Hosea 7:14

And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me.

Cross-reference

Hosea 7:7 Parallel

Hosea 7:7 repeats the same indictment: none of them calls upon me, reinforcing the failure to seek God.

Hosea 8:2 Parallel

Hosea 8:2 shows Israel crying to God claiming to know him, but this too is empty—parallel to the insincere wailing.

James 4:3 Parallel

James 4:3 says prayers are unanswered when asked to spend on passions, exactly the insincere crying for grain and wine in Hosea.

Philippians 3:19 says 'their god is their belly', directly paralleling Hosea's people who gather for grain and wine as their focus.

Job 35:10 Parallel

Job 35:10 laments that no one says 'Where is God my Maker?' — exactly the lack of sincere seeking that this verse condemns.

Psalm 78:34 Parallel

Psalm 78:34 says when God slew them, they sought him — but their cries were flattery, parallel to the insincere wailing from the bed here.

In Isaiah 29:13, God condemns lip-service with hearts far away — the same insincere worship as crying not from heart.

Isaiah 64:7 Parallel

Isaiah 64:7 laments that no one calls on God's name—parallel to Hosea's charge that they do not cry to Him from the heart.

Jeremiah 2:27 shows Israel crying to idols yet turning to God only in trouble—the same insincere, fair-weather devotion seen in Hosea 7:14.

Isaiah 26:16 shows people pouring out a whispered prayer in distress—a genuine seeking under discipline, contrasting with Hosea's insincere wailing.

Psalm 145:18 promises God is near to those who call in truth—contrasting with Hosea 7:14 where the cry is not from the heart.

Psalm 119:58 describes entreating God with all the heart—the opposite of Hosea's people, who wail but not from the heart.

Psalm 78:37 Parallel

Psalm 78:37 says Israel's heart was not steadfast—directly mirroring Hosea's complaint that they do not cry to God from the heart.

Psalm 18:41 Parallel

Psalm 18:41 says enemies cried to the Lord but He did not answer, paralleling Hosea's insincere cry that God rejects.

Job 35:13 Parallel

Job 35:13 states God does not hear an empty cry, a clear parallel to Hosea's cry not from the heart.

Job 27:9 Parallel

Job 27:9 asks if God hears the cry of the wicked in distress, directly echoing Hosea's empty wailing that goes unheard.

Exodus 33:4 Contrast

Exodus 33:4 shows genuine mourning at God's word, contrasting with Hosea's insincere wailing on their beds.

Exodus 32:6 Parallel

In Exodus 32:6, the golden calf feast shows revelry and rebellion — similar to Israel's insincere worship and gashing.

In Jeremiah 3:10, Judah's return is in pretense, not whole heart — echoing the insincere cries in Hosea.

Lamentations 2:18 shows sincere crying to God, contrasting with Hosea's insincere wailing not from the heart.

Amos 4:6 Parallel

Amos 4:6 parallels this pattern: God sent famine (cleanness of teeth) but Israel did not return to him—same stubbornness.

Romans 16:18 warns of those serving their own appetites, mirroring Hosea's people who cry out for grain and wine rather than God.

Isaiah 59:11 describes mourning like doves over sin—a genuine lament, unlike the hollow wailing on beds in Hosea 7:14.

Daniel 9:13 Parallel

Daniel 9:13 echoes this failure—despite calamity, they still did not entreat God or turn from sin.

Amos 2:8 Parallel

Amos 2:8 shows people drinking wine from unjust fines, paralleling Hosea's gathering for wine as part of rebellious self-indulgence.

In Zechariah 7:5, fasting was not for God — similar to crying not from the heart but for selfish reasons.