Hosea 8:7
Hosea · Old Testament · Chapter 8
“For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.”Hosea 8:7
What Does Hosea 8:7 Mean?
Hosea 8:7 is found in the book of Hosea, chapter 8, verse 7 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 8:7 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Galatians 6:7“Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.”Proverbs 22:8“He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.”Haggai 1:6“Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.”Job 4:8“Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.”Hosea 10:12“Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.”Isaiah 55:2“Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.”Hosea 10:13“Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.”Nahum 1:3“The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.”Galatians 6:8“For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.”Judges 6:3“And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them;”Job 5:5“Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.”Isaiah 17:11“In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.”Hosea 7:9“Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.”Job 15:31“Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.”Proverbs 6:14“Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.”Isaiah 66:15“For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.”Jeremiah 12:13“They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, but shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD.”Hosea 2:9“Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wool and my flax given to cover her nakedness.”Deuteronomy 28:33“The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:”2 Kings 13:3“And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael, all their days.”
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