Hosea 10:13
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“You have plowed wickedness and reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your own way and in the multitude of your mighty men,”
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“You have plowed wickedness and reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your own way and in the multitude of your mighty men,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies; for thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Ye have ploughed wickedness, Perversity ye have reaped, Ye have eaten the fruit of lying, For thou hast trusted in thy way, In the abundance of thy might.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Hosea 10:13 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 24:14Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea?
- Job 4:8As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.
- Psalms 33:16No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength.
- Psalms 52:7“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”
- Psalms 62:10Place no trust in extortion, or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.
- Proverbs 1:31So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
- Proverbs 12:19Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.
- Proverbs 18:20From the fruit of his mouth a man’s belly is filled; with the harvest from his lips he is satisfied.
- Proverbs 19:5A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.
- Proverbs 22:8He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
- Ecclesiastes 9:11I saw something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither is the bread to the wise, nor the wealth to the intelligent, nor the favor to the skillful. For time and chance happen to all.
- Hosea 7:3They delight the king with their evil, and the princes with their lies.
- Hosea 8:7For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if it should produce, the foreigners would swallow it up.
- Hosea 11:12Ephraim surrounds Me with lies, the house of Israel with deceit; but Judah still walks with God and is faithful to the Holy One.
- Galatians 6:7Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.
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