Hosea 4:14

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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.

Cross References

1 Kings 15:12

He forced the prostitutes at the shrines to leave the country, and he got rid of the idols his ancestors had made.

2 Kings 23:7

He had the buildings torn down where the male prostitutes lived next to the temple, and where the women wove sacred robes for the idol of Asherah.

Proverbs 28:5

Criminals don't know what justice means, but all who respect the LORD understand it completely.

Isaiah 1:5

Why be punished more? Why not give up your sin? Your head is badly bruised, and you are weak all over.

Isaiah 27:11

When broken branches fall to the ground, women pick them up to feed the fire. But these people are so stupid that the God who created them will show them no mercy.

Isaiah 56:11

You stupid leaders are a pack of hungry and greedy dogs that never get enough. You are shepherds who ill-treat your own sheep for selfish gain.

Daniel 12:10

Many people will have their hearts and lives made pure and clean, but those who are evil will keep on being evil and never understand. Only the wise will understand.

Hosea 14:9

If you are wise, you will know and understand what I mean. I am the LORD, and I lead you along the right path. If you obey me, we will walk together, but if you are wicked, you will stumble.

Hosea 4:1

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

Hosea 4:17

You people of Israel are charmed by idols. Leave them alone!

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.

Amos 2:7

They throw the poor to the ground and push aside those who are helpless. My holy name is dishonoured, because fathers and sons sleep with the same young women.

Amos 7:17

Now, listen to what the LORD says about you: Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, your sons and daughters will be killed in war, and your land will be divided among others. You will die in a country of foreigners, and the people of Israel will be dragged from their homeland.

Numbers 25:3

The LORD was angry with Israel because they had worshipped the god Baal-Peor.

John 8:43

Why can't you understand what I am talking about? Can't you stand to hear what I am saying?

Romans 3:11

Not one of them understands or even searches for God.

1 Corinthians 6:16

Don't you know that a man who does that becomes part of her body? The Scriptures say, “The two of them will be like one person.”

Ephesians 4:18

Their minds are in the dark, and they are stubborn and ignorant and have missed out on the life that comes from God. They no longer have any feelings about what is right,

Deuteronomy 23:17

People of Israel, don't any of you ever be temple prostitutes.

Hebrews 12:8

God corrects all his children, and if he doesn't correct you, then you don't really belong to him.