Hosea 5:4

Contemporary English Version 1995

Your evil deeds are the reason you won't return to me, your Lord God. And your constant craving for sex keeps you from knowing me.

Cross References

Hosea 4:12

You expect wooden idols and other objects of wood to give you advice. Lusting for sex at pagan shrines has made you unfaithful to me, your God.

John 16:3

They will do these things because they don't know either the Father or me.

John 8:55

even though you don't really know him. If I said I didn't know him, I would be a liar, just like all of you. But I know him, and I do what he says.

Hosea 4:6

You priests have rejected me, and my people are destroyed by refusing to obey. Now I'll reject you and forget your children, because you have forgotten my Law.

Hosea 4:1

Israel, listen as the Lord accuses everyone in the land! No one is faithful or loyal or truly cares about God.

Jeremiah 50:38

Your rivers and canals will dry up. All of this will happen, because your land is full of idols, and they have made fools of you.

Jeremiah 24:7

I will give them a desire to know me and to be my people. They will want me to be their God, and they will turn back to me with all their heart.

Jeremiah 9:24

If you feel you must brag, then have enough sense to brag about worshiping me, the Lord. What I like best is showing kindness, justice, and mercy to everyone on earth.

Jeremiah 9:6

Everyone takes advantage of everyone else, and no one will admit that I am God.

Psalm 78:8

They would be different from their ancestors, who were stubborn, rebellious, and unfaithful to God.

Psalm 9:10

Everyone who honors your name can trust you, because you are faithful to all who depend on you.

1 Samuel 2:12

Eli's sons were priests, but they were dishonest and refused to obey the Lord. So, while people were boiling the meat from their sacrifices, these priests would send over a servant with a large, three-pronged fork.

Hosea 4:14

But I won't punish them. You men are to blame, because you go to prostitutes and offer sacrifices with them at pagan shrines. Your own foolishness will lead to your ruin.

Hosea 7:11

Israel is a senseless bird, fluttering back and forth between Egypt and Assyria.

Hosea 13:13

You are like a senseless child who refuses to be born at the proper time.

Hosea 4:11

and have been unfaithful to me, their Lord. My people, you are foolish because of too much pleasure and too much wine.

Hosea 8:11

Israel, you have built many altars where you offer sacrifices for sin. But these altars have become places for sin.