Hosea 7:16

Bible in Basic English 1965

They have gone to what is of no value; they are like a false bow; their captains will come to destruction by the sword, and their ruler by my wrath; for this, the land of Egypt will make sport of them.

Cross References

Psalm 12:3

The smooth lips and the tongue of pride will be cut off by the Lord.

Psalm 12:4

They have said, With our tongues will we overcome; our lips are ours: who is lord over us?

Psalm 12:5

Because of the crushing of the poor and the weeping of those in need, now will I come to his help, says the Lord; I will give him the salvation which he is desiring.

Psalm 17:10

They are shut up in their fat: with their mouths they say words of pride.

Psalm 52:2

Purposing destruction, using deceit; your tongue is like a sharp blade.

Psalm 57:4

My soul is among lions; I am stretched out among those who are on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and whose tongue is a sharp sword.

Psalm 73:9

Their mouth goes up to heaven; their tongues go walking through the earth.

Psalm 78:37

And their hearts were not right with him, and they did not keep their agreement with him.

Psalm 78:57

Their hearts were turned back and untrue like their fathers; they were turned to one side like a twisted bow.

Isaiah 3:8

For Jerusalem has become feeble, and destruction has come on Judah, because their words and their acts are against the Lord, moving the eyes of his glory to wrath.

Jeremiah 18:18

Then they said, Come, let us make a design against Jeremiah; for teaching will never be cut off from the priest, or wisdom from the wise, or the word from the prophet. Come, let us make use of his words for an attack on him, and let us give attention with care to what he says.

Jeremiah 3:10

But for all this, her false sister Judah has not come back to me with all her heart, but with deceit, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 42:18

For this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: As my wrath and passion have been let loose on the people of Jerusalem, so will my passion be let loose on you when you go into Egypt: and you will become an oath and a cause of wonder and a curse and a name of shame; and you will never see this place again.

Ezekiel 23:32

This is what the Lord has said: You will take a drink from your sister's cup, which is deep and wide: you will be laughed at and looked down on, more than you are able to undergo.

Ezekiel 36:20

And when they came among the nations, wherever they went, they made my holy name unclean, when it was said of them, These are the people of the Lord who have gone out from his land.

Daniel 7:25

And he will say words against the Most High, attempting to put an end to the saints of the Most High; and he will have the idea of changing times and law; and the saints will be given into his hands for a time and times and half a time.

Hosea 11:5

He will go back to the land of Egypt and the Assyrian will be his king, because they would not come back to me.

Hosea 11:7

My people are given up to sinning against me; though their voice goes up on high, no one will be lifting them up.

Hosea 6:4

O Ephraim, what am I to do to you? O Judah, what am I to do to you? For your love is like a morning cloud, and like the dew which goes early away.

Hosea 7:13

May trouble be theirs! for they have gone far away from me; and destruction, for they have been sinning against me; I was ready to be their saviour, but they said false words against me.

Hosea 9:3

They will have no resting-place in the Lord's land, but Ephraim will go back to Egypt, and they will take unclean food in Assyria.

Hosea 9:4

They will give no wine offering to the Lord, they will not make offerings ready for him; their bread will be like the bread of those in sorrow; all who take it will be unclean, because their bread will be only for their desire, it will not come into the house of the Lord.

Hosea 9:6

For see, they are going away into Assyria; Egypt will get them together, Memphis will be their last resting-place; their fair silver vessels will be covered over with field plants, and thorns will come up in their tents.

Malachi 3:13

Your words have been strong against me, says the Lord. And still you say, What have we said against you?

Malachi 3:14

You have said, It is no use worshipping God: what profit have we had from keeping his orders, and going in clothing of sorrow before the Lord of armies?

Matthew 12:36

And I say to you that in the day when they are judged, men will have to give an account of every foolish word they have said.

Luke 8:13

And those on the rock are those who with joy give hearing to the word; but having no root, they have faith for a time, and when the test comes they give up.

James 3:5

Even so the tongue is a small part of the body, but it takes credit for great things. How much wood may be lighted by a very little fire!

2 Peter 2:8

Because the soul of that upright man living among them was pained from day to day by seeing and hearing their crimes:

Revelation 13:5

And there was given to him a mouth to say words of pride against God; and there was given to him authority to go on for forty-two months.