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Hosea 12:7
A merchant loves to extort with dishonest scales in his hands.
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Isaiah 29:13
The Lord said: Because these people approach Me with their mouths to honor Me with lip-service— yet their hearts are far from Me, and their worship consists of man-made rules learned by rote—
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1 Corinthians 6 2
Or don’t you know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest cases?
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2 Kings 18 4-2 Kings 18 7
He removed the high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He broke into pieces the bronze snake that Moses made, for the Israelites burned incense to it up to that time. He called it Nehushtan.Hezekiah trusted in the Lord God of Israel; not one of the kings of Judah was like him, either before him or after him.He remained faithful to Yahweh and did not turn from following Him but kept the commands the Lord had commanded Moses.The Lord was with him, and wherever he went he prospered. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and did not serve him.
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Hosea 12:1
Ephraim chases the wind and pursues the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and violence. He makes a covenant with Assyria, and olive oil is carried to Egypt.
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Psalms 78:36
But they deceived Him with their mouths, they lied to Him with their tongues,
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Revelation 5:10
You made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they will reign on the earth.
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2 Chronicles 29 1-2 Chronicles 29 32
Hezekiah was 25 years old when he became king and reigned 29 years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Abijah daughter of Zechariah.He did what was right in the Lord’s sight just as his ancestor David had done.In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the doors of the Lord’s temple and repaired them.Then he brought in the priests and Levites and gathered them in the eastern public square.He said to them,“ Hear me, Levites. Consecrate yourselves now and consecrate the temple of Yahweh, the God of your ancestors. Remove everything impure from the holy place.For our fathers were unfaithful and did what is evil in the sight of the Lord our God. They abandoned Him, turned their faces away from the Lord’s tabernacle, and turned their backs on Him.They also closed the doors of the portico, extinguished the lamps, did not burn incense, and did not offer burnt offerings in the holy place of the God of Israel.Therefore, the wrath of the Lord was on Judah and Jerusalem, and He made them an object of terror, horror, and mockery, as you see with your own eyes.Our fathers fell by the sword, and our sons, our daughters, and our wives are in captivity because of this.It is in my heart now to make a covenant with Yahweh, the God of Israel so that His burning anger may turn away from us.My sons, don’t be negligent now, for the Lord has chosen you to stand in His presence, to serve Him, and to be His ministers and burners of incense.”Then the Levites stood up: Mahath son of Amasai and Joel son of Azariah from the Kohathites; Kish son of Abdi and Azariah son of Jehallelel from the Merarites; Joah son of Zimmah and Eden son of Joah from the Gershonites;Shimri and Jeuel from the Elizaphanites; Zechariah and Mattaniah from the Asaphites;Jehiel and Shimei from the Hemanites; Shemaiah and Uzziel from the Jeduthunites.They gathered their brothers together, consecrated themselves, and went according to the king’s command by the words of the Lord to cleanse the Lord’s temple.The priests went to the entrance of the Lord’s temple to cleanse it. They took all the unclean things they found in the Lord’s sanctuary to the courtyard of the Lord’s temple. Then the Levites received them and took them outside to the Kidron Valley.They began the consecration on the first day of the first month, and on the eighth day of the month they came to the portico of the Lord’s temple. They consecrated the Lord’s temple for eight days, and on the sixteenth day of the first month they finished.Then they went inside to King Hezekiah and said,“ We have cleansed the whole temple of the Lord, the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the table for the rows of the bread of the Presence and all its utensils.We have set up and consecrated all the utensils that King Ahaz rejected during his reign when he became unfaithful. They are in front of the altar of the Lord.”King Hezekiah got up early, gathered the city officials, and went to the Lord’s temple.They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats as a sin offering for the kingdom, for the sanctuary, and for Judah. Then he told the descendants of Aaron, the priests, to offer them on the altar of the Lord.So they slaughtered the bulls, and the priests received the blood and sprinkled it on the altar. They slaughtered the rams and sprinkled the blood on the altar. They slaughtered the lambs and sprinkled the blood on the altar.Then they brought the goats for the sin offering right into the presence of the king and the congregation, who laid their hands on them.The priests slaughtered the goats and put their blood on the altar for a sin offering, to make atonement for all Israel, for the king said that the burnt offering and sin offering were for all Israel.Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the Lord’s temple with cymbals, harps, and lyres according to the command of David, Gad the king’s seer, and Nathan the prophet. For the command was from the Lord through His prophets.The Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.Then Hezekiah ordered that the burnt offering be offered on the altar. When the burnt offerings began, the song of the Lord and the trumpets began, accompanied by the instruments of David king of Israel.The whole assembly was worshiping, singing the song, and blowing the trumpets— all of this continued until the burnt offering was completed.When the burnt offerings were completed, the king and all those present with him bowed down and worshiped.Then King Hezekiah and the officials told the Levites to sing praise to the Lord in the words of David and of Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with rejoicing and bowed down and worshiped.Hezekiah concluded,“ Now you are consecrated to the Lord. Come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings to the Lord’s temple.” So the congregation brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and all those with willing hearts brought burnt offerings.The number of burnt offerings the congregation brought was 70 bulls, 100 rams, and 200 lambs; all these were for a burnt offering to the Lord.
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Hosea 7:16
They turn, but not to what is above; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword because of the cursing of their tongue. They will be ridiculed for this in the land of Egypt.
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Hosea 4:15
Israel, if you act promiscuously, don’t let Judah become guilty! Do not go to Gilgal or make a pilgrimage to Beth-aven, and do not swear an oath: As the Lord lives!
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Revelation 1:6
and made us a kingdom, priests to His God and Father— the glory and dominion are His forever and ever. Amen.
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Genesis 32:28
“ Your name will no longer be Jacob,” He said.“ It will be Israel because you have struggled with God and with men and have prevailed.”
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Isaiah 44:20
He feeds on ashes. His deceived mind has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself, or say,“ Isn’t there a lie in my right hand?”
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Micah 6:12
For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; the tongues in their mouths are deceitful.
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Revelation 3:21
The victor: I will give him the right to sit with Me on My throne, just as I also won the victory and sat down with My Father on His throne.
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Isaiah 59:3-4
For your hands are defiled with blood and your fingers, with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongues mutter injustice.No one makes claims justly; no one pleads honestly. They trust in empty and worthless words; they conceive trouble and give birth to iniquity.
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Hosea 4:2
Cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.
