Hosea 12:7

The Scriptures 1998

A merchant! In his hand are scales of deceit, he loved to oppress.

Cross References

Proverbs 11:1

A false scale is an abomination to יהוה, But a perfect weight is His delight.

James 5:4

See, the wages of the workmen who mowed your fields, which you kept back, cry out. And the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of יהוה  of hosts.

John 2:16

And He said to those selling doves, “Take these away! Do not make the house of My Father a house of merchandise!”

Malachi 3:5

“And I shall draw near to you for right-ruling. And I shall be a swift witness against the practisers of witchcraft, and against adulterers, and against them that swear to falsehood, and against those who oppress the wage earner in his wages and widows and the fatherless, and those who turn away a sojourner and do not fear Me,” said יהוה  of hosts.

Zechariah 14:21

And every pot in Yerushalayim and Yehuḏ

Micah 7:2

The kind one has perished from the earth, and there is no one straight among men. All of them lie in wait for blood, everyone hunts his brother with a net.

Amos 5:11

Therefore, because you trample on the poor and take grain taxes from him – you have built houses of hewn stone but you are not going to dwell in them, you have planted pleasant vineyards but not drink wine from them.

Amos 4:1

Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Shomeron, who are oppressing the poor, who are crushing the needy, who are saying to their masters, “Bring wine, let us drink!”

Amos 3:9

“Cry out at the palaces in Ashdoḏ

Amos 2:7

who crush the head of the poor ones in the dust of the earth, and turn aside the way of the meek. And a man and his father go in to the same girl, to defile My set-apart Name.

Ezekiel 22:29

“The people of the land have practised oppression, and committed robbery, and have wronged the poor and needy. And they oppressed the stranger without right-ruling.

Ezekiel 16:3

and say, ‘Thus said the Master יהוה  to Yerushalayim, “Your origin and your birth are from the land of Kenaʽ

Isaiah 3:5

And the people shall exert pressure, man on man, man on his neighbour; the young rise up against the older, and the lightly esteemed against the highly esteemed.”

Proverbs 16:11

A right scale and balances are of יהוה ; All the weights in the bag are His work.

1 Samuel 12:3

“Look, here I am. Witness against me before יהוה  and before His anointed: Whose ox have I taken, or whose donkey have I taken, or whom have I oppressed? Whom have I abused, or from whose hand have I received any bribe with which to blind my eyes? – then I restore it to you.”

Micah 2:1

Woe to those plotting wickedness, and working out evil upon their beds! In the light of the morning they practise it, because it is in the might of their hand.

Ezekiel 28:5

“By your great wisdom, by your trade you have increased your riches, and your heart is lifted up because of your riches.”

Zechariah 5:8

And he said, “This is Wrongness!” And he threw her down into the ĕ

Genesis 49:18

“I have waited for your deliverance, O יהוה!

Isaiah 56:1

Thus said יהוה, “Guard right-ruling, and do righteousness, for near is My deliverance to come, and My righteousness to be revealed.

Hosea 14:2

Take words with you, and return to יהוה. Say to Him, “Take away all crookedness, and accept what is good, and we render the bulls of our lips.

Joel 2:12

“Yet even now,” declares יהוה, “turn to Me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning.”

Zechariah 7:9

“Thus said יהוה  of hosts, ‘Execute true right-ruling, show kindness and compassion everyone to his brother.