Hosea 12:8

New International Version

Ephraim boasts, “I am very rich; I have become wealthy. With all my wealth they will not find in me any iniquity or sin.”

Cross References

Psalm 49:6

those who trust in their wealth and boast of their great riches?

Psalm 52:7

“Here now is the man who did not make God his stronghold but trusted in his great wealth and grew strong by destroying others!”

Psalm 62:10

Do not trust in extortion or put vain hope in stolen goods; though your riches increase, do not set your heart on them.

Proverbs 11:1

The Lord detests dishonest scales, but accurate weights find favor with him.

Proverbs 30:12

those who are pure in their own eyes and yet are not cleansed of their filth;

Proverbs 30:20

“This is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, ‘I’ve done nothing wrong.’

Jeremiah 2:23

“How can you say, ‘I am not defiled; I have not run after the Baals’? See how you behaved in the valley; consider what you have done. You are a swift she-camel running here and there,

Jeremiah 2:35

you say, ‘I am innocent; he is not angry with me.’ But I will pass judgment on you because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’

Jeremiah 5:27

Like cages full of birds, their houses are full of deceit; they have become rich and powerful

Ezekiel 28:5

By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, and because of your wealth your heart has grown proud.

Hosea 13:6

When I fed them, they were satisfied; when they were satisfied, they became proud; then they forgot me.

Hosea 14:1

Return, Israel, to the Lord your God. Your sins have been your downfall!

Hosea 4:8

They feed on the sins of my people and relish their wickedness.

Amos 8:5

saying, “When will the New Moon be over that we may sell grain, and the Sabbath be ended that we may market wheat?”— skimping on the measure, boosting the price and cheating with dishonest scales,

Habakkuk 1:16

Therefore he sacrifices to his net and burns incense to his dragnet, for by his net he lives in luxury and enjoys the choicest food.

Zechariah 11:5

Their buyers slaughter them and go unpunished. Those who sell them say, ‘Praise the Lord, I am rich!’ Their own shepherds do not spare them.

Malachi 2:17

You have wearied the Lord with your words. “How have we wearied him?” you ask. By saying, “All who do evil are good in the eyes of the Lord, and he is pleased with them” or “Where is the God of justice?”

Malachi 3:13

“You have spoken arrogantly against me,” says the Lord. “Yet you ask, ‘What have we said against you?’

Luke 10:29

But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

Luke 12:19

And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.” ’

Luke 16:13

“No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”

Luke 16:15

He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of others, but God knows your hearts. What people value highly is detestable in God’s sight.

Deuteronomy 8:17

You may say to yourself, “My power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me.”

1 Timothy 6:17

Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.

1 Timothy 6:5

and constant friction between people of corrupt mind, who have been robbed of the truth and who think that godliness is a means to financial gain.

Revelation 3:17

You say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked.