Hosea 6:9

New Century Version

The priests are like robbers waiting to attack people; they murder people on the road to Shechem and do wicked things.

Cross References

Genesis 12:6

Abram traveled through that land as far as the great tree of Moreh at Shechem. The Canaanites were living in the land at that time.

1 Kings 12:25

Then Jeroboam made Shechem in the mountains of Ephraim a very strong city, and he lived there. He also went to the city of Peniel and made it stronger.

Ezra 8:31

On the twelfth day of the first month we left the Ahava Canal and started toward Jerusalem. Our God helped us and protected us from enemies and robbers along the way.

Jeremiah 11:9

Then the Lord said to me, “I know the people of Judah and those living in Jerusalem have made secret plans.

Ezekiel 22:25

Like a roaring lion that tears the animal it has caught, Israel’s rulers make evil plans. They have destroyed lives and have taken treasure and valuable things. They have caused many women to become widows.

Ezekiel 22:27

Like wolves tearing a dead animal, Jerusalem’s leaders have killed people for profit.

Ezekiel 22:9

The men in you tell lies to cause the death of others. The people in you eat food offered to idols at the mountain places of worship, and they take part in sexual sins.

Ezekiel 23:27

I will put a stop to the sinful life you began when you were in Egypt so that you will not desire it or remember Egypt anymore.

Hosea 2:10

So I will show her nakedness to her lovers, and no one will save her from me.

Hosea 4:2

Cursing, lying, killing, stealing and adultery are everywhere. One murder follows another.

Hosea 5:1

“Listen, you priests. Pay attention, people of Israel. Listen, royal family, because you will all be judged. You have been like a trap at Mizpah and like a net spread out at Mount Tabor.

Hosea 5:2

You have done many evil things, so I will punish you all.

Hosea 7:1

When I heal Israel, Israel’s sin will go away, and so will Samaria’s evil. “They cheat a lot! Thieves break into houses, and robbers are in the streets.

Micah 3:9

Leaders of Jacob and rulers of Israel, listen to me, you who hate fairness and twist what is right.

Micah 7:2

All of the faithful people are gone; there is not one good person left in this country. Everyone is waiting to kill someone; everyone is trying to trap someone else.

Zephaniah 3:3

Its officers are like roaring lions. Its rulers are like hungry wolves that attack in the evening, and in the morning nothing is left of those they attacked.

Mark 14:1

It was now only two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. The leading priests and teachers of the law were trying to find a trick to arrest Jesus and kill him.

John 11:47

Then the leading priests and Pharisees called a meeting of the council. They asked, “What should we do? This man is doing many miracles.

Acts 4:24

When the believers heard this, they prayed to God together, “Lord, you are the One who made the sky, the earth, the sea, and everything in them.