Hosea 7:16

The English Standar Version

They return, but not upward;[2] they are like a treacherous bow; their princes shall fall by the sword because of the insolence of their tongue. This shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.

Cross References

Hosea 9:3

They shall not remain in the land of the LORD, but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean food in Assyria.

Psalm 78:57

but turned away and acted treacherously like their fathers; they twisted like a deceitful bow.

Ezekiel 23:32

Thus says the Lord GOD: "You shall drink your sister's cup that is deep and large; you shall be laughed at and held in derision, for it contains much;

Psalm 73:9

They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongue struts through the earth.

Hosea 9:6

For behold, they are going away from destruction; but Egypt shall gather them; Memphis shall bury them. Nettles shall possess their precious things of silver; thorns shall be in their tents.

Psalm 12:4

those who say, "With our tongue we will prevail, our lips are with us; who is master over us?"

Revelation 13:5

And the beast was given a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for forty-two months.

2 Peter 2:8

(for as that righteous man lived among them day after day, he was tormenting his righteous soul over their lawless deeds that he saw and heard);

James 3:5

So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire!

Luke 8:13

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

Matthew 12:36

I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak,

Hosea 11:7

My people are bent on turning away from me, and though they call out to the Most High, he shall not raise them up at all.

Hosea 7:13

Woe to them, for they have strayed from me! Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against me! I would redeem them, but they speak lies against me.

Hosea 6:4

What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? Your love is like a morning cloud, like the dew that goes early away.

Ezekiel 36:20

But when they came to the nations, wherever they came, they profaned my holy name, in that people said of them, 'These are the people of the LORD, and yet they had to go out of his land.'

Jeremiah 18:18

Then they said, "Come, let us make plots against Jeremiah, for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not pay attention to any of his words."

Jeremiah 3:10

Yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah did not return to me with her whole heart, but in pretense, declares the LORD."

Isaiah 3:8

For Jerusalem has stumbled, and Judah has fallen, because their speech and their deeds are against the LORD, defying his glorious presence.[4]

Psalm 78:37

Their heart was not steadfast toward him; they were not faithful to his covenant.

Psalm 57:4

My soul is in the midst of lions; I lie down amid fiery beasts -- the children of man, whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.

Psalm 52:2

Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit.

Psalm 12:3

May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that makes great boasts,

Psalm 17:10

They close their hearts to pity; with their mouths they speak arrogantly.

Daniel 7:25

He shall speak words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High, and shall think to change the times and the law; and they shall be given into his hand for a time, times, and half a time.

Hosea 11:5

They shall not[2] return to the land of Egypt, but Assyria shall be their king, because they have refused to return to me.

Malachi 3:13

"Your words have been hard against me, says the LORD. But you say, 'How have we spoken against you?'

Malachi 3:14

You have said, 'It is vain to serve God. What is the profit of our keeping his charge or of walking as in mourning before the LORD of hosts?

Psalm 12:5

"Because the poor are plundered, because the needy groan, I will now arise," says the LORD; "I will place him in the safety for which he longs."

Jeremiah 42:18

"For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: As my anger and my wrath were poured out on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so my wrath will be poured out on you when you go to Egypt. You shall become an execration, a horror, a curse, and a taunt. You shall see this place no more.

Hosea 9:4

They shall not pour drink offerings of wine to the LORD, and their sacrifices shall not please him. It shall be like mourners' bread to them; all who eat of it shall be defiled; for their bread shall be for their hunger only; it shall not come to the house of the LORD.