Hosea 7:3 - Tree of Life Version

³ They gladden the king with their evil and the princes with their lies.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.

Common English Bible

³ By their wickedness they make the king glad, and give joy to the officials with their lies.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ The king has rejoiced at their wickedness, and the leaders have rejoiced in their lies.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ They have made the king glad with their wickedness: and the princes with their lies.

Hosea 7:3 Cross References

1 Kings 22:13

Meanwhile the messenger that went to summon Micaiah spoke to him saying, “Behold now, the words of the prophets are uniformly declaring favor to the king. So please let your word be like the word of one of them, and speak favorably.”

1 Kings 22:6

So the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about 400 men, and asked them: “Should I march against Ramot-gilead to battle or should I refrain?” They responded, “Go up, for my Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.”

Jeremiah 37:19

Where now are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying: ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you or against this land?’

Jeremiah 5:31

The prophets prophesy falsely, the kohanim rule by their own authority, and My people love it this way! But what will you do in the end?”

Jeremiah 9:2

They bend their tongue like a bow. Lies, not faithfulness, prevail in the land. “For they go from evil to evil and do not know Me,” says Adonai.

Hosea 10:13

You have plowed up wickedness, you have reaped iniquity. You have eaten the fruit of delusion, for you have trusted in your own way, in the multitude of your mighty men.

Hosea 4:2

Curse, deceive, murder, steal, commit adultery! They practice violence, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.

Hosea 5:11

Oppressed is Ephraim, crushed by judgment, for he willingly followed a worthless thing.

Hosea 7:5

On the day of our king, princes become sick from wine. His hand drags scorners along.

Micah 6:16

Now, you observe the statutes of Omri and every practice of the house of Ahab, and you walk in their counsels. Therefore I will make you a horror, and her inhabitants a hissing, so you will bear the scorn of My people.

Micah 7:3

Both hands are diligent at doing evil. The official and the judge ask for a bribe. The distinguished man utters a desire of his soul. Thus they weave it together.

Romans 1:32

Though they know God’s righteous decree—that those who practice such things deserve death—they not only do them but also approve of others who practice the same.

1 John 4:5

They are from the world, so they speak from the world and the world listens to them.