Hosea 10:4

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They speak empty words, swearing false promises to make a covenant. Their “justice” flourishes like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.

Cross References

Isaiah 5:7

Israel is the vineyard of the Lord Almighty, and the people of Judah are the plants in his garden that made him happy. Yet while he hoped for justice, he only saw injustice; he hoped people would live right, but he only heard the cries of those who were suffering.

Hosea 4:2

Instead there is only cursing, lying, murdering, stealing, and adultery. They commit violence, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.

Hosea 6:7

But you, just like Adam, broke our agreement; there you were unfaithful to me.

Amos 5:7

You twist justice and make it bitter, you throw integrity to the ground.

Amos 6:12

Can horses gallop over rocks? Can oxen plow the sea? But you have turned justice into poison, and the fruit of doing good into bitterness!

Acts 8:23

I can see that you are full of bitter envy, and chained down by your sin.”

Romans 1:31

They don't want to understand, they don't keep their promises, they don't show any kindness or compassion.

Deuteronomy 29:18

You need to make sure today that there's no man or woman, family or tribe of yours who wants to turn from the Lord our God and go and worship the gods of these nations. Make sure there is nothing like that among you that would produce such poison and bitterness.

Deuteronomy 31:16

The Lord told Moses, “You will join your ancestors in death, and these people are going to prostitute themselves by worshiping the foreign gods of the country they are entering. They will abandon me and break the agreement I've made with them.

Deuteronomy 31:17

Then I will abandon them and turn away from them, so they will be destroyed, and they will experience many disasters and problems. At that time they'll say, ‘We're suffering these disasters because our God has abandoned us!’

2 Timothy 3:3

Heartless and unforgiving, they'll commit slander and have no self-control. Brutal people who hate what's good,

Hebrews 12:15

Make sure that none of you lack God's grace, in case some cause of bitterness arises to give trouble and end up corrupting many of you.