Cross references

Hosea 8:12

Though I wrote for them the great things of My law,

they regarded them as something strange.

Hosea 8:12 BSB

Hosea 8:12 has 14 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 0 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Deuteronomy 4:6–8 (3 votes) and Romans 7:12 (3 votes). 11 other verses point back to it. It links with 12 other books, from Deuteronomy 4 to Romans 7.

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Which verses does Hosea 8:12 point to?

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  1. Observe 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.” For what nation is great enough to have a god as near to them as the LORD our God is to us whenever we call on Him? …

  2. So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.

  3. They 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 became worthless themselves, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate. They 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.

  4. You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You gave them just ordinances, true laws, and good statutes and commandments. You revealed to them Your holy Sabbath and gave them commandments and statutes and laws through Your servant Moses.

  5. But 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.

  6. For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.

  7. Open my eyes that I may see wondrous things from Your law.

  8. He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and judgments to Israel. He has done this for no other nation; they do not know His judgments. Hallelujah!

  9. Have I not written for you thirty sayings about counsel and knowledge,

  10. These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction.

  11. Hosea 4:62 votes
  12. Romans 3:12 votes

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