Hosea 8:7

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Hosea 8:7

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

Proverbs 22:8

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

Hosea 7:9

Foreigners consume his strength,
but he does not notice.
Even his hair is streaked with gray,
but he does not notice.

Deuteronomy 28:33

A people you don’t know will eat your land’s produce and everything you have labored for. You will only be oppressed and crushed continually.

Judges 6:3-6

Whenever the Israelites planted crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and the Qedemites came and attacked them.

2 Kings 13:3-7

So the Lord’s anger burned against Israel, and He surrendered them to the power of Hazael king of Aram and his son Ben-hadad during their reigns.

2 Kings 15:19

Pul king of Assyria invaded the land, so Menahem gave Pul 75,000 pounds of silver so that Pul would support him to strengthen his grip on the kingdom.

In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee—all the land of Naphtali—and deported the people to Assyria.

Job 4:8

In my experience, those who plow injustice
and those who sow trouble reap the same.

Ecclesiastes 5:16

This too is a sickening tragedy: exactly as he comes, so he will go. What does the one gain who struggles for the wind?

Isaiah 17:11

On the day that you plant,
you will help them to grow,
and in the morning
you will help your seed to sprout,
but the harvest will vanish
on the day of disease and incurable pain.

Isaiah 66:15

Look, the Lord will come with fire—
His chariots are like the whirlwind—
to execute His anger with fury
and His rebuke with flames of fire.

Jeremiah 12:13

They have sown wheat but harvested thorns.
They have exhausted themselves but have no profit.
Be put to shame by your harvests
because of the Lord’s burning anger.

Hosea 2:9

Therefore, I will take back My grain in its time
and My new wine in its season;
I will take away My wool and linen,
which were to cover her nakedness.

Hosea 10:12-13

Sow righteousness for yourselves
and reap faithful love;
break up your unplowed ground.
It is time to seek the Lord
until He comes and sends righteousness
on you like the rain.

Nahum 1:3

The Lord is slow to anger but great in power;
the Lord will never leave the guilty unpunished.
His path is in the whirlwind and storm,
and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.

Galatians 6:7

Don’t be deceived: God is not mocked. For whatever a man sows he will also reap,

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Summary

Hosea 8:7

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.

Sown

Galatians 6:7

It hath

Isaiah 17:11

Jeremiah 12:13

The strangers

2 Kings 15:19

Bible References

Sown

Sow righteousness for yourselves
and reap faithful love;
break up your unplowed ground.
It is time to seek the Lord

until He comes and sends righteousness
on you like the rain.

In my experience, those who plow injustice
and those who sow trouble reap the same.

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

This too is a sickening tragedy: exactly as he comes, so he will go. What does the one gain who struggles for the wind?

Don’t be deceived: God is not mocked. For whatever a man sows he will also reap,

It hath

On the day that you plant,
you will help them to grow,
and in the morning
you will help your seed to sprout,
but the harvest will vanish
on the day of disease and incurable pain.

They have sown wheat but harvested thorns.
They have exhausted themselves but have no profit.
Be put to shame by your harvests
because of the Lord’s burning anger.

The strangers

Foreigners consume his strength,
but he does not notice.
Even his hair is streaked with gray,
but he does not notice.

A people you don’t know will eat your land’s produce and everything you have labored for. You will only be oppressed and crushed continually.

Whenever the Israelites planted crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and the Qedemites came and attacked them.

So the Lord’s anger burned against Israel, and He surrendered them to the power of Hazael king of Aram and his son Ben-hadad during their reigns.

Pul

king of Assyria invaded the land, so Menahem gave Pul 75,000 pounds of silver so that Pul would support him to strengthen his grip on the kingdom.