Cross references

Hosea 12:7

A merchant loves to defraud

with dishonest scales in his hands.

Hosea 12:7 BSB

Hosea 12:7 has 21 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 3 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Proverbs 11:1 (4 votes) and Amos 8:5–6 (4 votes). 29 other verses point back to it. It links with 19 other books, from Leviticus 19 to Revelation 18.

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Which verses does Hosea 12:7 point to?

The 20 strongest of 21, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.

  2. asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us cheat with dishonest scales. Let us buy the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the chaff with the wheat!”

  3. Can I forget any longer, O house of the wicked, the treasures of wickedness and the short ephah, which is accursed? Can I excuse dishonest scales or bags of false weights?

  4. You must not use dishonest measures of length, weight, or volume. You shall maintain honest scales and weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

  5. Here I am. Bear witness against me before the LORD and before His anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated or oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe and closed my eyes? Tell me, and I will restore it to you.”

  6. Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; all the weights in the bag are His concern.

  7. Isaiah 3:53 votes

    The people will oppress one another, man against man, neighbor against neighbor; the young will rise up against the old, and the base against the honorable.

  8. and tell her that this is what the Lord GOD says to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth were in the land of the Canaanites. Your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite.

  9. The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy and have exploited the foreign resident without justice.

  10. Amos 2:73 votes

    They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the earth; they push the needy out of their way. A man and his father have relations with the same girl and so profane My holy name.

  11. Amos 3:93 votes
  12. Amos 4:13 votes
  13. Amos 5:113 votes
  14. Micah 7:23 votes
  15. John 2:163 votes
  16. James 5:43 votes

Which verses point to Hosea 12:7?

The 10 strongest of 29.