Hosea 12:8
And 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.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
7As for Chanaan, in his hand is a balance of unrighteousness: he has loved to tyrannize.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:17Lest you should say in your 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: for God is judge. Pause. 1
Psalms 62:10They shall be delivered up to the power of the sword; they shall be portions for foxes. 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 you said, I am innocent: only let his wrath be turned away from me. Behold, I will plead with you, whereas you say, 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 →