Hosea 4:2

Good News Translation (US Version)

They make promises and break them; they lie, murder, steal, and commit adultery. Crimes increase, and there is one murder after another.

Cross References

Hosea 6:9

The priests are like a gang of robbers who wait in ambush for someone. Even on the road to the holy place at Shechem they commit murder. And they do all this evil deliberately!

1 Thessalonians 2:15

who killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and persecuted us. How displeasing they are to God! How hostile they are to everyone!

Micah 7:2

There is not an honest person left in the land, no one loyal to God. Everyone is waiting for a chance to commit murder. Everyone hunts down their own people.

Hosea 7:1

“Whenever I want to heal my people Israel and make them prosperous again, all I can see is their wickedness and the evil they do. They cheat one another; they break into houses and steal; they rob people in the streets.

Jeremiah 6:7

As a well keeps its water fresh, so Jerusalem keeps its evil fresh. I hear violence and destruction in the city; sickness and wounds are all I see.

Revelation 17:6

And I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of God's people and the blood of those who were killed because they had been loyal to Jesus. When I saw her, I was completely amazed.

Acts 7:52

Was there any prophet that your ancestors did not persecute? They killed God's messengers, who long ago announced the coming of his righteous Servant. And now you have betrayed and murdered him.

Matthew 23:35

As a result, the punishment for the murder of all innocent people will fall on you, from the murder of innocent Abel to the murder of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the Temple and the altar.

Zechariah 7:9

“Long ago I gave these commands to my people: ‘You must see that justice is done, and must show kindness and mercy to one another.

Zechariah 5:3

Then he said to me, “On it is written the curse that is to go out over the whole land. On one side of the scroll it says that every thief will be removed from the land; and on the other side it says that everyone who tells lies under oath will also be taken away.

Zephaniah 3:1

Jerusalem is doomed, that corrupt, rebellious city that oppresses its own people.

Micah 6:10

In the houses of evil people are treasures which they got dishonestly. They use false measures, a thing that I hate.

Micah 3:9

Listen to me, you rulers of Israel, you that hate justice and turn right into wrong.

Micah 3:2

yet you hate what is good and you love what is evil. You skin my people alive and tear the flesh off their bones.

Hosea 12:14

The people of Israel have made the Lord bitterly angry; they deserve death for their crimes. Their Lord will punish them for the disgrace they have brought on him.

Hosea 10:4

They utter empty words and make false promises and useless treaties. Justice has become injustice, growing like poisonous weeds in a plowed field.

Hosea 7:3

The Lord says, “People deceive the king and his officers by their evil plots.

Hosea 5:2

a deep pit at Acacia City, and I will punish all of you.

Lamentations 4:13

But it happened, because her prophets sinned and her priests were guilty of causing the death of innocent people.

Isaiah 48:1

Listen to this, people of Israel, you that are descended from Judah: You swear by the name of the Lord and claim to worship the God of Israel— but you don't mean a word you say.

Isaiah 24:5

The people have defiled the earth by breaking God's laws and by violating the covenant he made to last forever.

Genesis 4:8

Then Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let's go out in the fields.” When they were out in the fields, Cain turned on his brother and killed him.

Deuteronomy 5:11

“‘Do not use my name for evil purposes, for I, the Lord your God, will punish anyone who misuses my name.

Deuteronomy 5:18

“‘Do not commit adultery.

Deuteronomy 5:19

“‘Do not steal.

Jeremiah 51:5

I, the Lord God Almighty, have not abandoned Israel and Judah, even though they have sinned against me, the Holy One of Israel.

Ezekiel 7:23

“Everything is in confusion—the land is full of murders and the cities are full of violence.

Hosea 6:8

Gilead is a city full of evil people and murderers.

Hosea 7:4

They are all treacherous and disloyal. Their hatred smolders like the fire in an oven, which is not stirred by the baker until the dough is ready to bake.

Hosea 10:13

But instead you planted evil and reaped its harvest. You have eaten the fruit produced by your lies. “Because you trusted in your chariots and in the large number of your soldiers,

Hosea 11:12

The Lord says, “The people of Israel have surrounded me with lies and deceit, and the people of Judah are still rebelling against me, the faithful and holy God.