Hosea 12:7

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But you must return to your God; maintain love and justice and wait for your God continually.

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  • Prov 11:1 : 1 Dishonest scales are detestable to the Lord, but a full and accurate weight is His delight.
  • Prov 16:11 : 11 Honest scales and balances belong to the Lord; all the weights in the bag are His making.
  • Isa 3:5 : 5 The people will oppress one another—man against man, neighbor against neighbor. The young will act arrogantly toward the elderly, and the dishonored against the honored.
  • Ezek 16:3 : 3 and say, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says to Jerusalem: Your ancestry and birth were in the land of the Canaanites—your father was an Amorite and your mother was a Hittite.’
  • Ezek 22:29 : 29 The people of the land practice extortion and commit robbery; they oppress the poor and needy and mistreat the foreigner, denying them justice.
  • Amos 2:7 : 7 'They trample on the dust of the earth on the heads of the poor and obstruct the way of the afflicted. A man and his father go to the same girl, so that they profane My holy name.'
  • Amos 3:9 : 9 Proclaim to the strongholds in Ashdod and to the strongholds in the land of Egypt: "Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria, and see the great tumults within her and the oppression among her people."
  • Amos 4:1 : 1 Hear this word, you cows of Bashan who are on Mount Samaria, who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your masters, 'Bring us something to drink!'
  • Amos 5:11 : 11 Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact a grain tax from them, though you have built houses of cut stone, you will not live in them; though you have planted delightful vineyards, you will not drink their wine.
  • Amos 8:5-6 : 5 saying, 'When will the new moon be over, so we may sell grain, and the Sabbath end, so we may market wheat, making the ephah small and the shekel large, and falsifying the scales with deceit? 6 Buying the poor for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, even selling the sweepings of the wheat.'
  • Mic 2:1 : 1 Woe to those who devise wickedness and plan evil on their beds! At dawn, they carry it out because they have the power to do it.
  • Mic 3:1-3 : 1 Then I said: "Hear now, leaders of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel: Is it not your responsibility to know justice? 2 You who hate good and love evil; you tear the skin from my people and the flesh from their bones. 3 You eat the flesh of my people, strip off their skin, break their bones, and chop them up like meat for the pot, like flesh in a cauldron.
  • Mic 6:10-11 : 10 Are there still treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and dishonest measures that are detestable? 11 Shall I acquit a person with crooked scales and a bag of deceptive weights?
  • Mic 7:2 : 2 The godly have perished from the land, and there is no upright person among humanity. All of them lie in wait for blood; they hunt each other with nets.
  • Zech 14:21 : 21 On that day, every pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be holy to the Lord of Hosts. All who come to sacrifice will take some of the pots and cook in them. And there will no longer be any Canaanite in the house of the Lord of Hosts on that day.
  • Mal 3:5 : 5 I will come near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against sorcerers, adulterers, and those who swear falsely; against those who defraud workers of their wages, oppress widows and orphans, and deprive foreigners of justice. They do not fear me, says the Lord of Hosts.
  • John 2:16 : 16 To those selling doves He said, 'Get these out of here! Stop turning My Father's house into a marketplace!'
  • 1 Tim 6:9-9 : 9 But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and by craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains.
  • Jas 5:4 : 4 Look, the wages that you withheld from the workers who harvested your fields are crying out, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
  • Lev 19:35-36 : 35 Do not use dishonest measures in judgment, whether in length, weight, or quantity. 36 Use honest scales, honest weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
  • 1 Sam 12:3 : 3 Here I am. Testify against me before the LORD and before His anointed: Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I defrauded or oppressed? From whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes to wrongdoing? If so, I will restore it to you.

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    10 Are there still treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and dishonest measures that are detestable?

    11 Shall I acquit a person with crooked scales and a bag of deceptive weights?

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  • Hos 12:8
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    4 Hear this, you who trample on the needy and seek to destroy the poor of the land,

    5 saying, 'When will the new moon be over, so we may sell grain, and the Sabbath end, so we may market wheat, making the ephah small and the shekel large, and falsifying the scales with deceit?

    6 Buying the poor for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, even selling the sweepings of the wheat.'

  • Ezek 18:12
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    12 oppresses the poor and needy, commits robbery, does not restore a pledge, looks to idols, and does detestable things,

  • Prov 11:1
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    1 Dishonest scales are detestable to the Lord, but a full and accurate weight is His delight.

  • Mic 7:3
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    3 Their hands are skilled at doing evil: the ruler demands gifts, the judge accepts bribes, and the powerful speak out their selfish desires. Together they weave a web of corrupt schemes.

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    7 But God will tear you down forever; He will snatch and uproot you from your tent and dislodge you from the land of the living. Selah.

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    12 In you, they accept bribes to shed blood; they take interest and increase unlawfully. You have gained profit in extorting your neighbors, and you have forgotten me, declares the Sovereign LORD.

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    14 He has prepared His deadly weapons; He makes His arrows fiery shafts.

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    6 The LORD, the God of hosts—the LORD is his name of renown.

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    23 Differing weights are an abomination to the Lord, and deceitful scales are not good.

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    1 Ephraim has surrounded me with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit. But Judah still walks with God and is faithful to the Holy One.

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    15 The one who walks in righteousness, speaks what is right, rejects gain from extortion, shakes his hands to refuse bribes, stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, and shuts his eyes from looking at evil.

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    16 One who oppresses the poor to increase their wealth and one who gives gifts to the rich will both come to poverty.

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    11 Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, because he was determined to follow human commands.

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    12 For I know your many transgressions and your mighty sins: oppressing the righteous, taking bribes, and turning aside the needy at the gate.

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    7 He does not oppress anyone, but restores a pledge for a loan; he does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and clothes the naked.

    8 He does not lend at interest or take a profit; he withholds his hand from injustice and judges fairly between parties.

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    12 The guilt of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is stored away.

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    10 whose hands are full of wicked schemes, and whose right hand is filled with bribes.

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    17 But your eyes and heart are set only on your dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, and on oppression and violence.

  • Ps 10:7
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    7 His mouth is full of curses and deceit and oppression; under his tongue are trouble and iniquity.

  • Job 12:16
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  • Prov 28:16
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    16 A ruler lacking understanding is abundant in extortions, but one who hates unjust gain will prolong his days.

  • Job 20:19
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    19 For he has crushed and abandoned the poor; he has seized a house he did not build.

  • Prov 16:11
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    11 Honest scales and balances belong to the Lord; all the weights in the bag are His making.

  • Eccl 7:7
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    7 Surely oppression drives the wise into madness, and a bribe corrupts the heart.

  • Isa 59:13
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    13 We have rebelled and denied the LORD; we have turned away from following our God. We speak of oppression and revolt, conceiving lies and uttering them from the heart.

  • Prov 28:8
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    8 Whoever increases his wealth by charging interest and unfair gain gathers it for one who is kind to the poor.

  • Isa 30:12
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    12 Therefore, this is what the Holy One of Israel says: 'Because you have rejected this message and relied on oppression and deceit, leaning on them for support—'

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    3 For he flatters himself in his own eyes, thinking his iniquity will not be discovered or hated.

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    9 He lies in wait secretly, like a lion in his den; he lies in wait to catch the afflicted; he catches the afflicted by drawing them into his net.

  • Prov 14:31
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    31 Whoever oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.

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    2 They covet fields and seize them; they take houses and rob them. They oppress a man and his house, a person and their inheritance.

  • Hos 12:14
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    14 But by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet, he was preserved.

  • Isa 10:2
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    7 You who turn justice to bitterness and cast righteousness to the ground—

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    17 But you are full of the judgment on the wicked; justice and judgment take hold of you.

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