Hosea 12:8

As for Canaan, in his hand is a balance of unrighteousness: he has loved to tyrannize.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

7Thou therefore shalt return to thy God: keep thou mercy and judgment, and draw nigh to thy God continually.

9And Ephraim said, Nevertheless I am rich, I have found refreshment to myself. None of his labors shall be found available to him, by reason of the sins which he has committed.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 8:17Lest thou shouldest say in thy heart, My strength, and the power of my hand have wrought for me this great wealth.

Psalms 49:6And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: 1 For God is judge. Pause. 1

Psalms 62:10But they vainly sought after my soul; 1 They shall go into the lowest parts of the earth. 1

Proverbs 30:12A wicked generation judge themselves to be just, but do not cleanse their way.

Isaiah 10:13For he said, I will act in strength, and in the wisdom of my understanding I will remove the boundaries of nations, and will spoil their strength.

Jeremiah 2:35Yet thou saidst, I am innocent: only let his wrath be turned away from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, whereas 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 →

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