Hosea 14:8
Hosea · Old Testament · Chapter 14
“Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.”Hosea 14:8
What Does Hosea 14:8 Mean?
Hosea 14:8 is found in the book of Hosea, chapter 14, verse 8 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Hosea 14:8 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
John 15:4“Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.”2 Corinthians 6:16“And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.”Galatians 5:22“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,”Ezekiel 36:25“Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.”Deuteronomy 7:26“Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.”Job 34:32“That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.”1 Samuel 7:4“Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the LORD only.”Ezekiel 37:23“Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.”John 3:21“But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.”James 1:17“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.”Isaiah 41:19“I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together:”Isaiah 55:13“Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.”Hosea 14:3“Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.”Luke 15:20“And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.”Philippians 2:13“For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.”1 Peter 4:3“For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:”2 Peter 2:15“Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;”Job 33:27“He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;”Isaiah 30:22“Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.”Isaiah 31:7“For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.”
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