Cross references
Hosea 8:4
They set up kings, but not by Me.
They make princes, but without My approval.
With their silver and gold they make themselves idols,
to their own destruction.
Hosea 8:4 has 15 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 2 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Hosea 13:9–10 (5 votes) and 2 Kings 15:10–30 (4 votes). 20 other verses point back to it. It links with 14 other books, from Exodus 32 to Galatians 4.
Which verses does Hosea 8:4 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Hosea 13:9–105 votes
You are destroyed, O Israel, because you are against Me—against your helper. Where is your king now to save you in all your cities, and the rulers to whom you said, “Give me a king and princes”?
- 2 Kings 15:10–304 votes
Then Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah, struck him down and killed him in front of the people, and reigned in his place. As for the rest of the acts of Zechariah, they are indeed written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel. …
- 1 Kings 12:16–203 votes
When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: “What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David!” So the Israelites went home, but Rehoboam still reigned over the Israelites living in the cities of Judah. …
- 1 Kings 16:313 votes
And as if it were not enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he even married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and he then proceeded to serve and worship Baal.
- Hosea 2:83 votes
For she does not acknowledge that it was I who gave her grain, new wine, and oil, who lavished on her silver and gold—which they crafted for Baal.
- Hosea 13:23 votes
Now they sin more and more and make for themselves cast images, idols skillfully made from their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. People say of them, “They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves!”
- John 10:143 votes
I am the good shepherd. I know My sheep and My sheep know Me,
- 1 Kings 12:282 votes
After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”
- Luke 13:252 votes
After the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, you will stand outside knocking and saying, ‘Lord, open the door for us.’ But he will reply, ‘I do not know where you are from.’
- Galatians 4:92 votes
But now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to those weak and worthless principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?
- 1 Kings 13:341 vote
- Jeremiah 44:7–81 vote
- Ezekiel 18:311 vote
- Matthew 25:121 vote
- Luke 13:271 vote
Which verses point to Hosea 8:4?
The 10 strongest of 20.