Hosea 7:15
Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.
Cross-reference
Psalm 106:43-45 summarizes the same pattern: God delivered them, they rebelled, yet he remembered his covenant in compassion.
Nahum 1:9 warns those who plot against the Lord — directly echoing the same rebellious action here.
In Romans 1:21, this same response to divine blessing — receiving strength yet failing to glorify God — leads to futile thinking and darkened hearts.
In Hebrews 12:5, believers are exhorted not to despise discipline — a direct application of the failure seen here.
Proverbs 3:11 warns not to despise discipline — exactly what Israel did by devising evil after God's training.
Jeremiah 17:9 reveals the deceitful heart — the root cause of Israel's evil plotting here.
Revelation 3:19 shows discipline stems from love and leads to repentance — opposite to Israel's evil plotting here.
2 Kings 13:5 shows God providing a savior to strengthen Israel against Syria, paralleling 'trained and strengthened arms' but Israel devises evil.
2 Kings 13:23 shows God's compassion despite Israel's sin, contrasting with their evil devised against him in Hosea.
2 Kings 14:25-27 describes God saving Israel despite their bitter affliction, echoing his compassion in contrast to Israel's evil.
In Job 5:17, God's discipline is called a blessing — contrasting with Israel's evil response to His training here.
Psalm 2:1 describes nations plotting against God — parallel to Israel's evil schemes against Him here.
Psalm 94:12 calls those taught by God's discipline blessed — a stark contrast to Israel's reaction here.
In Proverbs 31:17, the virtuous woman 'strengthens her arms' faithfully — contrasting with God strengthening Israel's arms only to be met with plotting evil.
Acts 4:25 quotes Psalm 2 on plotting against God — reinforcing the theme of rebellion seen here.
In 2 Corinthians 10:5, the 'arguments' and 'lofty opinions' raised against God mirror the evil plotting here — though believers are called to destroy them.