Hosea 12:8
Yet Ephraim saith, Lo, I have become rich; I have found myself substance; In all my earnings can be found no transgression in which there is guilt.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
7He is a Canaanite; in his hands are the balances of deceit; He loveth to oppress.
Cross References
Psalms 49:6They who trust in their riches, And glory in the greatness of their wealth?
Psalms 62:10Trust not in extortion; Place no vain hopes in rapine! If riches increase, set not your heart upon them!
Proverbs 30:12There is a class who 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 hand I have done it, And by my wisdom; for I am wise; I have removed the bounds of nations, I have plundered their treasures; As a hero have I brought down them that sat upon thrones.
Jeremiah 2:35But notwithstanding all this, thou sayest, I am innocent; Surely his anger is turned away from me. Behold, I will enter into 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 →