Hosea 6:8

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Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood.

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Hos 12:11 : 11 Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields.
Mic 7:2 : 2 The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
Matt 26:15-16 : 15 And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver. 16 And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.
Acts 23:12-15 : 12 And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. 13 And they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy. 14 And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul. 15 Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him.
Acts 25:3 : 3 And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.
Josh 21:38 : 38 And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
2 Sam 3:27 : 27 And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
2 Sam 20:8 : 8 When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa went before them. And Joab's garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out.
1 Kgs 2:5 : 5 Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet.
Ps 10:8 : 8 He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.
Ps 59:2 : 2 Deliver{H8685)} me from the workers{H8802)} of iniquity, and save{H8685)} me from bloody men.
Isa 59:6 : 6 Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.
Jer 11:19 : 19 But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.
Hos 4:2 : 2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
Hos 5:1 : 1 Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

Hos 6:9-10
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9And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.
10I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.
Mic 3:10
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10They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
Hos 12:11
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11Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields.
Hos 6:7
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7But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.
Hos 4:2
74%
2By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
Hab 2:12
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12Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!
Isa 1:21
73%
21How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
Lam 4:13-14
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73%
13For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her,
14They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.
Ezek 22:9-10
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9In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness.
10In thee have they discovered their fathers' nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution.
Ezek 7:23
72%
23Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.
Ps 55:10-11
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10Day and night they go about{H8779)} it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.
11Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart{H8686)} not from her streets.
Mic 6:11-12
2 verses
72%
11Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
12For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
Hos 10:9
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9O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them.
Isa 59:7
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7Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.
Prov 1:16
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16For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
Hos 9:9
71%
9They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.
Rom 3:15
71%
15Their feet are swift to shed blood:
Ps 58:2
71%
2Yea, in heart ye work{H8799)} wickedness; ye weigh{H8762)} the violence of your hands in the earth.
Nah 3:1
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1Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;
Isa 59:3
70%
3For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.
Ezek 11:6
70%
6Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain.
Jer 48:10
70%
10Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.
Mic 7:2-3
2 verses
70%
2The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
3That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
Jer 6:7
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7As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually is grief and wounds.
Jer 2:34
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34Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.
Ps 94:21
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21They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
Ezek 9:9
70%
9Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The LORD hath forsaken the earth, and the LORD seeth not.
Zeph 3:4
70%
4Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.
Prov 6:17
70%
17A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
Ezek 22:6
69%
6Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.
Hos 4:8
69%
8They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.
Ps 106:38
69%
38And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.
Zeph 3:1
69%
1Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!
Ezek 24:6-8
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69%
6Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it.
7For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust;
8That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered.
Ps 5:6
69%
6Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
Jer 22:17
69%
17But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.
Joel 3:19
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19Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.
Jer 19:4
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4Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the blood of innocents;
Ps 26:10
69%
10In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.
Ezek 22:3
68%
3Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD, The city sheddeth blood in the midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh idols against herself to defile herself.
Jer 16:18
68%
18And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things.
Ezek 22:12
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12In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.