Hosea 7:3

Legacy Standard Bible

With their evil they make the king glad, And the princes with their deceptions.

Cross References

1 Kings 22:13

Now the messenger who went to summon Micaiah spoke to him saying, “Behold now, the words of the prophets, as if from one mouth, are good towards the king. Please let your word be like the word of one of them, and speak that which is good.”

1 Kings 22:6

Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, “Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle or shall I refrain?” And they said, “Go up, for the Lord will give it into the hand of the king.”

Jeremiah 37:19

Where then are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you or against this land’?

Jeremiah 5:31

The prophets prophesy with lying, And the priests have dominion by their own hand; And My people love it so! But what will you do at the end of it?

Jeremiah 9:2

Oh that I had in the desert A travelers’ lodging place, That I might leave my people And go from them! For all of them are adulterers, A solemn assembly of treacherous men.

Hosea 10:13

You have plowed wickedness; you have reaped injustice; You have eaten the fruit of deception. Because you have trusted in your way, in your abundant warriors,

Hosea 11:12

¶Ephraim surrounds Me with lies And the house of Israel with deceit; And Judah is also unruly against God, Even against the Holy One who is faithful.

Hosea 4:2

There is swearing of oaths, deception, murder, stealing, and adultery. They break forth in violence so that bloodshed follows bloodshed.

Hosea 5:11

Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, Because he was determined to walk after man’s command.

Hosea 7:5

On the day of our king, the princes became sick with the heat of wine; He stretched out his hand with scoffers,

Micah 6:16

“The statutes of Omri And all the works of the house of Ahab are kept; And in their counsels you walk. Therefore I will give you up as an object of horror And your inhabitants as an object of hissing, And you will bear the reproach of My people.”

Micah 7:3

Concerning evil, both hands do it well. The prince asks, also the judge, for a payment, And a great man speaks the craving of his soul; So they weave it together.

Romans 1:32

and although they know the righteous requirement of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, they not only do the same, but also give hearty approval to those who practice them.

1 John 4:5

They are from the world; therefore they speak as from the world, and the world hears them.