Hosea 8:12

Israel Rejects The Good

¹¹ When Ephraim multiplied his altars for sin,
they became his altars for sinning.
¹² Though I were to write out for him
ten thousand points of My instruction,
they would be regarded as something strange.
¹³ Though they offer sacrificial gifts
and eat the flesh,
the Lord does not accept them.
Now He will remember their guilt
and punish their sins;
they will return to Egypt.

Great Things

Hosea 4:6

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.
Because you have rejected knowledge,
I will reject you from serving as My priest.
Since you have forgotten the law of your God,
I will also forget your sons.

Deuteronomy 4:6-8

Carefully follow them, for this will show your wisdom and understanding in the eyes of the peoples. When they hear about all these statutes, they will say, ‘This great nation is indeed a wise and understanding people.’

2 Kings 17:15-16

They rejected His statutes and His covenant He had made with their ancestors and the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves, following the surrounding nations the Lord had commanded them not to imitate.

Nehemiah 9:13-14

You came down on Mount Sinai,
and spoke to them from heaven.
You gave them impartial ordinances, reliable instructions,
and good statutes and commands.

Nehemiah 9:26

But they were disobedient and rebelled against You.
They flung Your law behind their backs
and killed Your prophets
who warned them
in order to turn them back to You.
They committed terrible blasphemies.

Psalm 50:17

You hate instruction
and turn your back on My words.

Psalm 119:18

Open my eyes so that I may contemplate
wonderful things from Your instruction.

Psalm 147:19-20

He declares His word to Jacob,
His statutes and judgments to Israel.

Proverbs 22:20

Haven’t I written for you thirty sayings
about counsel and knowledge,

Isaiah 30:9

They are a rebellious people,
deceptive children,
children who do not want to obey the Lord’s instruction.

Jeremiah 6:16-17

This is what the Lord says:

Stand by the roadways and look.
Ask about the ancient paths:
Which is the way to what is good?
Then take it
and find rest for yourselves.
But they protested, “We won’t!”

Ezekiel 20:11

Then I gave them My statutes and explained My ordinances to them—the person who does them will live by them.

Romans 3:1

So what advantage does the Jew have? Or what is the benefit of circumcision?

Romans 7:12

So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and just and good.