Hosea 8:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Though I wrote for them the great things of My law, they regarded them as something strange.”
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“Though I wrote for them the great things of My law, they regarded them as something strange.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing.”
King James Version · Public Domain“I wrote for him the ten thousand things of my law; but they are counted as a strange thing.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“I write for him numerous things of My law, As a strange thing they have been reckoned.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Hosea 8:12 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 4:6Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding in the sight of the peoples, who will hear of all these statutes and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”
- 2 Kings 17:15They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and themselves became worthless, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate.
- Nehemiah 9:13You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You gave them just ordinances, true laws, and good statutes and commandments.
- Nehemiah 9:26But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.
- Psalms 50:17For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.
- Psalms 119:18Open my eyes that I may see wondrous things from Your law.
- Psalms 147:19He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and judgments to Israel.
- Proverbs 22:20Have I not written for you thirty sayings about counsel and knowledge,
- Isaiah 30:9These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction.
- Jeremiah 6:16This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’
- Ezekiel 20:11And I gave them My statutes and made known to them My ordinances—for the man who does these things will live by them.
- Hosea 4:6My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.
- Romans 3:1What, then, is the advantage of being a Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision?
- Romans 7:12So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.
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