Hosea 10:13

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

You have planted evil, harvested injustice, and eaten the fruit of your lies. You trusted your own strength and your powerful forces.

Cross References

Job 4:8

In my experience, only those who plant seeds of evil harvest trouble,

Psalm 33:16

Mighty armies alone cannot win wars for a king; great strength by itself cannot keep a soldier safe.

Psalm 52:7

“Just look at them now! Instead of trusting God, they trusted their wealth and their cruelty.”

Psalm 62:10

Don't trust in violence or depend on dishonesty or rely on great wealth.

Proverbs 1:31

“Now you will eat the fruit of what you have done, until you are stuffed full with your own schemes.

Proverbs 12:19

Truth will last for ever; lies are soon found out.

Proverbs 13:2

You will be well rewarded for saying something kind, but all some people think about is how to be cruel and mean.

Proverbs 19:5

Dishonest witnesses and liars won't escape punishment.

Proverbs 22:8

Troublemakers get in trouble, and their terrible anger will get them nowhere.

Ecclesiastes 9:11

Here is something else I have learnt: The fastest runners and the greatest heroes don't always win races and battles. Wisdom, intelligence, and skill don't always make you healthy, rich, or popular. We each have our share of bad luck.

Isaiah 17:11

The plants may sprout and blossom that very same morning, but it will do you no good, because you will suffer endless agony.

Hosea 11:12

Israel is deceitful to me, their loyal and holy God; they surround me with lies, and Judah worships other gods.

Hosea 4:2

Cursing, dishonesty, murder, robbery, unfaithfulness— these happen all the time. Violence is everywhere.

Hosea 4:8

You encourage others to sin, so you can stuff yourselves on their sin offerings.

Hosea 7:3

The king and his officials take great pleasure in their sin and deceit.

Hosea 8:7

If you scatter wind instead of wheat, you will harvest a whirlwind and have no wheat. Even if you harvest grain, enemies will steal it all.

1 Samuel 24:14

Why should the king of Israel be out chasing me, anyway? I'm as worthless as a dead dog or a flea.