Hosea 12:8
(12:9) Did Ephraim say, I am certainly become rich, I have acquired substance unto myself: it is all through my labors; they will find no iniquity in me, that could be sin.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
7(12:8) But like a merchant, who hath the balances of deceit in his hand, loving to overreach,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:17And thou say in thy heart, My power and the strength of my hand have gotten me this wealth.
Psalms 49:6(49:7) Of those that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves of the multitude of their riches?
Psalms 62:10(62:11) Do not put your trust in defrauding, and be not rendered vain through robbery: if riches flourish, set not your heart [upon them].
Proverbs 30:12There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes, and yet is not washed [clean] of its filthiness.
Isaiah 10:13For he hath said, “By the strength of my hand have I done it, and by my wisdom, for I have intelligence; and I have removed the boundaries of nations, and their laid-up treasures have I plundered, and brought down low those that were powerfully seated.
Jeremiah 2:35Yet thou sayest, Yea, I am innocent, surely his anger is already turned away from me. Behold, I will hold judgment with thee, because thou sayest, 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 →