Hosea 12:7 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

Proverbs 11:1

A false balance is an abomination to the LORD: But a just weight is his delight.

James 5:4

Behold, the hire of the labourers who mowed your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth out: and the cries of them that reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.

John 2:16

and to them that sold the doves he said, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house a house of merchandise.

Malachi 3:5

And I will come near to you to judgement; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers; and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.

Zechariah 14:21

Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holy unto the LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more a Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts.

Micah 7:2

The godly man is perished out of the earth, and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.

Amos 5:11

Forasmuch therefore as ye trample upon the poor, and take exactions from him of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink the wine thereof.

Amos 4:1

Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say unto their lords, Bring, and let us drink.

Amos 3:9

Publish ye in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold what great tumults are therein, and what oppressions in the midst thereof.

Amos 2:7

that pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:

Ezekiel 22:29

The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery; yea, they have vexed the poor and needy, and have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.

Ezekiel 16:3

and say, Thus saith the Lord GODunto Jerusalem: Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of the Canaanite; the Amorite was thy father, and thy mother was an Hittite.

Isaiah 3:5

And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.

Proverbs 16:11

A just balance and scales are the LORD's: All the weights of the bag are his work.

1 Samuel 12:3

Here I am: witness 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 of whose hand have I taken a ransom to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.

Micah 2:1

Woe to them that devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.

Ezekiel 28:5

by thy great wisdom and by thy traffic hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:

Zechariah 5:8

And he said, This is Wickedness; and he cast her down into the midst of the ephah: and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.

Genesis 49:18

I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.

Isaiah 56:1

Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgement, and do righteousness: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.

Hosea 14:2

Take with you words, and return unto the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and accept that which is good: so will we render as bullocks the offering of our lips.

Joel 2:12

Yet even now, saith the LORD, turn ye unto me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:

Zechariah 7:9

Thus hath the LORD of hosts spoken, saying, Execute true judgement, and shew mercy and compassion every man to his brother: