Hosea 8:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him.

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Referenced Verses

Lev 26:36 : 36 And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.
Deut 28:25 : 25 The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
Ps 36:3 : 3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise{H8687)}, and to do good{H8687)}.
Ps 81:10-11 : 10 I am the LORD thy God, which brought{H8688)} thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide{H8685)}, and I will fill{H8762)} it. 11 But my people would not hearken{H8804)} to my voice; and Israel would{H8804)} none of me.
Lam 3:66 : 66 Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD.
Lam 4:19 : 19 Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
Amos 1:11 : 11 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever:
1 Tim 5:12 : 12 Having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

Hos 8:2
75%
2Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee.
Hos 8:4-6
3 verses
75%
4They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.
5Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?
6For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
2 Kgs 17:20
75%
20And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.
Hos 8:8
74%
8Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.
Hos 10:1-2
2 verses
74%
1Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images.
2Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.
Hos 9:17
73%
17My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations.
Hos 13:9
73%
9O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.
Isa 31:6
73%
6Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted.
1 Kgs 9:7
72%
7Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:
Jer 2:3
72%
3Israel was holiness unto the LORD, and the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the LORD.
Lam 2:7
72%
7The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the LORD, as in the day of a solemn feast.
Josh 7:11-12
2 verses
72%
11Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff.
12Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you.
Hos 5:5-6
2 verses
72%
5And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them.
6They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.
Isa 1:4
72%
4Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.
Nah 2:2
72%
2For the LORD hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches.
1 Sam 8:8
71%
8According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee.
Isa 17:9
71%
9In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and an uppermost branch, which they left because of the children of Israel: and there shall be desolation.
Hos 8:14
71%
14For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.
Hos 7:13
71%
13Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me.
Judg 8:34
71%
34And the children of Israel remembered not the LORD their God, who had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every side:
Exod 32:8
71%
8They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
2 Kgs 21:14
71%
14And I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies;
2 Kgs 17:8
71%
8And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made.
Hos 10:9
71%
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.
Jer 11:10
71%
10They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, which refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.
Jer 3:20
71%
20Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD.
Ps 78:59
70%
59When God heard{H8804)} this, he was wroth{H8691)}, and greatly abhorred{H8799)} Israel:
Jer 9:13
70%
13And the LORD saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein;
Jer 2:11
70%
11Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
Jer 3:11
70%
11And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.
Lam 2:3
70%
3He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.
Hos 5:3
70%
3I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled.
Ps 83:4
70%
4They have said{H8804)}, Come{H8798)}, and let us cut them off{H8686)} from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance{H8735)}.
Ps 44:9
70%
9But thou hast cast off{H8804)}, and put us to shame{H8686)}; and goest not forth{H8799)} with our armies.
Hos 14:1
70%
1O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
Isa 30:11-12
2 verses
70%
11Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.
12Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon:
Jer 15:6
70%
6Thou hast forsaken me, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward: therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary with repenting.
Jer 51:5
70%
5For Israel hath not been forsaken, nor Judah of his God, of the LORD of hosts; though their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel.
Lam 2:5
70%
5The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.
Jer 14:10
70%
10Thus saith the LORD unto this people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet, therefore the LORD doth not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.
Jer 5:11
70%
11For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the LORD.
Hos 7:10
70%
10And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this.
Zeph 3:15
70%
15The LORD hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, even the LORD, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more.
Judg 3:7
70%
7And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves.