Hosea 12:7

God's Word

⌞The Lord says,⌟ “The merchants use dishonest scales. They love to cheat people.

Cross References

Genesis 49:18

“I wait with hope for you to rescue me, O Lord.

Proverbs 11:1

Dishonest scales are disgusting to the Lord, but accurate weights are pleasing to him.

Proverbs 16:11

Honest balances and scales belong to the Lord. He made the entire set of weights.

Isaiah 3:5

People will oppress each other, and everyone will oppress his neighbor. The young will make fun of the old, and common people will make fun of their superiors.

Isaiah 56:1

This is what the Lord says: Preserve justice, and do what is right. My salvation is about to come. My righteousness is about to be revealed.

Ezekiel 16:3

Tell them, ‘This is what the Almighty Lord says to the people of Jerusalem: Your birthplace and your ancestors were in the land of the Canaanites. Your father was an Amorite, and your mother was a Hittite.

Ezekiel 22:29

The common people oppress and rob others. They do wrong to humble people and to poor people. They oppress foreigners for no reason.

Ezekiel 28:5

Because of your great skill in trading, you’ve made yourself very wealthy. You have become arrogant because of your wealth.

Hosea 14:2

Return to the Lord, and say these things to him: “Forgive all our sins, and kindly receive us. Then we’ll praise you with our lips.

Joel 2:12

“But even now,” declares the Lord, “return to me with all your heart— with fasting, crying, and mourning.”

Amos 2:7

They stomp the heads of the poor into the dust. They push the humble out of the way. Father and son sleep with the same woman. They dishonor my holy name.

Amos 3:9

Announce in the palaces of Ashdod and in the palaces of Egypt, “Gather together on the mountains of Samaria. See the widespread confusion and oppression in Samaria.”

Amos 4:1

Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan who live on Mount Samaria. You women oppress the poor and abuse the needy. You say to your husbands, “Get some wine! Let’s drink!”

Amos 5:11

You trample on the poor and take their wheat from them for taxes. That is why you build houses from hand-cut stones, but you will not live in them. You plant beautiful vineyards, but you will not drink their wine.

Micah 2:1

How horrible it will be for those who invent trouble and work out plans for disaster while in bed. When the morning dawns, they carry out their plans because they are able to.

Micah 7:2

Faithful people are gone from the earth, and no one is decent. All people lie in ambush to commit murder. They trap each other with nets.

Zechariah 14:21

Yes, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah will be holy to the Lord of Armies. All who come to sacrifice will take some of them and cook in them. On that day there will no longer be any Canaanite  in the house of the Lord of Armies.

Zechariah 5:8

The angel said, “This is wickedness,” and he pushed her back into the basket and forced the lead cover down on top of it.

Zechariah 7:9

“This is what the Lord of Armies says: Administer real justice, and be compassionate and kind to each other.

Malachi 3:5

“I will come to judge you. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers, adulterers, lying witnesses, and those who cheat workers out of their wages and oppress widows and orphans. I will also testify against those who deprive foreigners of their rights. None of them fear me,” says the Lord of Armies.

John 2:16

He told those who sold pigeons, “Pick up this stuff, and get it out of here! Stop making my Father’s house a marketplace!”

James 5:4

The wages you refused to pay the people who harvested your fields shout ⌞to God⌟ against you. The Lord of Armies has heard the cries of those who gather the crops.

1 Samuel 12:3

Here I am. Testify against me in front of the Lord and in front of his anointed king. Did I take anyone’s ox? Did I take anyone’s donkey? Did I cheat or oppress anyone? Did I take a bribe from anyone to look the other way? ⌞If so,⌟ I will give it all back.”