Verse 20

And your strength{H3581} shall be spent{H8552}{(H8804)} in vain{H7385}: for your land{H776} shall not yield{H5414}{(H8799)} her increase{H2981}, neither shall the trees{H6086} of the land{H776} yield{H5414}{(H8799)} their fruits{H6529}.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 127:1 : 1 A Song{H7892} of degrees{H4609} for Solomon{H8010}. Except the LORD{H3068} build{H1129}{(H8799)} the house{H1004}, they labour{H5998}{(H8804)} in vain{H7723} that build{H1129}{(H8802)} it: except the LORD{H3068} keep{H8104}{(H8799)} the city{H5892}, the watchman{H8104}{(H8802)} waketh{H8245}{(H8804)} but in vain{H7723}.
  • Isa 49:4 : 4 Then I said{H559}{(H8804)}, I have laboured{H3021}{(H8804)} in vain{H7385}, I have spent{H3615}{(H8765)} my strength{H3581} for nought{H8414}, and in vain{H1892}: yet surely{H403} my judgment{H4941} is with the LORD{H3068}, and my work{H6468} with my God{H430}.
  • Lev 26:4 : 4 Then I will give{H5414}{(H8804)} you rain{H1653} in due season{H6256}, and the land{H776} shall yield{H5414}{(H8804)} her increase{H2981}, and the trees{H6086} of the field{H7704} shall yield{H5414}{(H8799)} their fruit{H6529}.
  • Deut 11:17 : 17 And then the LORD'S{H3068} wrath{H639} be kindled{H2734}{(H8804)} against you, and he shut up{H6113}{(H8804)} the heaven{H8064}, that there be no rain{H4306}, and that the land{H127} yield{H5414}{(H8799)} not her fruit{H2981}; and lest ye perish{H6}{(H8804)} quickly{H4120} from off the good{H2896} land{H776} which the LORD{H3068} giveth{H5414}{(H8802)} you.
  • Deut 28:18 : 18 Cursed{H779}{(H8803)} shall be the fruit{H6529} of thy body{H990}, and the fruit{H6529} of thy land{H127}, the increase{H7698} of thy kine{H504}, and the flocks{H6251} of thy sheep{H6629}.
  • Deut 28:38-40 : 38 Thou shalt carry{H3318} much{H7227} seed{H2233} out{H3318}{(H8686)} into the field{H7704}, and shalt gather{H622} but little{H4592} in{H622}{(H8799)}; for the locust{H697} shall consume{H2628}{(H8799)} it. 39 Thou shalt plant{H5193}{(H8799)} vineyards{H3754}, and dress{H5647}{(H8804)} them, but shalt neither drink{H8354}{(H8799)} of the wine{H3196}, nor gather{H103}{(H8799)} the grapes; for the worms{H8438} shall eat{H398}{(H8799)} them. 40 Thou shalt have olive trees{H2132} throughout all thy coasts{H1366}, but thou shalt not anoint{H5480}{(H8799)} thyself with the oil{H8081}; for thine olive{H2132} shall cast{H5394}{(H8799)} his fruit.
  • Deut 28:42 : 42 All thy trees{H6086} and fruit{H6529} of thy land{H127} shall the locust{H6767} consume{H3423}{(H8762)}.
  • Job 31:40 : 40 Let thistles{H2336} grow{H3318}{(H8799)} instead of wheat{H2406}, and cockle{H890} instead of barley{H8184}. The words{H1697} of Job{H347} are ended{H8552}{(H8804)}.
  • Ps 107:34 : 34 A fruitful{H6529} land{H776} into barrenness{H4420}, for the wickedness{H7451} of them that dwell{H3427}{(H8802)} therein.
  • Hab 2:13 : 13 Behold, is it not of the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635} that the people{H5971} shall labour{H3021}{(H8799)} in the very{H1767} fire{H784}, and the people{H3816} shall weary{H3286}{(H8799)} themselves for very{H1767} vanity{H7385}?
  • Hag 1:9-9 : 9 Ye looked{H6437}{(H8800)} for much{H7235}{(H8687)}, and, lo, it came to little{H4592}; and when ye brought{H935}{(H8689)} it home{H1004}, I did blow{H5301}{(H8804)} upon it. Why? saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}. Because{H3282} of mine house{H1004} that is waste{H2720}, and ye run{H7323}{(H8801)} every man{H376} unto his own house{H1004}. 10 Therefore the heaven{H8064} over you is stayed{H3607}{(H8804)} from dew{H2919}, and the earth{H776} is stayed{H3607}{(H8804)} from her fruit{H2981}. 11 And I called{H7121}{(H8799)} for a drought{H2721} upon the land{H776}, and upon the mountains{H2022}, and upon the corn{H1715}, and upon the new wine{H8492}, and upon the oil{H3323}, and upon that which the ground{H127} bringeth forth{H3318}{(H8686)}, and upon men{H120}, and upon cattle{H929}, and upon all the labour{H3018} of the hands{H3709}.
  • Hag 2:16 : 16 Since those days were, when one came{H935}{(H8804)} to an heap{H6194} of twenty{H6242} measures, there were but ten{H6235}: when one came{H935}{(H8804)} to the pressfat{H3342} for to draw out{H2834}{(H8800)} fifty{H2572} vessels out of the press{H6333}, there were but twenty{H6242}.
  • 1 Cor 3:6 : 6 I{G1473} have planted{G5452}{(G5656)}, Apollos{G625} watered{G4222}{(G5656)}; but{G235} God{G2316} gave the increase{G837}{(G5707)}.
  • Gal 4:11 : 11 I am afraid{G5399}{(G5736)} of you{G5209}, lest{G3381}{G4458} I have bestowed{G2872} upon{G1519} you{G5209} labour{G2872}{(G5758)} in vain{G1500}.
  • Isa 17:11 : 11 In the day{H3117} shalt thou make thy plant{H5194} to grow{H7735}{(H8770)}, and in the morning{H1242} shalt thou make thy seed{H2233} to flourish{H6524}{(H8686)}: but the harvest{H7105} shall be a heap{H5067} in the day{H3117} of grief{H2470}{(H8737)} and of desperate{H605}{(H8803)} sorrow{H3511}.