Hosea 4:9

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

So the priests are no different from the people. I will punish them for the things they did. I will pay them back for the wrong things they did.

Cross References

Jeremiah 5:31

The prophets tell lies. The priests will not do what they were chosen to do, and my people love it this way! But what will you people do when your punishment comes?

Isaiah 24:2

At that time whatever happens to the common people will also happen to the priests. Slaves and masters will be the same. Women slaves and their women masters will be the same. Buyers and sellers will be the same. Those who borrow and those who lend will be the same. Bankers and those who owe the bank will be the same.

Matthew 15:14

Stay away from the Pharisees. They lead the people, but they are like blind men leading other blind men. And if a blind man leads another blind man, both of them will fall into a ditch.”

Zechariah 1:6

The prophets were my servants. I used them to tell your ancestors about my laws and teachings. Your ancestors finally learned their lesson and said, ‘The Lord All-Powerful did what he said he would do. He punished us for the way we lived and for all the evil things we did.’ So they came back to God.”

Hosea 9:9

The Israelites have gone deep into ruin as in the time of Gibeah. God will remember the Israelites’ sins, and he will punish them.

Hosea 8:13

The Israelites love sacrifices. They offer the meat and eat it. The Lord does not accept their sacrifices. He remembers their sins, and he will punish them. They will be carried away as prisoners to Egypt.

Hosea 1:4

The Lord said to Hosea, “Name him Jezreel, because soon I will punish the family of Jehu for the people he killed at Jezreel Valley. Then I will put an end to the kingdom of the nation of Israel.

Isaiah 3:10

Tell the good people who do what is right that good things will happen to them. They will receive a reward for what they do.

Proverbs 5:22

The sins of the wicked will trap them. Those sins will be like ropes holding them back.

Proverbs 12:14

People get good things for the words they say, and they are rewarded for the work they do.

Hosea 7:2

They don’t believe that I will remember their crimes. The bad things they did are all around. I can see their sins clearly.

Hosea 9:15

All their evil is in Gilgal; I began hating them there. I will force them to leave my house because of the evil things they do. I will not love them anymore. Their leaders are rebels who turned against me.

Hosea 10:10

I will come to punish them. Armies will come together against them and punish the Israelites for both of their sins.

Hosea 12:2

The Lord says, “I have a complaint against Israel. Jacob must be punished for the bad things he did.

Proverbs 11:31

If good people are rewarded here on earth, then surely those who do evil will also get what they deserve.

Ezekiel 44:10

In the past, the Levites left me when Israel turned away from me. Israel left me to follow their idols. The Levites will be punished for their sin.

Ezekiel 44:12

But the Levites helped the people sin against me! They helped the people worship their idols! So I am making this promise against them: ‘They will be punished for their sin.’” This is what the Lord GOD said.

Hosea 12:3

While Jacob was still in his mother’s womb, he began to trick his brother. Jacob was a strong young man, and at that time he fought with God.