Hosea 7:3

American Standard Version (1901)

They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.

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Referenced Verses

  • Mic 7:3 : 3 Their hands are upon that which is evil to do it diligently; the prince asketh, and the judge [is ready] for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth the evil desire of his soul: thus they weave it together.
  • Rom 1:32 : 32 who, knowing the ordinance of God, that they that practise such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also consent with them that practise them.
  • Jer 28:1-4 : 1 And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, in the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azzur, the prophet, who was of Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of Jehovah, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying, 2 Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon. 3 Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of Jehovah's house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried to Babylon: 4 and I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went to Babylon, saith Jehovah; for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.
  • Jer 37:19 : 19 Where now are your prophets that prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?
  • Hos 4:2 : 2 There is nought but swearing and breaking faith, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery; they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
  • Hos 5:11 : 11 Ephraim is oppressed, he is crushed in judgment; because he was content to walk after [man's] command.
  • Hos 7:5 : 5 On the day of our king the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine; he stretched out his hand with scoffers.
  • Amos 7:10-13 : 10 Then Amaziah the priest of Beth-el sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words. 11 For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land. 12 Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thou away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there: 13 but prophesy not again any more at Beth-el; for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a royal house.
  • Mic 6:16 : 16 For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I may make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof a hissing: and ye shall bear the reproach of my people.
  • 1 Kgs 22:6 : 6 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.
  • 1 Kgs 22:13 : 13 And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets [declare] good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak thou good.
  • Jer 5:31 : 31 the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?
  • Jer 9:2 : 2 Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging-place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
  • 1 John 4:5 : 5 They are of the world: therefore speak they [as] of the world, and the world heareth them.

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  • 3Their hands are upon that which is evil to do it diligently; the prince asketh, and the judge [is ready] for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth the evil desire of his soul: thus they weave it together.

  • Hos 7:4-7
    4 verses
    78%

    4They are all adulterers; they are as an oven heated by the baker; he ceaseth to stir [the fire], from the kneading of the dough, until it be leavened.

    5On the day of our king the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine; he stretched out his hand with scoffers.

    6For they have made ready their heart like an oven, while they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.

    7They are all hot as an oven, and devour their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me.

  • 2And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now have their own doings beset them about; they are before my face.

  • 14Who rejoice to do evil, And delight in the perverseness of evil;

  • 3And they bend their tongue, [as it were] their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith Jehovah.

  • 4They only consult to thrust him down from his dignity; They delight in lies; They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. {{Selah

  • 9The show of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have done evil unto themselves.

  • 12If a ruler hearkeneth to falsehood, All his servants are wicked.

  • 20Deceit is in the heart of them that devise evil; But to the counsellors of peace is joy.

  • 5And they will deceive every one his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves to commit iniquity.

  • Ps 5:9-10
    2 verses
    73%

    9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; Their inward part is very wickedness; Their throat is an open sepulchre; They flatter with their tongue.

    10Hold them guilty, O God; Let them fall by their own counsels; Thrust them out in the multitude of their transgressions; For they have rebelled against thee.

  • 12For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

  • 2They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor: With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.

  • 35They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, And their heart prepareth deceit.

  • 2For their heart studieth oppression, And their lips talk of mischief.

  • 3Draw me not away with the wicked, And with the workers of iniquity; That speak peace with their neighbors, But mischief is in their hearts.

  • 22Lying lips are an abomination to Jehovah; But they that deal truly are his delight.

  • 22Because with lies ye have grieved the heart of the righteous, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, and be saved alive;

  • 3For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, And the covetous renounceth, [yea], contemneth Jehovah.

  • 36But they flattered him with their mouth, And lied unto him with their tongue.

  • Ps 73:7-8
    2 verses
    72%

    7Their eyes stand out with fatness: They have more than heart could wish.

    8They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression: They speak loftily.

  • 7Excellent speech becometh not a fool; Much less do lying lips a prince.

  • 3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: He hath ceased to be wise [and] to do good.

  • 7The violence of the wicked shall sweep them away, Because they refuse to do justice.

  • Hos 7:15-16
    2 verses
    72%

    15Though I have taught and strengthened their arms, yet do they devise mischief against me.

    16They return, but not to [him that is] on high; they are like a deceitful bow; their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.

  • 8Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.

  • 13For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.

  • 13Woe unto them! for they have wandered from me; destruction unto them! for they have trespassed against me: though I would redeem them, yet they have spoken lies against me.

  • 14With kings and counsellors of the earth, Who built up waste places for themselves;

  • 5They encourage themselves in an evil purpose; They commune of laying snares privily; They say, Who will see them?

  • 8They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity.

  • 4Her prophets are light and treacherous persons; her priests have profaned the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.

  • 27And as for both these kings, their hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table: but it shall not prosper; for yet the end shall be at the time appointed.

  • Jer 5:27-28
    2 verses
    71%

    27As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxed rich.

    28They are waxed fat, they shine: yea, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; they plead not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

  • 4An evil-doer giveth heed to wicked lips; [And] a liar giveth ear to a mischievous tongue.

  • 20For they speak not peace; But they devise deceitful words against them that are quiet in the land.

  • 15And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are built up; yea, they tempt God, and escape.

  • 3Thou lovest evil more than good, And lying rather than to speak righteousness. {{Selah

  • 7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression: Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

  • 13Their throat is an open sepulchre; With their tongues they have used deceit: The poison of asps is under their lips:

  • 35For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.

  • 1Woe to them that devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.

  • 28They are all grievous revolters, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron: they all of them deal corruptly.