Hosea 8:4

New International Version

They set up kings without my consent; they choose princes without my approval. With their silver and gold they make idols for themselves to their own destruction.

Cross References

Hosea 13:2

Now they sin more and more; they make idols for themselves from their silver, cleverly fashioned images, all of them the work of craftsmen. It is said of these people, “They offer human sacrifices! They kiss calf-idols!”

Hosea 2:8

She has not acknowledged that I was the one who gave her the grain, the new wine and oil, who lavished on her the silver and gold— which they used for Baal.

1 Kings 16:31

He not only considered it trivial to commit the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, but he also married Jezebel daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and began to serve Baal and worship him.

Galatians 4:9

But now that you know God—or rather are known by God—how is it that you are turning back to those weak and miserable forces? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?

John 10:14

“I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me—

1 Kings 12:28

After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves. He said to the people, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Here are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.”

Luke 13:27

“But he will reply, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from. Away from me, all you evildoers!’

Luke 13:25

Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, ‘Sir, open the door for us.’ “But he will answer, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from.’

Matthew 25:12

“But he replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I don’t know you.’

Ezekiel 18:31

Rid yourselves of all the offenses you have committed, and get a new heart and a new spirit. Why will you die, people of Israel?

1 Kings 13:34

This was the sin of the house of Jeroboam that led to its downfall and to its destruction from the face of the earth.

Jeremiah 16:20

Do people make their own gods? Yes, but they are not gods!”

Daniel 3:1

King Nebuchadnezzar made an image of gold, sixty cubits high and six cubits wide, and set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.

Hosea 8:3

But Israel has rejected what is good; an enemy will pursue him.

Hosea 13:1

When Ephraim spoke, people trembled; he was exalted in Israel. But he became guilty of Baal worship and died.

Hosea 13:11

So in my anger I gave you a king, and in my wrath I took him away.