Hosea 10:13 “You have plowed wickedness and reaped injustice; you have eaten the fr…”

Hosea 10:13

You have plowed wickedness and reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your own way and in the multitude of your mighty men,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

You have plowed wickedness. You have reaped iniquity. You have eaten the fruit of lies, for you trusted in your way, in the multitude of your mighty men.

American Standard Version

Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies; for thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.

Geneva Bible 1599

But you haue plowed wickednesse: ye haue reaped iniquitie: you haue eaten the fruite of lies: because thou didest trust in thine owne waies, and in the multitude of thy strong men,

Darby Translation

Ye have ploughed wickedness, reaped iniquity, eaten the fruit of lies; for thou didst confide in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.

Young's Literal Translation

Ye have ploughed wickedness, Perversity ye have reaped, Ye have eaten the fruit of lying, For thou hast trusted in thy way, In the abundance of thy might.

Bible in Basic English

You have been ploughing sin, you have got in a store of evil, the fruit of deceit has been your food: for you put faith in your way, in the number of your men of war.

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Cross references

“plowed”

Job 4:8 Proverbs 22:8 Hosea 8:7 Galatians 6:7 Galatians 6:8

Job 4:8 · BSB

As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.

Proverbs 22:8 · BSB

He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.

Hosea 8:7 · BSB

For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if it should produce, the foreigners would swallow it up.

Galatians 6:7 · BSB

Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.

Galatians 6:8 · BSB

The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.

“eaten”

Proverbs 1:31 Proverbs 12:19 Proverbs 19:5 Proverbs 18:20 Proverbs 18:21

Proverbs 1:31 · BSB

So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

Proverbs 12:19 · BSB

Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.

Proverbs 19:5 · BSB

A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.

Proverbs 18:20 · BSB

From the fruit of his mouth a man’s belly is filled; with the harvest from his lips he is satisfied.

Proverbs 18:21 · BSB

Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

“didst”

Psalm 62:10 Psalm 52:7

Psalm 62:10 · BSB

Place no trust in extortion or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.

Psalm 52:7 · BSB

“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”

“in the”

Psalm 33:16 Ecclesiastes 9:11

Psalm 33:16 · BSB

No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength.

Ecclesiastes 9:11 · BSB

I saw something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither is the bread to the wise, nor the wealth to the intelligent, nor the favor to the skillful. For time and chance happ…

Also

Hosea 7:3 Hosea 11:12

Hosea 7:3 · BSB

They delight the king with their evil, and the princes with their lies.

Hosea 11:12 · BSB

Ephraim surrounds Me with lies, the house of Israel with deceit; but Judah still walks with God and is faithful to the Holy One.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

12Sow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of loving devotion; break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and sends righteousness upon you like rain.

14the roar of battle will rise against your people, so that all your fortresses will be demolished as Shalman devastated Beth-arbel in the day of battle, when mothers were dashed to pieces along with their children.

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