Hosea 6:9

KJV1611 – Modern English

And as bands of robbers wait for someone, so the company of priests murder on the way by agreement: for they commit lewdness.

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  • Hos 7:1 : 1 When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was exposed, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief comes in, and the gang of robbers plunders outside.
  • Hos 5:1 : 1 Listen to this, O priests; and pay attention, O house of Israel; and give ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because you have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
  • Mic 3:9 : 9 Hear this, I pray you, you leaders of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.
  • Zeph 3:3 : 3 Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they do not gnaw the bones until the morning.
  • Mark 14:1 : 1 After two days was the feast of the Passover and of Unleavened Bread; and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by deceit and kill him.
  • Luke 22:2-6 : 2 And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people. 3 Then Satan entered into Judas, called Iscariot, who was one of the twelve. 4 And he went his way, and spoke with the chief priests and captains about how he might betray him to them. 5 And they were glad, and agreed to give him money. 6 And he promised, and sought opportunity to betray him to them in the absence of the crowd.
  • John 11:47 : 47 Then the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council and said, What shall we do? for this man does many miracles.
  • 1 Kgs 12:25 : 25 Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the mount of Ephraim and lived there, and went out from there and built Penuel.
  • Ezra 8:31 : 31 Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and from those who ambushed us along the way.
  • Job 1:15-17 : 15 when the Sabeans raided them and took them away; and they have killed the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you." 16 While he was still speaking, another also came and said, "The fire of God fell from heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants, and consumed them; and I alone have escaped to tell you." 17 While he was still speaking, another also came and said, "The Chaldeans formed three bands, raided the camels, and carried them away, yes, and killed the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you."
  • Prov 1:11-19 : 11 If they say, "Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause; 12 Let us swallow them alive like the grave, and whole, like those who go down into the pit; 13 We shall find all kinds of precious goods, we shall fill our houses with plunder; 14 Throw in your lot with us; let us all have one purse," 15 My son, do not walk in the way with them, hold back your foot from their path; 16 For their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood. 17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. 18 And they lie in wait for their own blood; they lurk secretly for their own lives. 19 So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain; it takes away the life of its owners.
  • Jer 7:9-9 : 9 Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods whom you do not know; 10 And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?
  • Jer 11:9 : 9 And the LORD said to me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
  • Ezek 22:9 : 9 In you are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in you they eat on the mountains: in the midst of you they commit lewdness.
  • Ezek 22:27 : 27 Her princes in its midst are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
  • Acts 4:24 : 24 And when they heard that, they raised their voice to God with one accord and said, Lord, You are God, who made heaven and earth and the sea, and all that is in them,

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