Hosea 12:8

New Living Translation

Israel boasts, “I am rich! I’ve made a fortune all by myself! No one has caught me cheating! My record is spotless!”

Cross References

Psalm 49:6

They trust in their wealth and boast of great riches.

Psalm 52:7

“Look what happens to mighty warriors who do not trust in God. They trust their wealth instead and grow more and more bold in their wickedness.”

Psalm 62:10

Don’t make your living by extortion or put your hope in stealing. And if your wealth increases, don’t make it the center of your life.

Proverbs 11:1

The Lord detests the use of dishonest scales, but he delights in accurate weights.

Proverbs 30:12

They are pure in their own eyes, but they are filthy and unwashed.

Proverbs 30:20

An adulterous woman consumes a man, then wipes her mouth and says, “What’s wrong with that?”

Jeremiah 2:23

“You say, ‘That’s not true! I haven’t worshiped the images of Baal!’ But how can you say that? Go and look in any valley in the land! Face the awful sins you have done. You are like a restless female camel desperately searching for a mate.

Jeremiah 2:35

And yet you say, ‘I have done nothing wrong. Surely God isn’t angry with me!’ But now I will punish you severely because you claim you have not sinned.

Jeremiah 5:27

Like a cage filled with birds, their homes are filled with evil plots. And now they are great and rich.

Ezekiel 28:5

Yes, your wisdom has made you very rich, and your riches have made you very proud.

Hosea 13:6

But when you had eaten and were satisfied, you became proud and forgot me.

Hosea 14:1

Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God, for your sins have brought you down.

Hosea 4:8

“When the people bring their sin offerings, the priests get fed. So the priests are glad when the people sin!

Amos 8:5

You can’t wait for the Sabbath day to be over and the religious festivals to end so you can get back to cheating the helpless. You measure out grain with dishonest measures and cheat the buyer with dishonest scales.

Habakkuk 1:16

Then they will worship their nets and burn incense in front of them. “These nets are the gods who have made us rich!” they will claim.

Zechariah 11:5

The buyers slaughter their sheep without remorse. The sellers say, ‘Praise the Lord! Now I’m rich!’ Even the shepherds have no compassion for them.

Malachi 2:17

You have wearied the Lord with your words. “How have we wearied him?” you ask. You have wearied him by saying that all who do evil are good in the Lord’s sight, and he is pleased with them. You have wearied him by asking, “Where is the God of justice?”

Malachi 3:13

“You have said terrible things about me,” says the Lord. “But you say, ‘What do you mean? What have we said against you?’

Luke 10:29

The man wanted to justify his actions, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

Luke 12:19

And I’ll sit back and say to myself, “My friend, you have enough stored away for years to come. Now take it easy! Eat, drink, and be merry!”’

Luke 16:13

“No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and be enslaved to money.”

Luke 16:15

Then he said to them, “You like to appear righteous in public, but God knows your hearts. What this world honors is detestable in the sight of God.

Deuteronomy 8:17

He did all this so you would never say to yourself, ‘I have achieved this wealth with my own strength and energy.’

1 Timothy 6:17

Teach those who are rich in this world not to be proud and not to trust in their money, which is so unreliable. Their trust should be in God, who richly gives us all we need for our enjoyment.

1 Timothy 6:5

These people always cause trouble. Their minds are corrupt, and they have turned their backs on the truth. To them, a show of godliness is just a way to become wealthy.

Revelation 3:17

You say, ‘I am rich. I have everything I want. I don’t need a thing!’ And you don’t realize that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked.