Hosea 13:1

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“When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he was exalted in Israel. But he incurred guilt through Baal, and he died.”

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BSBPD

“When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he was exalted in Israel. But he incurred guilt through Baal, and he died.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“When Ephraim spake, there was trembling; he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“When Ephraim speaketh tremblingly, He hath been lifted up in Israel, When he becometh guilty in Baal he dieth.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Hosea 13:1 — 22 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 2:17but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”
  2. Numbers 2:18On the west side, the divisions of Ephraim are to camp under their standard:
  3. Numbers 10:22Next, the divisions of the camp of Ephraim set out under their standard, with Elishama son of Ammihud in command.
  4. Numbers 13:8from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun;
  5. Numbers 13:16These were the names of the men Moses sent to spy out the land; and Moses gave to Hoshea son of Nun the name Joshua.
  6. Numbers 27:16“May the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation
  7. Joshua 3:7Now the LORD said to Joshua, “Today I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, so they may know that I am with you just as I was with Moses.
  8. Judges 8:1Then the men of Ephraim said to Gideon, “Why have you done this to us? Why did you fail to call us when you went to fight against Midian?” And they contended with him violently.
  9. Judges 12:1Then the men of Ephraim assembled and crossed the Jordan to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah, “Why have you crossed over to fight the Ammonites without calling us to go with you? We will burn your house down with you inside!”
  10. 1 Samuel 15:17And Samuel said, “Although you were once small in your own eyes, have you not become the head of the tribes of Israel? The LORD anointed you king over Israel
  11. 1 Kings 12:25Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. And from there he went out and built Penuel.
  12. 1 Kings 16:29In the thirty-eighth year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Ahab son of Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria twenty-two years.
  13. 1 Kings 18:18“I have not troubled Israel,” Elijah replied, “but you and your father’s house have, for you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD and have followed the Baals.
  14. 2 Kings 17:16They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal.
  15. Proverbs 18:12Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.
  16. Isaiah 7:8For the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be shattered as a people.
  17. Isaiah 66:2Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles at My word.
  18. Hosea 2:10And then I will expose her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and no one will deliver her out of My hands.
  19. Hosea 11:2But the more I called Israel, the farther they departed from Me. They sacrificed to the Baals and burned incense to carved images.
  20. Luke 14:11For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
  21. Romans 5:12Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.
  22. 2 Corinthians 5:14For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died.

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