 | Christianity - 1844 - 588 pages
...and this house lie waste? Now therefore thus saiih the Lord of hosts consider your ways, Ye haue sown much and bring in little; ye eat but ye have not enough,...ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that carneth wages, earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes. Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider... | |
 | John Wood Warter - Sermons, English - 1844 - 608 pages
...God hath crossed your hopes. — " Ye have sown much, and bring in little ; ye eat, 4 Ps. xlix. 11. but ye have not enough ; ye drink, but ye are not...warm ; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes ;" — that is, he is none the better, none the richer, his gains do not prosper... | |
 | John Summerfield - Sermons, American - 1845 - 460 pages
...like an armed man. Hear the reproving language of the prophet to these idle professors: "Ye have sown much, and bring in little : ye eat, but ye have not...; and he that earneth 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,... | |
 | 1845 - 584 pages
...like an armed man. Hear the reproving language of the prophet to these idle professors, " Ye have sown much, and bring in little ; ye eat, but ye have not...warm ; and he that earneth 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... | |
 | Thomas Dick - Education - 1845 - 752 pages
...house of the Lord lie waste 1 Therefore, thus saith the Lord of Hosts, Consider your ways. Ye have sown much and bring in little ; ye eat, but ye have not...not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is no warm ; and he that earneth wages, earneth wages to put them in a bag full of holes." In the course... | |
 | 1876 - 818 pages
...can deal with it ; listen to this — Thus saith the Lord ofHosts, Consider your ways. Ye have sown much and bring in little ; ye eat, but ye have not enough ; ye drink, but ye are nat filed with drink ; ye clothe you, and- there is none warm ; and he that tarneth wages, earneth... | |
 | 1852 - 672 pages
...keeps numbers in temporal embarrassments all the days of their life. To such God says, " Ye have sown much, and bring in little ; ye eat, but ye have not enough ; ye drink, but ye ore not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none worm ; and he that earneth wages, eanieth... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1846 - 424 pages
...carefulness is a spendthrift after all. " Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Consider your ways. Ye have sown much, and bring in little ; ye eat, but ye have not...warm ; and he that earneth 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... | |
 | Baptists - 1846 - 308 pages
...? must we not expect then to reap corruption? "Ye bring in little:" little real good for the soul. "Ye eat, but ye have not enough ; ye drink, but ye are not filled i ye clothe ye, but ye are not warm." Outward things cannot keep a soul warm within : true warmth of... | |
 | Protestantism - 1847 - 648 pages
...us. So Haggai i. 5, 6: " 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...warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes." " lu the day of adversity consider." — Eccl. vii. 14. Secondly, To KambU... | |
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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. 
