Hosea 12:8
And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin. And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.
Hosea, whose name means salvation, was the last great prophet to the northern kingdom, and this text stands in the closing portion of his book. That closing portion lays bare sad moral conditions and degeneration and decay including gross iniquity. It warns of coming captivity and separation from God, yet it ends with tender exhortation and rich promises of blessing from God as the result of repentance.
In the verse Ephraim declares that he has become rich and has found substance for himself. He further claims that in all his labors no iniquity that were sin can be found in him, treating wealth and material success as proof of innocence. The verse thus exposes the pride and self-deception that prosperity can foster. His riches do not mean that he is right with God.