Hosea 12:9
\12:8\And Ephraim said, Now I have got wealth and much property; in all my works no sin may be seen in me.
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In Context
8\12:7\As for Canaan, the scales of deceit are in his hands; he takes pleasure in twisted ways.
Cross References
Exodus 20:2I am the Lord your God who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house.
Leviticus 23:40On the first day, take the fruit of fair trees, branches of palm-trees, and branches of thick trees and trees from the riverside, and be glad before the Lord for seven days.
Numbers 15:41I am the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt, so that I might be your God: I am the Lord your God.
Ezra 3:4And they kept the feast of tents, as it is recorded, making the regular burned offerings every day by number, as it is ordered; for every day what was needed.
Psalms 49:7\49:6\Even of those whose faith is in their wealth, and whose hearts are lifted up because of their stores.
Proverbs 30:12There is a generation who seem to themselves to be free from sin, but are not washed from their unclean ways.
Matthew Henry on Hosea 12:8-14
Reproof for Sin; Judgment Threatened; Memorials of Divine Mercy. ( b. c. 723.) 7 He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress. 8 And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin. 9 And I that am the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt will yet make thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast. 10 I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used… Read the whole commentary →