Hosea 7:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For they have made their hearts ready like an oven, while they are waiting secretly; their wrath is sleeping all night; in the morning it is burning like a flaming fire.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 19:11-15 : 11 Then in that night Saul sent men to David's house to keep watch on him so as to put him to death in the morning: and David's wife Michal said to him, If you do not go away to a safe place tonight you will be put to death in the morning. 12 So Michal let David down through the window, and he went in flight and got away. 13 Then Michal took the image and put it in the bed, with a cushion of goat's hair at its head, and she put clothing over it. 14 And when Saul sent men to take David, she said, He is ill. 15 And Saul sent his men to see David, saying, Do not come back without him, take him in his bed, so that I may put him to death.
  • 2 Sam 13:28-29 : 28 Now Absalom had given orders to his servants, saying, Now take note when Amnon's heart is glad with wine; and when I say to you, Make an attack on Amnon, then put him to death without fear: have I not given you orders? be strong and without fear. 29 So Absalom's servants did to Amnon as Absalom had given them orders. Then all the king's sons got up, and every man got on his beast and went in flight.
  • Ps 10:8-9 : 8 He is waiting in the dark places of the towns: in the secret places he puts to death those who have done no wrong: his eyes are secretly turned against the poor. 9 He keeps himself in a secret place like a lion in his hole, waiting to put his hands on the poor man, and pulling him into his net.
  • Ps 21:9 : 9 You will make them like a flaming oven before you; the Lord in his wrath will put an end to them, and they will be burned up in the fire.
  • Prov 4:16 : 16 For they take no rest till they have done evil; their sleep is taken away if they have not been the cause of someone's fall.
  • Hos 7:4 : 4 They are all untrue; they are like a burning oven; the bread-maker does not make up the fire from the time when the paste is mixed till it is leavened.
  • Hos 7:7 : 7 They are all heated like an oven, and they put an end to their judges; all their kings have been made low; not one among them makes prayer to me.
  • Mic 2:1 : 1 A curse on the designers of evil, working on their beds! in the morning light they do it, because it is in their power.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 7 They are all heated like an oven, and they put an end to their judges; all their kings have been made low; not one among them makes prayer to me.

  • Hos 7:2-5
    4 verses
    80%

    2 And they do not say to themselves that I keep in mind all their sin; now their evil acts come round them on every side; they are before my face.

    3 In their sin they make a king for themselves, and rulers in their deceit.

    4 They are all untrue; they are like a burning oven; the bread-maker does not make up the fire from the time when the paste is mixed till it is leavened.

    5 On the day of our king, the rulers made him ill with the heat of wine; his hand was stretched out with the men of pride.

  • Prov 4:16-17
    2 verses
    75%

    16 For they take no rest till they have done evil; their sleep is taken away if they have not been the cause of someone's fall.

    17 The bread of evil-doing is their food, the wine of violent acts their drink.

  • 9 You will make them like a flaming oven before you; the Lord in his wrath will put an end to them, and they will be burned up in the fire.

  • 10 For though they are like twisted thorns, and are overcome as with drink, they will come to destruction like stems of grass fully dry.

  • 18 For evil was burning like a fire; the blackberries and thorns were burned up; the thick woods took fire, rolling up in dark clouds of smoke.

  • 1 A curse on the designers of evil, working on their beds! in the morning light they do it, because it is in their power.

  • 2 For their hearts are full of evil designs; and they are ever making ready causes of war.

  • 2 See, the bows of the evil-doers are bent, they make ready their arrows on the cord, so that they may send them secretly against the upright in heart.

  • 14 As fire burning a wood, and as a flame causing fire on the mountains,

  • Ps 64:4-6
    3 verses
    72%

    4 So that in secret they may let loose their arrows at the upright, suddenly and unseen.

    5 They make themselves strong in an evil purpose; they make holes for secret nets; they say, Who will see it,

    6 Or make discovery of our secret purpose? The design is framed with care; and the inner thought of a man, and his heart, is deep.

  • 6 They come together, they are waiting in secret places, they take note of my steps, they are waiting for my soul.

  • 10 Let burning flames come down on them: let them be put into the fire, and into deep waters, so that they may not get up again.

  • Job 24:16-17
    2 verses
    71%

    16 In the dark he makes holes in the walls of houses: in the daytime they are shutting themselves up, they have no knowledge of the light.

    17 For the middle of the night is as morning to them, they are not troubled by the fear of the dark.

  • Hos 7:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

    14 And they have not made prayer to me in their hearts, but they make loud cries on their beds; they are cutting themselves for food and wine, they are turned against me.

    15 Though I have given training and strength to their arms, they have evil designs against me.

  • 8 His tongue is an arrow causing death; the words of his mouth are deceit: he says words of peace to his neighbour, but in his heart he is waiting secretly for him.

  • 2 For the purposes of their hearts are destruction, and their lips are talking of trouble.

  • 14 Truly, they have become like dry stems, they have been burned in the fire; they are not able to keep themselves safe from the power of the flame: it is not a coal for warming them, or a fire by which a man may be seated.

  • 29 The blower is blowing strongly, the lead is burned away in the fire: they go on heating the metal to no purpose, for the evil-doers are not taken away.

  • 18 And they are secretly waiting for their blood and making ready destruction for themselves.

  • 8 The sin of my people is like food to them; and their desire is for their wrongdoing.

  • 10 Put on much wood, heating up the fire, boiling the flesh well, and making the soup thick, and let the bones be burned.

  • 5 Gone is the wealth of the strong, their last sleep has overcome them; the men of war have become feeble.

  • 8 They have said in their hearts, Let us put an end to them all together; they have given over to the fire all God's places of worship in the land.

  • Ps 17:11-12
    2 verses
    70%

    11 They have made a circle round our steps: their eyes are fixed on us, forcing us down to the earth;

    12 Like a lion desiring its food, and like a young lion waiting in secret places.

  • 3 Their hands are made ready to do evil; the ruler makes requests for money, and the judge is looking for a reward; and the great man gives decisions at his pleasure, and the right is twisted.

  • 39 When they are heated, I will make a feast for them, and overcome them with wine, so that they may become unconscious, sleeping an eternal sleep without awaking, says the Lord.

  • 11 For their thoughts were bitter against you: they had an evil design in their minds, which they were not able to put into effect.

  • 14 The evil-doers have taken out their swords, their bows are bent; for crushing the poor, and to put to death those who are upright in their ways.

  • 26 For there are sinners among my people: they keep watch, like men watching for birds; they put a net and take men in it.

  • 22 Let a cry for help go up from their houses, when you send an armed band on them suddenly: for they have made a hole in which to take me, and have put nets for my feet secretly.

  • 7 For they have taken Jacob for their meat, and made waste his house.

  • 33 For a place of fire has long been ready; yes, it has been made ready for the king; he has made it deep and wide: it is massed with fire and much wood; the breath of the Lord, like a stream of fire, puts a light to it.

  • 14 For Israel has no memory of his Maker, and has put up the houses of kings; and Judah has made great the number of his walled towns. But I will send a fire on his towns and put an end to his great houses.

  • 18 And a fire was lighted among their tents; the sinners were burned up by the flames.

  • 7 Their feet go quickly to evil, and they take delight in the death of the upright; their thoughts are thoughts of sin; wasting and destruction are in their ways.

  • 20 Saying, Truly, their substance is cut off, and their wealth is food for the fire.

  • 13 He has made ready for him the instruments of death; he makes his arrows flames of fire.

  • 14 He who is purposing death gets up before day, so that he may put to death the poor and those in need.

  • 14 And he who has given a price for goods will not get them, for my wrath is on all of them.

  • 25 For this reason he let loose on him the heat of his wrath, and his strength was like a flame; and it put fire round about him, but he did not see it; he was burned, but did not take it to heart.