Hosea 8:7

Free Bible Version

Those who sow the wind will reap the whirlwind. The stalk has no head of grain; it will produce no flour. Even if it did produce grain, foreigners would swallow it all up.

Cross References

Genesis 41:23

Then seven heads of grain grew up after them, withered and thin and dried by the east wind.

2 Kings 15:19

Pul, king of Assyria, invaded the country. Menahem paid Pul a thousand talents of silver to support Menahem in consolidating his power over the kingdom.

2 Kings 15:29

During the reign of Pekah, king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, invaded and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, Galilee, and all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people to Assyria as prisoners.

Job 4:8

From what I've seen it's those who plant evil and sow trouble who reap the same!

Proverbs 22:8

Those who sow injustice will reap disaster, and the angry beatings they inflict on others will be stopped.

Ecclesiastes 5:16

This also makes me sick! What do people gain, working for the wind?

Isaiah 17:11

even though you make them grow on the day that you plant them, and have them blossom in the morning that you sow them, your harvest will heap of trouble on a day of grief and pain that cannot be cured.

Isaiah 55:2

Why are you spending money on what isn't food, and why work for something that doesn't satisfy you? Listen carefully to me: eat what is good, and you'll enjoy the very best food.

Isaiah 66:15

Look! The Lord is coming surrounded by fire, his chariots whirling like the wind, to express his anger with fury, to give his reprimand in flames of fire.

Jeremiah 12:13

My people sowed wheat but harvested thorns. They wore themselves out but gained no benefit. You should be ashamed of such a poor harvest, caused by the Lord's furious anger.

Lamentations 5:2

The land we used to own has been handed over to strangers, our houses have been given to foreigners.

Hosea 2:9

So I will take back my ripened grain and my new wine I gave at harvest-time. I will take back my wool and my flax I provided to cover her nakedness.

Hosea 7:9

Foreigners drain his strength, and he doesn't even realize it. His hair is turning grey and he doesn't even notice.

Hosea 9:16

Ephraim, you are blighted, dried up from the roots. You shall bear no fruit. Even if you have children, I will slaughter your beloved offspring.

Nahum 1:3

The Lord is slow to become angry, has great power, and will not leave the guilty unpunished. He walks among the whirlwind and the storm; the clouds are like dust beneath his feet.

Haggai 1:6

You have sown much but harvested little. You eat but you're still hungry. You drink but you're still thirsty. You put on clothes but you're still cold. You work hard to earn money but put it in a bag full of holes.

Galatians 6:7

Don't be fooled, God can't be treated with contempt: whatever you sow, that's what you reap.

Galatians 6:8

If you sow according to your sinful human nature, from that nature you'll reap self-destruction. But if you sow according to the Spirit, from the Spirit you'll reap eternal life.

Deuteronomy 28:33

A foreign nation you've never heard of will eat all the crops you worked so hard to grow. You will be continually persecuted and downtrodden.