Hosea 10:13

Good News Translation

But instead you planted evil and reaped its harvest. You have eaten the fruit produced by your lies. “Because you trusted in your chariots and in the large number of your soldiers,

Cross References

Job 4:8

I have seen people plow fields of evil and plant wickedness like seed; now they harvest wickedness and evil.

Psalm 33:16

A king does not win because of his powerful army; a soldier does not triumph because of his strength.

Psalm 52:7

“Look, here is someone who did not depend on God for safety, but trusted instead in great wealth and looked for security in being wicked.”

Psalm 62:10

Don't put your trust in violence; don't hope to gain anything by robbery; even if your riches increase, don't depend on them.

Proverbs 1:31

So then, you will get what you deserve, and your own actions will make you sick.

Proverbs 12:19

A lie has a short life, but truth lives on forever.

Proverbs 13:2

Good people will be rewarded for what they say, but those who are deceitful are hungry for violence.

Proverbs 19:5

If you tell lies in court, you will be punished—there will be no escape.

Proverbs 22:8

If you plant the seeds of injustice, disaster will spring up, and your oppression of others will end.

Ecclesiastes 9:11

I realized another thing, that in this world fast runners do not always win the races, and the brave do not always win the battles. The wise do not always earn a living, intelligent people do not always get rich, and capable people do not always rise to high positions. Bad luck happens to everyone.

Isaiah 17:11

But even if they sprouted and blossomed the very morning you planted them, there would still be no harvest. There would be only trouble and incurable pain.

Hosea 11:12

The Lord says, “The people of Israel have surrounded me with lies and deceit, and the people of Judah are still rebelling against me, the faithful and holy God.

Hosea 4:2

They make promises and break them; they lie, murder, steal, and commit adultery. Crimes increase, and there is one murder after another.

Hosea 4:8

You grow rich from the sins of my people, and so you want them to sin more and more.

Hosea 7:3

The Lord says, “People deceive the king and his officers by their evil plots.

Hosea 8:7

When they sow the wind, they will reap a storm! A field of grain that doesn't ripen can never produce any bread. But even if it did, foreigners would eat it up.

1 Samuel 24:14

Look at what the king of Israel is trying to kill! Look at what he is chasing! A dead dog, a flea!