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Haggai 1:5
5Now this is what the Lord Almighty says: “Give careful thought to your ways.
Haggai 1:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Now therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Now, therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts: Consider your ways.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Now therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts: “Consider your ways!
- New Living Translation (NLT)This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: Look at what’s happening to you!
Context of Haggai 1:5
3Then the word of the Lord came through the prophet Haggai: 4“Is it a time for you yourselves to be living in your paneled houses, while this house remains a ruin?” Now this is what the Lord Almighty says: “Give careful thought to your ways. 6You have planted much, but harvested little. You eat, but never have enough. You drink, but never have your fill. You put on clothes, but are not warm. You earn wages, only to put them in a purse with holes in it.” 7This is what the Lord Almighty says: “Give careful thought to your ways.
Read all of Haggai 1Haggai 1:5 word by word
וְעַתָּ֕ה כֹּ֥ה אָמַ֖ר יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֑וֹת שִׂ֥ימוּ לְבַבְכֶ֖ם עַל־דַּרְכֵיכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Haggai 1:5
- Haggai 1:7This is what the Lord Almighty says: “Give careful thought to your ways.
- Haggai 2:15“ ‘Now give careful thought to this from this day on—consider how things were before one stone was laid on another in the Lord’s temple.
- Lamentations 3:40Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the Lord.
- Ezekiel 18:28Because they consider all the offenses they have committed and turn away from them, that person will surely live; they will not die.
- Luke 15:17“When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death!
- 2 Corinthians 13:5Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you—unless, of course, you fail the test?
- Galatians 6:4Each one should test their own actions. Then they can take pride in themselves alone, without comparing themselves to someone else,
- Exodus 7:23Instead, he turned and went into his palace, and did not take even this to heart.
- Exodus 9:21But those who ignored the word of the Lord left their slaves and livestock in the field.
- Psalms 48:13consider well her ramparts, view her citadels, that you may tell of them to the next generation.
- Ezekiel 40:4The man said to me, “Son of man, look carefully and listen closely and pay attention to everything I am going to show you, for that is why you have been brought here. Tell the people of Israel everything you see.”
- Daniel 6:14When the king heard this, he was greatly distressed; he was determined to rescue Daniel and made every effort until sundown to save him.
- Daniel 10:12Then he continued, “Do not be afraid, Daniel. Since the first day that you set your mind to gain understanding and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to them.
Commentaries on Haggai 1:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Consider your ways - Is it fit that you should be building yourselves elegant houses, and neglect a place for the worship of that God who has restored you from captivity?Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5And now, thus saith the Lord of hosts; “Consider,” (literally “set your heart upon) your ways,” what they had been doing, what they were doing, and what those doings had led to, and would lead to. This is ever present to the mind of the prophets, as speaking God‘s words, that our acts are not only “ways” in which we go, each day of life being a continuance of the day before; but that they are ways which lead, somewhere in God‘s Providence and His justice…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5Consider carefully your ways (literally Set your heart on these matters): For the Hebrews, the heart is where thinking, feeling, and willing occur. This command (also Haggai 1:7; 2:15, 18) urges people to think carefully and understand the link between their situation (drought and poverty, Haggai 1:6) and their failure to restore proper worship of the Lord (1:8–9).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. Consider your ways--literally, "Set your heart" on your ways. The plural implies, Consider both what ye have done (actively, La 3:40) and what ye have suffered (passively) [Jerome]. Ponder earnestly whether ye have gained by seeking self at the sacrifice of God.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Haggai 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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