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Haggai 1:5

Haggai 1:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

thus: Haggai 1:7, Haggai 2:15-18; Lamentations 3:40; Ezekiel 18:28; Luke 15:17; 2 Corinthians 13:5; Galatians 6:4

Consider your ways: Heb. Set your heart on your ways, Exodus 7:23, Exodus 9:21 *marg. Psalms 48:13 *marg. Ezekiel 40:4; Daniel 6:14, Daniel 10:12

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