Hosea 12:8

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Ephraim has said, “Ah, but I am rich, I have gained wealth for myself”; but all his riches can never offset the guilt he has incurred.

Cross References

Psalm 49:6

men who trust in their wealth and boast of the abundance of their riches?

Psalm 52:7

“See the man who would not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and sought refuge in his wealth!”

Psalm 62:10

Put no confidence in extortion, set no vain hopes on robbery; if riches increase, set not your heart on them.

Proverbs 11:1

A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, but a just weight is his delight.

Proverbs 30:12

There are those who are pure in their own eyes but are not cleansed of their filth.

Proverbs 30:20

This is the way of an adulteress: she eats, and wipes her mouth, and says, “I have done no wrong.”

Jeremiah 2:23

How can you say, ‘I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baals’? Look at your way in the valley; know what you have done— a restive young camel interlacing her tracks,

Jeremiah 2:35

you say, ‘I am innocent; surely his anger has turned from me.’ Behold, I will bring you to judgment for saying, ‘I have not sinned.’

Jeremiah 5:27

Like a basket full of birds, their houses are full of treachery; therefore they have become great and rich,

Ezekiel 28:5

by your great wisdom in trade you have increased your wealth, and your heart has become proud in your wealth—

Hosea 13:6

but when they had fed to the full, they were filled, and their heart was lifted up; therefore they forgot me.

Hosea 14:1

Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God, for you have stumbled because of your iniquity.

Hosea 4:8

They feed on the sin of my people; they are greedy for their iniquity.

Amos 8:5

saying, “When will the new moon be over, that we may sell grain? And the sabbath, that we may offer wheat for sale, that we may make the ephah small and the shekel great, and deal deceitfully with false balances,

Habakkuk 1:16

Therefore he sacrifices to his net and burns incense to his seine; for by them he lives in luxury, and his food is rich.

Zechariah 11:5

Those who buy them slay them and go unpunished; and those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be the Lord, I have become rich’; and their own shepherds have no pity on them.

Malachi 2:17

You have wearied the Lord with your words. Yet you say, “How have we wearied him?” By saying, “Every one who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and he delights in them.” Or by asking, “Where is the God of justice?”

Malachi 3:13

“Your words have been stout against me, says the Lord. Yet you say, ‘How have we spoken against thee?’

Luke 10:29

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

Luke 12:19

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

Luke 16:13

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

Luke 16:15

But he said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts; for what is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

Deuteronomy 8:17

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

1 Timothy 6:17

As for the rich in this world, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on uncertain riches but on God who richly furnishes us with everything to enjoy.

1 Timothy 6:5

and wrangling among men who are depraved in mind and bereft of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means of gain.

Revelation 3:17

For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing; not knowing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked.