Hosea 10:1
Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images.
Cross-reference
Hosea 13:6 explains how fullness led to pride and forgetting God, the same pattern of prosperity causing spiritual decline in the main verse.
Hosea 13:2 describes making metal idols from silver, similar to using prosperity for idolatry in the main verse.
Hosea 8:11 directly parallels the multiplied altars that lead to sin, reinforcing the same indictment of Israel's idolatry.
Hosea 8:4 condemns making idols from silver and gold, echoing the self-made altars and pillars built from prosperity in the main verse.
Hosea 2:8 reveals that God gave Israel grain, wine, and oil which they used for Baal—mirroring the misuse of prosperity for idolatry in the main verse.
Hosea 12:11 mentions altars as worthless, connecting to the altars built in the main verse—both depict false worship sites.
Hosea 12:8 shows Israel's boastful self-sufficiency from wealth, linking to the prosperity that led to building altars in the main verse.
1 Kings 14:23 describes Judah building pillars and high places, a historical parallel to the idolatry in the main verse.
In John 15:1-6, Jesus as the true vine contrasts Israel's failed vine, showing the need to abide in Christ for genuine fruit.
Jeremiah 2:28 criticizes multiplying gods like cities, paralleling the multiplication of altars from prosperity in the main verse.
In Isaiah 5:1-7, the same vineyard metaphor shows God's disappointment when Israel yields wild grapes instead of justice, deepening the judgment theme.
Leviticus 26:1 forbids pillars and altars—exactly what Israel does in the main verse, highlighting their disobedience.
Ezekiel 16:17 describes using God's gifts to make idols, exactly the pattern in Hosea 10:1 where fruit is used for false worship.
Ezekiel 15:2 uses the vine metaphor to question its value if unfruitful, reinforcing the judgment implied in Israel's fruitfulness leading to sin.
Isaiah 5:2 also uses a vine to depict Israel: God's careful cultivation yields wild grapes, mirroring how prosperity here leads to more altars.
Ezekiel 15:1-5 compares Israel to useless vine wood fit only for burning — contrasting with Hosea's fruitful but idolatrous vine.
Isaiah 17:8 describes a future turning from altars made by hands, contrasting the present proliferation of altars in Hosea 10:1.