Haggai 1:6 (WEB)
You have sown much, and bring in little. You eat, but you don’t have enough. You drink, but you aren’t filled with drink. You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; and he who earns wages earns wages to put them into a bag with holes in it.’
Fathers and councils · 5
John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.13Conference XXIV
“For that will happen to them which is described by the prophet Haggai: “And he that gathereth riches, putteth them into a bag with holes.”” — editor's note: Hag. i. 6.
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Jerome
“You do not put your wages into a bag with holes, but you lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, and if you seek my friendship, it is because you believe me to be a servant of Christ.” — editor's note: Hagg. i. 6.
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Gregory the Great
“Let them hear therefore what is written, He that hath gathered wages hath put them into a bag with holes (Hagg. i. 6).” — the author cites it
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Clement of Alexandria
““He that gathereth wages,” it is said, “gathereth into a bag with holes.”” — editor's note: Hag. i. 6.
Read the whole comment“De quo scriptum est: “Qui colligit mercedes, colligit in saccum perforatum.”” — editor's note: Hagg. i. 6.
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Cross-references · 20
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.22.
Cited together in The Instructor II.3.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.22.
Cited together in The Instructor II.3.
Cited together in The Instructor II.3.
Cited together in The Instructor II.3.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.13.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.22.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.22.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.13.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.13.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.22.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.22.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.13.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.22.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.22.
Cited together in The Instructor II.3.
Cited together in The Instructor II.3.
Cited together in The Instructor II.3.
Cited together in The Instructor II.3.