Cross references

Hosea 7:16

They turn, but not to the Most High;

they are like a faulty bow.

Their leaders will fall by the sword

for the cursing of their tongue;

for this they will be ridiculed

in the land of Egypt.

Hosea 7:16 BSB

Hosea 7:16 has 23 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 4 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Psalm 78:57 (6 votes) and Hosea 9:3 (5 votes). 20 other verses point back to it. It links with 11 other books, from Psalm 12 to Revelation 13.

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Which verses does Hosea 7:16 point to?

The 20 strongest of 23, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. They turned back and were faithless like their fathers, twisted like a faulty bow.

  2. Hosea 9:35 votes

    They will not remain in the land of the LORD; Ephraim will return to Egypt and eat unclean food in Assyria.

  3. Psalm 73:94 votes

    They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongues strut across the earth.

  4. This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You will drink your sister’s cup, a cup deep and wide. It will bring scorn and derision, for it holds so much.

  5. Psalm 12:43 votes

    They say, “With our tongues we will prevail. We own our lips—who can be our master?”

  6. Hosea 9:63 votes

    For even if they flee destruction, Egypt will gather them and Memphis will bury them. Their precious silver will be taken over by thistles, and thorns will overrun their tents.

  7. But I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.

  8. Psalm 52:22 votes

    Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.

  9. Psalm 57:42 votes

    My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts—with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.

  10. Their hearts were disloyal to Him, and they were unfaithful to His covenant.

  11. Isaiah 3:82 votes
  12. Yet in spite of all this, her unfaithful sister Judah did not return to Me with all her heart, but only in pretense,” declares the LORD.

  13. Hosea 6:42 votes

    What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes.

  14. Hosea 7:132 votes

    Woe to them, for they have strayed from Me! Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against Me! Though I would redeem them, they speak lies against Me.

  15. Hosea 11:72 votes
  16. Luke 8:132 votes

Which verses point to Hosea 7:16?

The 10 strongest of 20.