Hosea 7:3

World English Bible (2000)

They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.

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  • Mic 7:3 : 3 Their hands are on that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler and judge ask for a bribe; and the powerful man dictates the evil desire of his soul. Thus they conspire together.
  • Rom 1:32 : 32 who, knowing the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also approve of those who practice them.
  • Jer 28:1-4 : 1 It happened the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, in the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azzur, the prophet, who was of Gibeon, spoke to me in the house of Yahweh, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying, 2 Thus speaks Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon. 3 Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of Yahweh's house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried to Babylon: 4 and I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, who went to Babylon, says Yahweh; for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.
  • Jer 37:19 : 19 Where now are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?
  • Hos 4:2 : 2 There is cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break boundaries, and bloodshed causes bloodshed.
  • Hos 5:11 : 11 Ephraim is oppressed, he is crushed in judgment; Because he is intent in his pursuit of idols.
  • Hos 7:5 : 5 On the day of our king, the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine. He joined his hand with mockers.
  • Amos 7:10-13 : 10 Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, "Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to bear all his words. 11 For Amos says, 'Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.'" 12 Amaziah also said to Amos, "You seer, go, flee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there: 13 but don't prophesy again any more at Bethel; for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a royal house!"
  • Mic 6:16 : 16 For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab. You walk in their counsels, that I may make you a ruin, and her inhabitants a hissing; And you will bear the reproach of my people."
  • 1 Kgs 22:6 : 6 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, "Shall I go against Ramoth Gilead to battle, or shall I forbear?" They said, "Go up; for the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king."
  • 1 Kgs 22:13 : 13 The messenger who went to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying, "See now, the prophets declare good to the king with one mouth. Please let your word be like the word of one of them, and speak good."
  • Jer 5:31 : 31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority; and my people love to have it so. What will you do in the end of it?
  • Jer 9:2 : 2 Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
  • 1 John 4:5 : 5 They are of the world. Therefore they speak of the world, and the world hears them.

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    3Their hands are on that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler and judge ask for a bribe; and the powerful man dictates the evil desire of his soul. Thus they conspire together.

  • Hos 7:4-7
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    4They are all adulterers. They are burning like an oven that the baker stops stirring, from the kneading of the dough, until it is leavened.

    5On the day of our king, the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine. He joined his hand with mockers.

    6For they have prepared their heart like an oven, while they lie in wait. Their baker sleeps all the night. In the morning it burns as a flaming fire.

    7They are all hot as an oven, and devour their judges. All their kings have fallen. There is no one among them who calls to me.

  • Hos 7:2
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    2They don't consider in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness. Now their own deeds have engulfed them. They are before my face.

  • Prov 2:14
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    14who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil;

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    3They bend their tongue, [as it were] their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they don't know me, says Yahweh.

  • Ps 62:4
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    4They fully intend to throw him down from his lofty place. They delight in lies. They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.

  • Isa 3:9
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    9The look of their faces testify against them. They parade their sin like Sodom. They don't hide it. Woe to their soul! For they have brought disaster upon themselves.

  • Prov 29:12
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    12If a ruler listens to lies, all of his officials are wicked.

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    20Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil, but joy comes to the promoters of peace.

  • Jer 9:5
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    5They will deceive everyone his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves to commit iniquity.

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    9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their heart is destruction. Their throat is an open tomb. They flatter with their tongue.

    10Hold them guilty, God. Let them fall by their own counsels; Thrust them out in the multitude of their transgressions, for they have rebelled against you.

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    12Her rich men are full of violence, her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their speech.

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    2Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.

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    35They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. Their heart prepares deceit."

  • Prov 24:2
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    2for their hearts plot violence, and their lips talk about mischief.

  • Ps 28:3
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    3Don't draw me away with the wicked, with the workers of iniquity who speak peace with their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.

  • Prov 12:22
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    22Lying lips are an abomination to Yahweh, but those who do the truth are his delight.

  • Ezek 13:22
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    22Because with lies you have grieved the heart of the righteous, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, and be saved alive:

  • Ps 10:3
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    3For the wicked boasts of his heart's cravings. He blesses the greedy, and condemns Yahweh.

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    36But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied to him with their tongue.

  • Ps 73:7-8
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    7Their eyes bulge with fat. Their minds pass the limits of conceit.

    8They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression.

  • Prov 17:7
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    7Arrogant speech isn't fitting for a fool, much less do lying lips fit a prince.

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    3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit. He has ceased to be wise and to do good.

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    15Though I have taught and strengthened their arms, yet they plot evil against me.

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    8Behold, you trust in lying words, that can't profit.

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    13"For from the least of them even to the greatest of them, everyone is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even to the priest, everyone deals falsely.

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    8They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity.

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    4Her prophets are arrogant and treacherous people. Her priests have profaned the sanctuary. They have done violence to the law.

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    27As for both these kings, their hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table: but it shall not prosper; for yet the end shall be at the time appointed.

  • Jer 5:27-28
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    27As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. Therefore they have become great, and grew rich.

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    4An evildoer heeds wicked lips. A liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.

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    20For they don't speak peace, but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.

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    15Now we call the proud happy; yes, those who work wickedness are built up; yes, they tempt God, and escape.'

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    7His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

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    13"Their throat is an open tomb. With their tongues they have used deceit." "The poison of vipers is under their lips;"

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    1Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil on their beds! When the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.

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    28They are all grievous rebels, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron: they all of them deal corruptly.