Hosea 4:2

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Instead there is only cursing, lying, murdering, stealing, and adultery. They commit violence, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.

Cross References

Genesis 4:8

Later, when Cain was talking with his brother Abel they went out into the fields where Cain attacked his brother and killed him.

Isaiah 24:5

The earth is polluted by its people; they have flouted God's laws, violated his regulations, and broken the eternal agreement with him.

Isaiah 48:1

Listen to this, descendants of Jacob, called by the name of Israel, and who come from the lineage of Judah. Listen, you people who swear by the name of the Lord, or who invoke the God of Israel, but not truly or sincerely.

Jeremiah 51:5

Israel and Judah have not been deserted by their God, the Lord Almighty, even though they sinned against the Holy One of Israel everywhere in their country.

Jeremiah 6:7

Like a spring gushing out water, so she pours out her evil. The sounds of violence and abuse echo inside her. I see people sick and wounded everywhere.

Lamentations 4:13

But this happened because of the sins of her prophets and the wickedness of her priests, who shed the blood of the innocent right there in the city.

Ezekiel 7:23

Get the chains ready, because the country is full of blood being spilled by violent crimes, and the city itself is full of violence.

Hosea 10:13

But instead you have planted wickedness and reaped an evil harvest. You have eaten the fruit of lies, because you trusted in your own strength and in your many warriors.

Hosea 10:4

They speak empty words, swearing false promises to make a covenant. Their “justice” flourishes like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.

Hosea 11:12

Ephraim surrounds me with lies and Israel with deceit, and Judah still wanders with some deity, faithful to some “Holy One.”

Hosea 12:14

Ephraim has really upset the Lord, and the Lord will let them have the consequences of their bloodshed and pay them back for their contempt.

Hosea 5:2

Judgment belongs with you because you have been a snare set at Mizpah and a net spread out on Tabor. You dug a deep trap in Shittim, but I will punish you for all these things you have done.

Hosea 6:8

Gilead is a city of evil people where footprints are tracked in blood.

Hosea 6:9

Priests are like a gang of bandits, lying in wait to ambush travelers on the road. They commit murder in Shechem, carrying out wicked crimes.

Hosea 7:1

when I heal Israel, Ephraim's sins will be exposed, together with the evil actions of Samaria. They deal in lies; they are thieves who break in to homes and who rob people on the outside.

Hosea 7:3

They make their king happy with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.

Hosea 7:4

All of them are adulterers, burning with lust like an oven whose fire stays hot, even though it is not tended by the baker, having left the dough to rise after kneading.

Micah 3:2

you who hate good and love evil! You tear off their skin, and rip the flesh from their bones.

Micah 3:9

Listen to me, leaders of the descendants of Jacob and the people of Israel, you who hate justice and distort all that is right.

Micah 6:10

Are there still ill-gotten gains in the houses of the wicked? Are they still using dishonest measures in selling grain?

Micah 7:2

All the good people in the country are gone, there's no one who does right left anywhere. Everyone is looking to murder others; they try to trap even their own brothers.

Zephaniah 3:1

What disaster is coming to corrupted, rebellious Jerusalem, you who oppress people!

Zechariah 5:3

He told me, “This is the curse that is going out to all the world. Anyone who steals will be purged from society, according to one side of the scroll. Anyone who swears lies under oath will be purged from society, according to the other side of the scroll.”

Zechariah 7:9

This is what the Lord says. Judge fairly and truthfully. Show mercy and kindness to one another.

Matthew 23:35

As a result, you will be held accountable for the blood of all the good people that has been poured out on the land—from the blood of Abel, who did what was right, to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you killed between the Temple and the altar.

Acts 7:52

Was there ever a prophet your fathers didn't persecute? They killed those who prophesied about the coming of the one who is truly good and right. He is the one you betrayed and murdered—

Deuteronomy 5:11

You must not use the name of the Lord your God in a wrong way, for the Lord will not forgive anyone who uses his name in a wrong way.

Deuteronomy 5:18

You must not commit adultery.

Deuteronomy 5:19

You must not steal.

1 Thessalonians 2:15

who killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and chased us out. They don't please God and they are hostile to everyone,

Revelation 17:6

I saw that the woman was drunk on the blood of believers, and on the blood of martyrs who had died for Jesus. When I saw her, I was totally amazed.