destroy him. The God he disregards stands by; and, as... | |
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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. 
