Hosea 8:7
For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.
Cross-reference
Hosea 10:12 calls for sowing righteousness to reap steadfast love, contrasting the futile sowing of wind here.
Hosea 7:9 describes strangers devouring Israel's strength — the same curse as the reaping of the whirlwind here.
Hosea 12:1 picks up the wind imagery—Ephraim feeds on wind—showing the same futility metaphor within the same book.
Hosea 10:13 uses the same sowing-reaping metaphor for sin, directly reinforcing the principle of reaping consequences.
Judges 6:3-6 recounts Midianites destroying produce — a historical example of the 'strangers devour' judgment.
Galatians 6:7 reinforces the principle of sowing and reaping, directly echoing the wisdom behind the whirlwind.
Proverbs 22:8 states that sowing injustice reaps calamity, a direct parallel to sowing wind and reaping whirlwind.
Deuteronomy 28:33 warns that a foreign nation will eat your crops — the covenant curse Hosea invokes for Israel's sin.
Proverbs 11:29 echoes the 'wind' metaphor—inheriting wind matches sowing wind, both signify empty results.
Isaiah 1:7 describes the same outcome—foreigners devouring the land—as the final threat here of strangers devouring the yield.
Isaiah 55:2 questions spending labor on what does not satisfy, paralleling the futility of sowing wind here.
Psalm 129:7 uses the same failed harvest image—reaper's hands empty—reinforcing the futility of Israel's efforts here.
Job 15:31 warns against trusting in emptiness — mirrors 'sowing the wind' and reaping futility.
Job 5:5 says the hungry eat the wicked's harvest — directly parallels strangers devouring Israel's grain.
Haggai 1:6 describes harvesting little after sowing much, a direct parallel to the failed grain yield in this verse.
Isaiah 17:11 describes a failed harvest despite planting, paralleling the grain yielding no flour in Hosea.
Jeremiah 12:13 depicts sowing wheat but reaping thorns, a similar image of futile harvest due to God's anger.
Job 4:8 expresses the same sowing-and-reaping principle: those who sow trouble reap it, aligning with the whirlwind.
Ecclesiastes 5:16 speaks of toiling for the wind, similar to sowing wind, both emphasizing futility.
Isaiah 5:17 depicts nomads eating among ruins, a similar image of outsiders consuming what was Israel's after judgment.