Hosea 13:12

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is laid up in store.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Deut 32:34-35 : 34 Is not this laid up in store with me, Sealed up among my treasures? 35 Vengeance is mine, and recompense, At the time when their foot shall slide: For the day of their calamity is at hand, And the things that are to come upon them shall make haste.
Job 14:17 : 17 My transgression is sealed up in a bag, And thou fastenest up mine iniquity.
Rom 2:5 : 5 but after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up for thyself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
Job 21:19 : 19 [Ye say], God layeth up his iniquity for his children. Let him recompense it unto himself, that he may know it:

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Hos 13:13
76%
13The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for it is time he should not tarry in the place of the breaking forth of children.
Hos 12:7-8
2 verses
74%
7[He is] a trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
8And Ephraim said, Surely I am become rich, I have found me wealth: in all my labors they shall find in me no iniquity that were sin.
Hos 12:14
73%
14Ephraim hath provoked to anger most bitterly: therefore shall his blood be left upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.
Job 14:17
73%
17My transgression is sealed up in a bag, And thou fastenest up mine iniquity.
Hos 5:11
73%
11Ephraim is oppressed, he is crushed in judgment; because he was content to walk after [man's] command.
Hos 7:1-2
2 verses
72%
1When I would heal Israel, then is the iniquity of Ephraim uncovered, and the wickedness of Samaria; for they commit falsehood, and the thief entereth in, and the troop of robbers ravageth without.
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.
Hos 8:11
72%
11Because Ephraim hath multiplied altars for sinning, altars have been unto him for sinning.
Hos 9:13
72%
13Ephraim, like as I have seen Tyre, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring out his children to the slayer.
Hos 5:3
71%
3I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me; for now, O Ephraim, thou hast played the harlot, Israel is defiled.
Hos 6:10
71%
10In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: there whoredom is [found] in Ephraim, Israel is defiled.
Hos 9:9
71%
9They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.
Jer 13:22
70%
22And if thou say in thy heart, Wherefore are these things come upon me? for the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts uncovered, and thy heels suffer violence.
Hos 5:9
70%
9Ephraim shall become a desolation in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.
Prov 5:22
70%
22His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
Hos 9:16
70%
16Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay the beloved fruit of their womb.
Hos 9:11
70%
11As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird: there shall be no birth, and none with child, and no conception.
Isa 57:17
70%
17For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him; I hid [my face] and was wroth; and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.
Ps 7:14
70%
14Behold, he travaileth with iniquity; Yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
Hos 12:1-2
2 verses
70%
1Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he continually multiplieth lies and desolation; and they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.
2Jehovah hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.
Hos 5:5
70%
5And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore Israel and Ephraim shall stumble in their iniquity; Judah also shall stumble with them.
Job 21:19
70%
19[Ye say], God layeth up his iniquity for his children. Let him recompense it unto himself, that he may know it:
Hos 11:12
69%
12Ephraim compasseth me about with falsehood, and the house of Israel with deceit; but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the Holy One.
Ezek 21:24
69%
24Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because ye have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are uncovered, so that in all your doings your sins do appear; because that ye are come to remembrance, ye shall be taken with the hand.
Isa 3:9
69%
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.
Prov 28:13
69%
13He that covereth his transgressions shall not prosper: But whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy.
Ps 109:14
68%
14Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with Jehovah; And let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
Hos 10:9-10
2 verses
68%
9O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood; the battle against the children of iniquity doth not overtake them in Gibeah.
10When it is my desire, I will chastise them; and the peoples shall be gathered against them, when they are bound to their two transgressions.
Hos 4:17
68%
17Ephraim is joined to idols; let him alone.
Jer 31:20
68%
20Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a darling child? for as often as I speak against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my heart yearneth for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith Jehovah.
Hos 14:1
68%
1O Israel, return unto Jehovah thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
Isa 59:12-13
2 verses
68%
12For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us; for our transgressions are with us, and as for our iniquities, we know them:
13transgressing and denying Jehovah, and turning away from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
Job 31:33
68%
33If like Adam I have covered my transgressions, By hiding mine iniquity in my bosom,
Ps 119:11
68%
11Thy word have I laid up in my heart, That I might not sin against thee.
Hos 7:8
68%
8Ephraim, he mixeth himself among the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
Lam 4:22
68%
22The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; He will no more carry thee away into captivity: He will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will uncover thy sins.
Jer 4:18
68%
18Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness; for it is bitter, for it reacheth unto thy heart.
1 Kgs 14:16
68%
16And he will give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, which he hath sinned, and wherewith he hath made Israel to sin.
Job 40:13
68%
13Hide them in the dust together; Bind their faces in the hidden [place].
Lev 26:39
68%
39And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.
Isa 11:13
68%
13The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and they that vex Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.
Isa 65:7
68%
7your own iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith Jehovah, that have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills; therefore will I first measure their work into their bosom.
Hos 11:8
68%
8How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? [how] shall I cast thee off, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? [how] shall I set thee as Zeboiim? my heart is turned within me, my compassions are kindled together.
Isa 30:13
67%
13therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly in an instant.
Hos 13:1
67%
1When Ephraim spake, there was trembling; he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.
Ezek 39:24
67%
24According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions did I unto them; and I hid my face from them.