Hosea 7:16

New Living Translation

They look everywhere except to the Most High. They are as useless as a crooked bow. Their leaders will be killed by their enemies because of their insolence toward me. Then the people of Egypt will laugh at them.

Cross References

Psalm 12:3

May the Lord cut off their flattering lips and silence their boastful tongues.

Psalm 12:4

They say, “We will lie to our hearts’ content. Our lips are our own—who can stop us?”

Psalm 12:5

The Lord replies, “I have seen violence done to the helpless, and I have heard the groans of the poor. Now I will rise up to rescue them, as they have longed for me to do.”

Psalm 17:10

They are without pity. Listen to their boasting!

Psalm 52:2

All day long you plot destruction. Your tongue cuts like a sharp razor; you’re an expert at telling lies.

Psalm 57:4

I am surrounded by fierce lions who greedily devour human prey— whose teeth pierce like spears and arrows, and whose tongues cut like swords.

Psalm 73:9

They boast against the very heavens, and their words strut throughout the earth.

Psalm 78:37

Their hearts were not loyal to him. They did not keep his covenant.

Psalm 78:57

They turned back and were as faithless as their parents. They were as undependable as a crooked bow.

Isaiah 3:8

For Jerusalem will stumble, and Judah will fall, because they speak out against the Lord and refuse to obey him. They provoke him to his face.

Jeremiah 18:18

Then the people said, “Come on, let’s plot a way to stop Jeremiah. We have plenty of priests and wise men and prophets. We don’t need him to teach the word and give us advice and prophecies. Let’s spread rumors about him and ignore what he says.”

Jeremiah 3:10

But despite all this, her faithless sister Judah has never sincerely returned to me. She has only pretended to be sorry. I, the Lord, have spoken!”

Jeremiah 42:18

“This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘Just as my anger and fury have been poured out on the people of Jerusalem, so they will be poured out on you when you enter Egypt. You will be an object of damnation, horror, cursing, and mockery. And you will never see your homeland again.’

Ezekiel 23:32

“Yes, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: “You will drink from your sister’s cup of terror, a cup that is large and deep. It is filled to the brim with scorn and derision.

Ezekiel 36:20

But when they were scattered among the nations, they brought shame on my holy name. For the nations said, ‘These are the people of the Lord, but he couldn’t keep them safe in his own land!’

Daniel 7:25

He will defy the Most High and oppress the holy people of the Most High. He will try to change their sacred festivals and laws, and they will be placed under his control for a time, times, and half a time.

Hosea 11:5

“But since my people refuse to return to me, they will return to Egypt and will be forced to serve Assyria.

Hosea 11:7

For my people are determined to desert me. They call me the Most High, but they don’t truly honor me.

Hosea 6:4

“O Israel and Judah, what should I do with you?” asks the Lord. “For your love vanishes like the morning mist and disappears like dew in the sunlight.

Hosea 7:13

“What sorrow awaits those who have deserted me! Let them die, for they have rebelled against me. I wanted to redeem them, but they have told lies about me.

Hosea 9:3

You may no longer stay here in the Lord’s land. Instead, you will return to Egypt, and in Assyria you will eat food that is ceremonially unclean.

Hosea 9:4

There you will make no offerings of wine to the Lord. None of your sacrifices there will please him. They will be unclean, like food touched by a person in mourning. All who present such sacrifices will be defiled. They may eat this food themselves, but they may not offer it to the Lord.

Hosea 9:6

Even if you escape destruction from Assyria, Egypt will conquer you, and Memphis will bury you. Nettles will take over your treasures of silver; thistles will invade your ruined homes.

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?’

Malachi 3:14

“You have said, ‘What’s the use of serving God? What have we gained by obeying his commands or by trying to show the Lord of Heaven’s Armies that we are sorry for our sins?

Matthew 12:36

And I tell you this, you must give an account on judgment day for every idle word you speak.

Luke 8:13

The seeds on the rocky soil represent those who hear the message and receive it with joy. But since they don’t have deep roots, they believe for a while, then they fall away when they face temptation.

James 3:5

In the same way, the tongue is a small thing that makes grand speeches. But a tiny spark can set a great forest on fire.

2 Peter 2:8

Yes, Lot was a righteous man who was tormented in his soul by the wickedness he saw and heard day after day.

Revelation 13:5

Then the beast was allowed to speak great blasphemies against God. And he was given authority to do whatever he wanted for forty-two months.