Hosea 12:8

Modern English Version

Ephraim said, “Yet I am rich, I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they shall find no offense in me that would be sin.”

Cross References

Revelation 3:17

For you say, ‘I am rich, and have stored up goods, and have need of nothing,’ yet do not realize that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked.

Psalm 62:10

Trust not in oppression; put no vain hope in robbery; if riches increase, set not your heart on them.

1 Timothy 6:5

constant disputes by men of corrupt minds, being destitute of the truth, and supposing that financial gain is godliness. Withdraw yourself from such men.

Zechariah 11:5

The ones who buy them then slaughter them and have no guilt, and those who sell them say, “Blessed is the Lord because I am rich.” Their own shepherds do not take pity on them.

Proverbs 30:20

This is the way of an adulteress: she eats, and wipes her mouth, and says, “I have done no wrong.”

Proverbs 30:12

There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes, and yet is not washed from its filthiness.

Psalm 52:7

“Behold, the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and sought refuge in his wickedness.”

Psalm 49:6

those who trust in their wealth and boast in the abundance of their riches?

Deuteronomy 8:17

Otherwise, you may say in your heart, “My power and the might of my hand have gained me this wealth.”

1 Timothy 6:17

Command those who are rich in this world that they not be conceited, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who richly gives us all things to enjoy.

Luke 16:15

He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is highly esteemed before men is an abomination before God.

Luke 16:13

“No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.”

Luke 12:19

And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take rest. Eat, drink, and be merry.’

Luke 10:29

But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

Malachi 3:13

Your words have been hard against Me, says the Lord. Yet you say, “What have we spoken against You?”

Habakkuk 1:16

Therefore they sacrifice to their net and burn incense to their dragnet; for by them their portion is extravagant, and their food plentiful.

Jeremiah 2:23

How can you say, “I am not polluted, I have not gone after the Baals”? See your way in the valley. Know what you have done. You are a swift young camel entangling her ways,

Jeremiah 2:35

you say, “I am innocent; surely His anger shall turn away from me.” Behold, I will judge you, because you say, “I have not sinned.”

Malachi 2:17

You have wearied the Lord with your words. Yet you say, “How have we wearied Him?” When you say, “Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and He delights in them,” or, “Where is the God of justice?”

Ezekiel 28:5

by your great wisdom, by your trade, you have increased your riches, and your heart is lifted up because of your riches.

Hosea 4:8

They feed upon the sin of My people, and they are greedy for their iniquity.

Hosea 13:6

When they had pasture, they were satisfied. They were satisfied, and their heart was exalted; therefore they forgot Me.

Hosea 14:1

Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God, for you have stumbled because of your iniquity.

Proverbs 11:1

A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, but a just weight is His delight.

Jeremiah 5:27

As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. Therefore they have become great and rich.

Amos 8:5

saying, “When will the New Moon be over, so that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may open the wheat sales, making the ephah too small, and the shekel too heavy, cheating with dishonest scales,