Hosea 12:7 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁷ A trader, in whose hands are false balances, he loves to oppress.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ Canaan [Israel–whose ideals have sunk to those of Canaan] is a trader; the balances of deceit are in his hand; he loves to oppress and defraud.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ He is a trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.

Common English Bible

⁷ He is a merchant; the means to cheat are in his hands; he loves to take advantage of others.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ Canaan, in his hand is a deceitful balance, he has chosen false accusations.

Hosea 12:7 Cross References

Genesis 49:18

I wait for thy salvation, O Lord.

Proverbs 11:1

A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, but a just weight is his delight.

Proverbs 16:11

A just balance and scales are the Lord's; all the weights in the bag are his work.

Isaiah 3:5

And the people will oppress one another, every man his fellow and every man his neighbor; the youth will be insolent to the elder, and the base fellow to the honorable.

Isaiah 56:1

Thus says the Lord: “Keep justice, and do righteousness, for soon my salvation will come, and my deliverance be revealed.

Ezekiel 16:3

and say, Thus says the Lord God to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth are of the land of the Canaanites; your father was an Amorite, and your mother a Hittite.

Ezekiel 22:29

The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery; they have oppressed the poor and needy, and have extorted from the sojourner without redress.

Ezekiel 28:5

by your great wisdom in trade you have increased your wealth, and your heart has become proud in your wealth—

Hosea 14:2

Take with you words and return to the Lord; say to him, “Take away all iniquity; accept that which is good and we will render the fruit of our lips.

Joel 2:12

“Yet even now,” says the Lord, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning;

Amos 2:7

they that trample the head of the poor into the dust of the earth, and turn aside the way of the afflicted; a man and his father go in to the same maiden, so that my holy name is profaned;

Amos 3:9

Proclaim to the strongholds in Assyria, and to the strongholds in the land of Egypt, and say, “Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and see the great tumults within her, and the oppressions in her midst.”

Amos 4:1

“Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, who are in the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who say to their husbands, ‘Bring, that we may drink!’

Amos 5:11

Therefore because you trample upon the poor and take from him exactions of wheat, you have built houses of hewn stone, but you shall not dwell in them; you have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.

Micah 2:1

Woe to those who devise wickedness and work evil upon their beds! When the morning dawns, they perform it, because it is in the power of their hand.

Micah 7:2

The godly man has perished from the earth, and there is none upright among men; they all lie in wait for blood, and each hunts his brother with a net.

Zechariah 14:21

and every pot in Jerusalem and Judah shall be sacred to the Lord of hosts, so that all who sacrifice may come and take of them and boil the flesh of the sacrifice in them. And there shall no longer be a trader in the house of the Lord of hosts on that day.

Zechariah 5:8

And he said, “This is Wickedness.” And he thrust her back into the ephah, and thrust down the leaden weight upon its mouth.

Zechariah 7:9

“Thus says the Lord of hosts, Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy each to his brother,

Malachi 3:5

“Then I will draw near to you for judgment; I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow and the orphan, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.

John 2:16

And he told those who sold the pigeons, “Take these things away; you shall not make my Father's house a house of trade.”

James 5:4

Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.

1 Samuel 12:3

Here I am; testify against me before the Lord and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Or whose ass have I taken? Or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Or from whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes with it? Testify gainst me and I will restore it to you.”