Hosea 12:8
And Ephraim said: But yet I am be- come rich, I have found me an idol: all my labours shall not find me the iniquity that I have committed.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
7He is like Chanaan, there is a deceitful balance in his hand, he hath loved oppression.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:17Lest thou shouldst say in thy heart: My own might, and the strength of my own hand have achieved all these things for me.
Psalms 49:6Why shall I fear in the evil day? the iniquity of my heel shall encompass me.
Psalms 62:10But vain are the sons of men, the sons of men are liars in the balances: that by vanity they may together deceive.
Proverbs 30:12A generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet are not washed from their filthiness.
Isaiah 10:13For he hath said: By the strength of my own hand I have done it, and by my own wisdom I have understood: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have taken the spoils of the princes, and as a mighty man hath pulled down them that sat on high.
Jeremiah 2:35And thou hast said: I am without sin and am innocent: and therefore let thy anger be turned away from me. Behold, I will contend with thee in judgement, because thou hast said: I have not sinned.
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 →