Hosea 7:16

New King James Version

They return, but not to the Most High; They are like a treacherous bow. Their princes shall fall by the sword For the cursings of their tongue. This shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.

Cross References

Psalm 12:3

May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, And the tongue that speaks proud things,

Psalm 12:4

Who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail; Our lips are our own; Who is lord over us?”

Psalm 12:5

“For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, Now I will arise,” says the Lord; “I will set him in the safety for which he yearns.”

Psalm 17:10

They have closed up their fat hearts; With their mouths they speak proudly.

Psalm 52:2

Your tongue devises destruction, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Psalm 57:4

My soul is among lions; I lie among the sons of men Who are set on fire, Whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.

Psalm 73:9

They set their mouth against the heavens, And their tongue walks through the earth.

Psalm 78:37

For their heart was not steadfast with Him, Nor were they faithful in His covenant.

Psalm 78:57

But turned back and acted unfaithfully like their fathers; They were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

Isaiah 3:8

For Jerusalem stumbled, And Judah is fallen, Because their tongue and their doings Are against the Lord, To provoke the eyes of His glory.

Jeremiah 18:18

Then they said, “Come and let us devise plans against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come and let us attack him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.”

Jeremiah 3:10

And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah has not turned to Me with her whole heart, but in pretense,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 42:18

“For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ‘As My anger and My fury have been poured out on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so will My fury be poured out on you when you enter Egypt. And you shall be an oath, an astonishment, a curse, and a reproach; and you shall see this place no more.’

Ezekiel 23:32

“Thus says the Lord God: ‘You shall drink of your sister’s cup, The deep and wide one; You shall be laughed to scorn And held in derision; It contains much.

Ezekiel 36:20

When they came to the nations, wherever they went, they profaned My holy name—when they said of them, ‘These are the people of the Lord, and yet they have gone out of His land.’

Daniel 7:25

He shall speak pompous words against the Most High, Shall persecute the saints of the Most High, And shall intend to change times and law. Then the saints shall be given into his hand For a time and times and half a time.

Hosea 11:5

“He shall not return to the land of Egypt; But the Assyrian shall be his king, Because they refused to repent.

Hosea 11:7

My people are bent on backsliding from Me. Though they call to the Most High, None at all exalt Him.

Hosea 6:4

“O Ephraim, what shall I do to you? O Judah, what shall I do to you? For your faithfulness is like a morning cloud, And like the early dew it goes away.

Hosea 7:13

“Woe to them, for they have fled from Me! Destruction to them, Because they have transgressed against Me! Though I redeemed them, Yet they have spoken lies against Me.

Hosea 9:3

They shall not dwell in the Lord’s land, But Ephraim shall return to Egypt, And shall eat unclean things in Assyria.

Hosea 9:4

They shall not offer wine offerings to the Lord, Nor shall their sacrifices be pleasing to Him. It shall be like bread of mourners to them; All who eat it shall be defiled. For their bread shall be for their own life; It shall not come into the house of the Lord.

Hosea 9:6

For indeed they are gone because of destruction. Egypt shall gather them up; Memphis shall bury them. Nettles shall possess their valuables of silver; Thorns shall be in their tents.

Malachi 3:13

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

Malachi 3:14

You have said, ‘It is useless to serve God; What profit is it that we have kept His ordinance, And that we have walked as mourners Before the Lord of hosts?

Matthew 12:36

But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.

Luke 8:13

But the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who believe for a while and in time of temptation fall away.

James 3:5

Even so the tongue is a little member and boasts great things. See how great a forest a little fire kindles!

2 Peter 2:8

(for that righteous man, dwelling among them, tormented his righteous soul from day to day by seeing and hearing their lawless deeds)—

Revelation 13:5

And he was given a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies, and he was given authority to continue for forty-two months.