Hosea 8:7

New Century Version

“Israel’s foolish plans are like planting the wind, but they will harvest a storm. Like a stalk with no head of grain, it produces nothing. Even if it produced something, other nations would eat it.

Cross References

Genesis 41:23

Then seven more heads of grain sprang up after them, but these heads were thin and ugly and were burned by the hot east wind.

2 Kings 15:19

Pul king of Assyria came to attack the land. Menahem gave him about seventy-four thousand pounds of silver so Pul would support him and make his hold on the kingdom stronger.

2 Kings 15:29

Tiglath-Pileser was king of Assyria. He attacked while Pekah was king of Israel, capturing the cities of Ijon, Abel Beth Maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, and Hazor. He also captured Gilead and Galilee and all the land of Naphtali and carried the people away to Assyria.

Job 4:8

I have noticed that people who plow evil and plant trouble, harvest it.

Proverbs 22:8

Those who plan evil will receive trouble. Their cruel anger will come to an end.

Ecclesiastes 5:16

This, too, is real misery: They leave just as they came. So what do they gain from chasing the wind?

Isaiah 17:11

You plant your grapevines one day and try to make them grow, and the next day you make them blossom. But at harvest time everything will be dead; a sickness will kill all the plants.

Isaiah 55:2

Why spend your money on something that is not real food? Why work for something that doesn’t really satisfy you? Listen closely to me, and you will eat what is good; your soul will enjoy the rich food that satisfies.

Isaiah 66:15

Look, the Lord is coming with fire and his armies with clouds of dust. He will punish those people with his anger; he will punish them with flames of fire.

Jeremiah 12:13

The people have planted wheat, but they have harvested only thorns. They have worked hard until they were very tired, but they have nothing for all their work. They are ashamed of their poor harvest, because the Lord’s terrible anger has caused this.”

Lamentations 5:2

Our land has been turned over to strangers; our houses have been given to foreigners.

Hosea 2:9

“So I will come back and take away my grain at harvest time and my new wine when it is ready. I will take back my wool and linen that covered her nakedness.

Hosea 7:9

Foreign nations have eaten up his strength, but he doesn’t know it. Israel is weak and feeble, like an old man, but he doesn’t know it.

Hosea 9:16

Israel is beaten down; its root is dying, and it has no fruit. If they have more children, I will kill the children they love.”

Nahum 1:3

The Lord does not become angry quickly, and his power is great. The Lord will not let the guilty go unpunished. Where the Lord goes, there are whirlwinds and storms, and the clouds are the dust beneath his feet.

Haggai 1:6

You have planted much, but you harvest little. You eat, but you do not become full. You drink, but you are still thirsty. You put on clothes, but you are not warm enough. You earn money, but then you lose it all as if you had put it into a purse full of holes.”

Galatians 6:7

Do not be fooled: You cannot cheat God. People harvest only what they plant.

Galatians 6:8

If they plant to satisfy their sinful selves, their sinful selves will bring them ruin. But if they plant to please the Spirit, they will receive eternal life from the Spirit.

Deuteronomy 28:33

People you don’t know will eat the crops your land and hard work have produced. You will be mistreated and abused all your life.