Hosea 12:8

Tree of Life Version

A merchant loves to extort, with deceptive balances in his hand.

Cross References

Revelation 3:17

For you say, ‘I am rich, I have made myself wealthy, and I need nothing.’ But you do not know that you are miserable and pitiable and poor and blind and naked.

Psalm 62:10

Sons of Adam are a vapor, sons of man are an illusion. In balanced scales they go up— altogether they are less than a breath.

1 Timothy 6:5

and constant friction between people corrupted in mind and deprived of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain.

Zechariah 11:5

Their buyers slay them and go unpunished. Those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be Adonai, for I am rich!’ Their own shepherds do not spare them.

Proverbs 30:20

Such is the way of an adulteress: she eats, wipes her mouth and says, “I have done nothing wrong.”

Proverbs 30:12

There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes, and yet is not cleansed from its filth.

Psalm 52:7

God will pull you down forever, and snatch you, rip you out of your tent, and uproot you from the land of the living. Selah

Psalm 49:6

Why should I fear in evil days? when the iniquity of my deceivers surrounds me?

Deuteronomy 8:17

You may say in your heart, ‘My power and the might of my hand has made me this wealth.’

1 Timothy 6:17

Direct those who are rich in this present age not to be proud or to fix their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but rather on God—who richly provides us with everything to enjoy.

Luke 16:15

But He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before the people, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable in God’s sight.”

Luke 16:13

No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will stick by one and look down on the other. You cannot serve God and money.”

Luke 12:19

And I’ll say to myself, ’O my soul, you have plenty of goods saved up for many years! So take it easy! Eat, drink, and be merry.”’

Luke 10:29

But wanting to vindicate himself, he said to Yeshua, “Then who is my neighbor?”

Malachi 3:13

“Your words against Me are grievous,” says Adonai. Yet you say: “What did we say against You?”

Habakkuk 1:16

Therefore he sacrifices to his dragnet, and offers incense to his fishing-net. For through them his portion is rich and his food abundant.

Jeremiah 2:23

“How can you say, ‘I am not defiled— I have not gone after the Baalim? Look at your behavior in the Valley! Recognize what you have done. You are a swift young camel galloping aimlessly,

Jeremiah 2:35

you say, ‘I am innocent— surely His anger is turned away from me?’ See, I will pass judgment on you, since you say: ‘I haven’t sinned!’

Malachi 2:17

You wearied Adonai with your words. Yet you say: “How did we weary Him?” When you say: “Everyone doing evil is good in the sight of Adonai, and He delights in them.” Or, “Where is the God of justice?”

Ezekiel 28:5

In your great skill, by your trade, you have increased your wealth, so your heart is exalted by your wealth.’”

Hosea 4:8

They feed on the sin of My people and relish their iniquity.

Hosea 13:6

While they were fed, they were satisfied. Filled, their hearts became haughty. Therefore they forgot Me.

Hosea 14:1

Samaria will bear her guilt, for she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword, their infants dashed to pieces, their pregnant women ripped open.

Proverbs 11:1

Dishonest scales are an abomination to Adonai, but an accurate weight is His delight.

Jeremiah 5:27

As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. That is why they grew great and rich.

Amos 8:5

saying: ‘When will the New Moon be over, so we may sell grain? Or Shabbat, so we may open the wheat market? —Let’s reduce the ephah measure and increase the shekel, cheat with deceitful balances,