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Hosea 12:8

New King James Version

And Ephraim said, ‘Surely I have become rich, I have found wealth for myself; In all my labors They shall find in me no iniquity that is sin.’

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Those who trust in their wealth And boast in the multitude of their riches,

“Here is the man who did not make God his strength, But trusted in the abundance of his riches, And strengthened himself in his wickedness.”

Do not trust in oppression, Nor vainly hope in robbery; If riches increase, Do not set your heart on them.

Dishonest scales are an abomination to the Lord, But a just weight is His delight.

There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes, Yet is not washed from its filthiness.

This is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth, And says, “I have done no wickedness.”

“How can you say, ‘I am not polluted, I have not gone after the Baals’? See your way in the valley; Know what you have done: You are a swift dromedary breaking loose in her ways,

Yet you say, ‘Because I am innocent, Surely His anger shall turn from me.’ Behold, I will plead My case against you, Because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’

As a cage is full of birds, So their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become great and grown rich.

By your great wisdom in trade you have increased your riches, And your heart is lifted up because of your riches),”

When they had pasture, they were filled; They were filled and their heart was exalted; Therefore they forgot Me.

O Israel, return to the Lord your God, For you have stumbled because of your iniquity;

They eat up the sin of My people; They set their heart on their iniquity.

Saying: “When will the New Moon be past, That we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, That we may trade wheat? Making the ephah small and the shekel large, Falsifying the scales by deceit,

Therefore they sacrifice to their net, And burn incense to their dragnet; Because by them their share is sumptuous And their food plentiful.

whose owners slaughter them and feel no guilt; those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be the Lord, for I am rich’; and their shepherds do not pity them.

You have wearied the Lord with your words; Yet you say, “In what way have we wearied Him?” In that you say, “Everyone who does evil Is good in the sight of the Lord, And He delights in them,” Or, “Where is the God of justice?”

“Your words have been harsh against Me,” Says the Lord, “Yet you say, ‘What have we spoken against You?’

But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; eat, drink, and be merry.” ’

“No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.”

And He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly esteemed among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

then you say in your heart, ‘My power and the might of my hand have gained me this wealth.’

Command those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy.

useless wranglings of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. From such withdraw yourself.

Because you say, ‘I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing’—and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked—




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