Hosea 8:7

The Scriptures 2009

“For they sow the wind, and reap the whirlwind. The stalk has no bud, it yields no grain. If it does yield, strangers swallow it up.

Cross References

Genesis 41:23

then saw seven heads, withered, lean, scorched by the east wind, coming up after them.

2 Kings 15:19

Pul the sovereign of Ashshur came against the land. And Menaḥĕm gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, for his hand to be with him to strengthen the reign in his hand.

2 Kings 15:29

In the days of Peqaḥ sovereign of Yisra’ĕl, Tiḡlath-Pileser sovereign of Ashshur came and took Iyon, and Aḇĕl Bĕyth Ma‛aḵah, and Yanowaḥ, and Qeḏesh, and Ḥatsor, and Gil‛aḏ, and Galil, all the land of Naphtali, and took them into exile to Ashshur.

Job 4:8

According to what I have seen, those who plough wickedness and sow suffering reap the same.

Proverbs 22:8

He who sows unrighteousness reaps trouble, And the rod of his wrath perishes.

Ecclesiastes 5:16

And this too is a grievous evil – exactly as he came, so he goes. And what gain has he since he toiled for the wind?

Isaiah 17:11

by day make your plant to grow, and in the morning make your seed to flourish – but the harvest is a heap in the day of grief and incurable pain.

Isaiah 55:2

“Why do you weigh out silver for what is not bread, and your labour for what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to Me, and eat what is good, and let your being delight itself in fatness.

Isaiah 66:15

“For look, יהוה comes with fire and with His chariots, like a whirlwind, to render His displeasure with burning, and His rebuke with flames of fire.

Jeremiah 12:13

“They have sown wheat but reaped thorns, they have exhausted themselves – they do not profit. And they shall be ashamed of your harvest because of the burning displeasure of יהוה.”

Lamentations 5:2

Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, And our houses to foreigners.

Hosea 2:9

“Therefore I shall turn back and shall take my grain in its time and My new wine in its appointed time, and I shall take away My wool and My linen covering her nakedness.

Hosea 7:9

“Strangers have devoured his strength, but he does not know it. Grey hairs are also sprinkled on him, and he does not know it.

Hosea 9:16

“Ephrayim has been stricken, their root has dried up, they yield no fruit. Even if they bear children, I shall put to death the precious ones of their womb.”

Nahum 1:3

יהוה is patient and great in power, but by no means leaves unpunished. יהוה has His way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of His feet.

Haggai 1:6

“You have sown much, but brought in little; eat, but do not have enough; drink, but you are not filled with drink; clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; and he who earns wages, earns wages to put into a bag with holes.”

Galatians 6:7

Do not be led astray: Elohim is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he shall also reap.

Galatians 6:8

Because he who sows to his own flesh shall reap corruption from the flesh, but he who sows to the Spirit shall reap everlasting life from the Spirit.

Deuteronomy 28:33

“A people whom you have not known eat the fruit of your land and all your labours. And you shall be only oppressed and crushed all the days.