Hosea 7:6
For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.
Cross-references
In Hosea 7:4, the same oven metaphor describes adulterers burning with lust — both verses depict sin as a consuming fire.
In Hosea 7:7, the 'hot as an oven' image continues: rulers are devoured and none call on God — the smoldering anger leads to destruction.
In Proverbs 4:16, the wicked cannot rest until they do evil — matching the smoldering anger that keeps them plotting all night.
In Micah 2:1, the wicked plot evil on their beds and carry it out at morning light — an exact parallel to the night smoldering and morning blaze.
Psalm 36:4 mirrors the wicked plotting evil on his bed — same image of nighttime scheming with an oven-hot heart.
Psalm 140:2 describes those who plan evil in their hearts — directly parallels the heart like an oven plotting intrigue.
Isaiah 32:6 says the fool's heart is busy with iniquity — same idea as Hosea's heart like an oven with intrigue. Strong parallel.
Psalm 17:3 contrasts: David's heart tested at night and found pure, while Hosea's people smolder with evil. Opposite outcomes.