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Hsa 5:12 — Therefore [will] I [be] unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

as a		Job 13:28; Isa 50:9; Isa 51:8
as		Pro 12:4
rottenness		or, a worm. Jon 4:7; Mar 9:44-48

Correlating Passages

as a

	Job 13:28	And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.
	Isa 50:9	Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who [is] he [that] shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.
	Isa 51:8	For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.

Pro 12:4

A virtuous woman [is] a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed [is] as rottenness in his bones.

rottenness

	Jon 4:7	But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.
	Mar 9:44	Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
	Mar 9:45	And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
	Mar 9:46	Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
	Mar 9:47	And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:
	Mar 9:48	Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.

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Scott, Thomas. "Hosea 5:12," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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