Hosea 6:8

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Gilead is a city of people who do evil— people who have tricked and killed others.

Cross References

Hosea 12:11

But the people in Gilead have sinned. There are many terrible idols in that place. They offer sacrifices to bulls at Gilgal. They have many altars. There are rows and rows of altars—like the rows of dirt in a plowed field.

Acts 25:3

They asked Festus to do them a favor. They wanted him to send Paul back to Jerusalem because they had a plan to kill Paul on the way.

Micah 7:2

By this I mean that all the faithful people are gone. There are no good people left. Everyone is planning to kill someone. Everyone is trying to trap their brother.

Hosea 5:1

“Priests, nation of Israel, and people in the king’s family, listen to me. You have been judged guilty! “You were like a trap at Mizpah and like a net spread on the ground at Tabor.

Hosea 4:2

They are always cursing, lying, killing, stealing, and committing adultery. They murder one person after another.

Jeremiah 11:19

Before he showed me this, I was like a gentle lamb waiting to be butchered. I did not understand that they were against me. They were saying this about me: “Let us destroy the tree and its fruit! Let us kill him! Then people will forget him.”

Isaiah 59:6

They cannot be used for clothes, and you cannot cover yourself with them. Your hands are always busy sinning and hurting others.

Psalm 59:2

Save me from those who do wrong. Save me from those murderers.

Psalm 10:8

They hide just outside the villages, waiting to kill innocent people, always looking for any helpless person they can hurt.

1 Kings 2:5

David also said, “You remember what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me. He killed two of the commanders of Israel’s army, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. Remember, it was during a time of peace when he spilled the blood that splattered onto his sword belt and army boots. I should have punished him then.

2 Samuel 20:8

When Joab and the army came to Big Rock at Gibeon, Amasa came out to meet them. Joab was wearing his uniform with a belt that held a knife. As he walked toward Amasa, the knife on the belt came out.

2 Samuel 3:27

When Abner arrived at Hebron, Joab met him in the gateway, pulled him aside to talk in private, and then stabbed him in the stomach. So he got his revenge against Abner. Joab killed Abner because Abner had killed Joab’s brother Asahel.

Psalm 141:4

Take away any desire to do evil. Keep me from joining the wicked in doing wrong. Help me stay away from their feasts.

Hosea 12:12

“Jacob ran away to the land of Aram. There Israel worked for a wife. He kept sheep to get another wife.