Hosea 7:16

New Century Version

They did not turn to the Most High God. They are like a loose bow that can’t shoot. Because their leaders brag about their strength, they will be killed with swords, and the people in Egypt will laugh at them.

Cross References

Psalm 12:3

The Lord will stop those flattering lips and cut off those bragging tongues.

Psalm 12:4

They say, “Our tongues will help us win. We can say what we wish; no one is our master.”

Psalm 12:5

But the Lord says, “I will now rise up, because the poor are being hurt. Because of the moans of the helpless, I will give them the help they want.”

Psalm 17:10

They are selfish and brag about themselves.

Psalm 52:2

You think up evil plans. Your tongue is like a sharp razor, making up lies.

Psalm 57:4

Enemies, like lions, are all around me; I must lie down among them. Their teeth are like spears and arrows, their tongues as sharp as swords.

Psalm 73:9

They brag to the sky. They say that they own the earth.

Psalm 78:37

Their hearts were not really loyal to God; they did not keep his agreement.

Psalm 78:57

They turned away and were disloyal just like their ancestors. They were like a crooked bow that does not shoot straight.

Isaiah 3:8

This will happen because Jerusalem has stumbled, and Judah has fallen. The things they say and do are against the Lord; they turn against him.

Jeremiah 18:18

Then the people said, “Come, let’s make plans against Jeremiah. Surely the teaching of the law by the priest will not be lost. We will still have the advice from the wise teachers and the words of the prophets. So let’s ruin him by telling lies about him. We won’t pay attention to anything he says.”

Jeremiah 3:10

Israel’s wicked sister didn’t even come back to me with her whole heart, but only pretended,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 42:18

“This is what the Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, says: ‘I showed my anger against the people of Jerusalem. In the same way I will show my anger against you when you go to Egypt. Other nations will speak evil of you. People will be shocked by what will happen to you. You will become a curse word, and people will insult you. And you will never see Judah again.’

Ezekiel 23:32

“This is what the Lord God says: You will drink the same cup your sister did, and that cup is deep and wide. Everyone will make fun of you, because the cup is full.

Ezekiel 36:20

They dishonored my holy name in the nations where they went. The nations said about them ‘These are the people of the Lord, but they had to leave the land which he gave them.’

Daniel 7:25

This king will speak against the Most High God, and he will hurt and kill God’s holy people. He will try to change times and laws that have already been set. The holy people that belong to God will be in that king’s power for three and one-half years.

Hosea 11:5

“The Israelites will become captives again, as they were in Egypt, and Assyria will become their king, because they refuse to turn back to God.

Hosea 11:7

My people have made up their minds to turn away from me. The prophets call them to turn to me, but none of them honors me at all.

Hosea 6:4

The Lord says, “Israel, what should I do with you? Judah, what should I do with you? Your faithfulness is like a morning mist, like the dew that goes away early in the day.

Hosea 7:13

How terrible for them because they left me! They will be destroyed, because they turned against me. I want to save them, but they have spoken lies against me.

Hosea 9:3

The people will not stay in the Lord’s land. Israel will return to being captives as they were in Egypt, and in Assyria they will eat food that they are not allowed to eat.

Hosea 9:4

The Israelites will not give offerings of wine to the Lord; they will not give him sacrifices. Their sacrifices will be like food that is eaten at a funeral; it is unclean, and everyone who eats it becomes unclean. Their food will only satisfy their hunger; they cannot sacrifice it in the Temple.

Hosea 9:6

Even if the people are not destroyed, Egypt will capture them; Memphis will bury them. Weeds will grow over their silver treasures, and thorns will drive them out of their tents.

Malachi 3:13

The Lord says, “You have said terrible things about me. “But you ask, ‘What have we said about you?’

Malachi 3:14

“You have said, ‘It is useless to serve God. It did no good to obey his laws and to show the Lord All-Powerful that we were sorry for what we did.

Matthew 12:36

And I tell you that on the Judgment Day people will be responsible for every careless thing they have said.

Luke 8:13

The seed that fell on rock is like those who hear God’s teaching and accept it gladly, but they don’t allow the teaching to go deep into their lives. They believe for a while, but when trouble comes, they give up.

James 3:5

It is the same with the tongue. It is a small part of the body, but it brags about great things. A big forest fire can be started with only a little flame.

2 Peter 2:8

(Lot was a good man, but because he lived with evil people every day, his good heart was hurt by the evil things he saw and heard.)

Revelation 13:5

The beast was allowed to say proud words and words against God, and it was allowed to use its power for forty-two months.