Hosea 12:7

Modern King James Version

He is a merchant; the scales of deceit are in his hand; he loves to oppress.

Cross References

Genesis 49:18

I have waited for Your salvation, O Jehovah.

Proverbs 11:1

False balances are hateful to Jehovah; but a just weight is His delight.

Proverbs 16:11

A just weight and balance are Jehovah's; all the weights of the bag are His work.

Isaiah 3:5

And the people shall be crushed, every man by another, and every man by his neighbor; the boy shall act proudly against the old man, and the low against the honorable.

Isaiah 56:1

So says Jehovah, Keep judgment and do justice; for My salvation is near to come, and My righteousness to be revealed.

Ezekiel 16:3

And say, So says the Lord Jehovah to Jerusalem, Your origin and your birth is of the land of Canaan. Your father was an Amorite, and your mother a Hittite.

Ezekiel 22:29

The people of the land have used oppression and practiced robbery, and they have troubled the poor and needy. Yea, they have oppressed the stranger without right.

Ezekiel 28:5

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

Hosea 14:2

Take with you words, and turn to Jehovah. Say to Him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously, that we may repay with the calves of our lips.

Joel 2:12

Yet even now, says Jehovah, turn to Me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning.

Amos 2:7

panting after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turning aside the way of the meek. And a man and his father will go in to the same woman, to defile My holy name.

Amos 3:9

Make it heard at the palaces of Ashdod, and the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say: Gather yourselves on the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great uproars in its midst, and the oppressed in its midst.

Amos 4:1

Hear this Word, cows of Bashan who are in the mountain of Samaria; who press down the poor, who crush the needy, who say to their masters, Bring in, that we may drink.

Amos 5:11

So, because of your trampling on the poor, and you take tribute of grain from him; you have built houses of carved stone, but you shall not dwell in them; you have planted desirable vineyards, but you shall not drink wine from them.

Micah 2:1

Woe to those who plot wickedness and prepare evil on their beds! When the morning is light they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.

Micah 7:2

The pious has perished from the earth, and there is none upright among men. For they all lie in wait for blood; each one hunts his brother with a net.

Zechariah 14:21

Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holy to Jehovah of Hosts. And all those who sacrifice shall come and take of them, and boil in them. And in that day there shall no longer be a trader in the house of Jehovah of Hosts.

Zechariah 5:8

And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah. And he cast the lead stone over its opening.

Zechariah 7:9

So speaks Jehovah of Hosts, saying, Judge true judgment, and practice kindness and pity, each man to his brother.

Malachi 3:5

And I will come near you to judgment. And I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those who extort from the hired laborer's wages, and turning away the widow, and the orphan, the alien, and not fearing Me, says Jehovah of Hosts.

John 2:16

And He said to those who sold doves, Take these things away from here. Do not make My Father's house a house of merchandise.

James 5:4

Behold, the hire of the laborers reaping your fields cry out, being kept back by you. And the cries of those who have reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of hosts.

1 Samuel 12:3

Behold, here I am. Witness against me before Jehovah and before His anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Or whose ass have I taken? Or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Or from whose hand have I received a bribe, to blind my eyes with it? And I will restore it to you.