Hosea 12:8 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁸ And Ephraim said, Surely I am become rich, I have found me wealth: in all my labours they shall find in me none iniquity that were sin.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ Ephraim has said, Ah, but I have become rich; I have gained for myself wealth. All my profits shall bring on me no iniquity that would be sin. [But all his profits will never offset nor suffice to expiate the guilt which he has incurred.] [Rev. 3:17.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ And Ephraim said, Surely I am become rich, I have found me wealth: in all my labors they shall find in me no iniquity that were sin.

Common English Bible

⁸ Ephraim has said, “I’m rich, I’ve gained wealth for myself; in all of my gain no offense has been found in me that would be sin.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ And Ephraim has said, "Nevertheless, I have become rich; I have found an idol for myself. All of my labors will not reveal to me the iniquity that I have committed."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ And Ephraim said: But yet I am become rich, I have found me an idol: all my labours shall not find me the iniquity that I have committed.

Hosea 12:8 Cross References

Psalm 49:6

They that trust in their wealth, And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

Psalm 52:7

Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; But trusted in the abundance of his riches, And strengthened himself in his wickedness.

Psalm 62:10

Trust not in oppression, And become not vain in robbery: If riches increase, set not your heart thereon.

Proverbs 11:1

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

Proverbs 30:12

There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes; And yet are not washed from their filthiness.

Proverbs 30:20

So is the way of an adulterous woman; She eateth, and wipeth her mouth, And saith, I have done no wickedness.

Jeremiah 2:23

How canst thou say, I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;

Jeremiah 2:35

Yet thou saidst, I am innocent; surely his anger is turned away from me. Behold, I will enter into judgement with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.

Jeremiah 5:27

As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.

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:

Hosea 13:6

According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted: therefore have they forgotten me.

Hosea 14:1

O ISRAEL, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.

Hosea 4:8

They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity.

Amos 8:5

saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat? making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit;

Habakkuk 1:16

Therefore he sacrificeth unto his net, and burneth incense unto his drag; because by them his portion is fat, and his meat plenteous.

Zechariah 11:5

whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty; and they that sell them say, Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not.

Malachi 2:17

Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? In that ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or where is the God of judgement?

Malachi 3:13

Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein have we spoken against thee?

Luke 10:29

But he, desiring to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?

Luke 12:19

And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.

Luke 16:13

No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Luke 16:15

And he said unto them, Ye are they that justify yourselves in the sight of men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

Deuteronomy 8:17

and thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.

1 Timothy 6:17

Charge them that are rich in this present world, that they be not highminded, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;

1 Timothy 6:5

wranglings of men corrupted in mind and bereft of the truth, supposing that godliness is a way of gain.

Revelation 3:17

Because thou sayest, I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art the wretched one and miserable and poor and blind and naked: