Hosea 7:16
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16 They (A)return, but not upward;[a]
they are (B)like a treacherous bow;
their princes shall fall by the sword
because of (C)the insolence of their tongue.
This shall be their derision (D)in the land of Egypt.
Footnotes
- Hosea 7:16 Or to the Most High
Hosea 9:3
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3 They shall not remain in (A)the land of the Lord,
but (B)Ephraim shall return to Egypt,
and (C)they shall eat unclean food in Assyria.
Psalm 78:57
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57 but turned away and acted treacherously like their fathers;
they twisted like (A)a deceitful bow.
Ezekiel 23:32
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32 Thus says the Lord God:
“You shall drink your sister's cup
that is deep and large;
you shall be laughed at and held in derision,
for it contains much;
Psalm 73:9
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9 They set their mouths against the heavens,
and their tongue struts through the earth.
Hosea 9:6
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6 For behold, they are going away from destruction;
but (A)Egypt shall gather them;
Memphis shall bury them.
Nettles shall possess (B)their precious things of silver;
(C)thorns shall be in their tents.
Psalm 12:4
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4 those who say, “With our tongue we will prevail,
our lips are with us; who is master over us?”
Revelation 13:5
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5 And the beast was given (A)a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for (B)forty-two months.
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2 Peter 2:8
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8 (for as that righteous man lived among them day after day, (A)he was tormenting his righteous soul over their lawless deeds that he saw and heard);
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James 3:5
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5 So also the tongue is a small member, yet (A)it boasts of great things.
How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire!
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Luke 11:24-26
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Return of an Unclean Spirit
24 (A)“When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through (B)waterless places seeking rest, and finding none it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ 25 And when it comes, it finds the house swept and put in order. 26 Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and dwell there. And (C)the last state of that person is worse than the first.”
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Luke 8:13
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13 And the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it (A)with joy. But these have no root; they (B)believe for a while, and in time of testing (C)fall away.
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Matthew 12:36
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36 I tell you, (A)on the day of judgment (B)people will give account for (C)every careless word they speak,
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Hosea 11:7
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7 My people are bent (A)on turning away from me,
and though (B)they call out to the Most High,
he shall not raise them up at all.
Hosea 8:13-14
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13 As for my sacrificial offerings,
(A)they sacrifice meat and eat it,
but the Lord does not accept them.
(B)Now he will remember their iniquity
and punish their sins;
(C)they shall return to Egypt.
14 For (D)Israel has forgotten (E)his Maker
and (F)built palaces,
and (G)Judah has multiplied fortified cities;
so (H)I will send a fire upon his cities,
and it shall devour her strongholds.
Hosea 7:13
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13 (A)Woe to them, for they have strayed from me!
Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against me!
(B)I would redeem them,
but (C)they speak lies against me.
Ezekiel 36:20
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20 But when they came to the nations, wherever they came, (A)they profaned my holy name, in that people said of them, ‘These are the people of the Lord, and yet they had to go out of his land.’
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Jeremiah 18:18
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18 Then they said, (A)“Come, let us make plots against Jeremiah, (B)for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. (C)Come, let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not pay attention to any of his words.”
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Jeremiah 3:10
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10 Yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah did not return to me (A)with her whole heart, but in pretense, declares the Lord.”
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Isaiah 3:8
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8 For Jerusalem has stumbled,
and Judah has fallen,
because their (A)speech and their deeds are against the Lord,
(B)defying his glorious presence.[a]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 3:8 Hebrew the eyes of his glory
Psalm 78:37
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Psalm 57:4
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4 My soul is in the midst of (A)lions;
I lie down amid fiery beasts—
the children of man, whose (B)teeth are spears and arrows,
whose (C)tongues are sharp swords.
Psalm 52:2
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