Hosea 4:12

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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.

Cross References

2 Kings 17:7

All of this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had rescued them from Egypt, where they had been slaves. They worshipped foreign gods,

2 Chronicles 21:13

Instead you have acted like those sinful kings of Israel and have encouraged the people of Judah to stop worshipping the LORD, just as Ahab and his descendants did. You even murdered your own brothers, who were better men than you.

Psalm 106:39

By doing such gruesome things, they also became filthy.

Psalm 73:27

Powerful LORD God, all who stay far from you will be lost, and you will destroy those who are unfaithful.

Jeremiah 10:8

Idols are worthless, and anyone who worships them is a fool!

Jeremiah 2:27

worship stone idols and sacred poles as if they had created you and had given you life. You have rejected me, but when you're in trouble, you cry to me for help.

Jeremiah 23:13

The prophets in Samaria were disgusting to me, because they preached in the name of Baal and led my people astray.

Ezekiel 20:32

They may think they can be like other nations and get away with worshipping idols made of wood and stone. But that will never happen!

Ezekiel 21:21

When the Babylonian king stands at that signpost, he will decide which way to go by shaking his arrows, by asking his idols, and by carefully looking at the liver of a sacrificed animal.

Hosea 14:3

Assyria can't save us, and chariots can't help. So we will no longer worship the idols we have made. Our LORD, you show mercy to orphans.”

Hosea 5:4

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.

Hosea 6:10

I have seen a terrible thing in Israel— you are unfaithful and unfit to worship me.

Hosea 9:1

Israel, don't celebrate or make noisy shouts like other nations. You have been unfaithful to your God. Wherever grain is threshed, you behave like prostitutes because you enjoy the money you receive.

Leviticus 17:7

Don't ever turn from me again and offer sacrifices to goat-demons. This law will never change.

Leviticus 20:5

but not me. If any of you worship Molech, I will turn against you and your entire family, and I will no longer let you belong to my people.

Micah 2:11

The only prophet you want is a liar who will say, “Drink and get drunk!”

Habakkuk 2:19

What can you learn from idols covered with silver or gold? They can't even breathe. Pity anyone who says to an idol of wood or stone, “Get up and do something!”

Numbers 15:39

These will remind you that you must obey my laws and teachings. And when you do, you will be dedicated to me and won't follow your own sinful desires.

Deuteronomy 31:16

The LORD said: Moses, you will soon die. But Israel is going into a land where other gods are worshipped, and Israel will reject me and start worshipping these gods. The people will break the agreement I made with them,

Judges 18:5

“Please talk to God for us,” the men said. “Ask God if we will be successful in what we are trying to do.”