Hosea 4:18

Good News Translation

After drinking much wine, they delight in their prostitution, preferring disgrace to honor.

Cross References

Genesis 38:24

About three months later someone told Judah, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has been acting like a whore, and now she is pregnant.” Judah ordered, “Take her out and burn her to death.”

Psalm 47:9

The rulers of the nations assemble with the people of the God of Abraham. More powerful than all armies is he; he rules supreme.

Exodus 23:8

Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe makes people blind to what is right and ruins the cause of those who are innocent.

Jeremiah 2:21

I planted you like a choice vine from the very best seed. But look what you have become! You are like a rotten, worthless vine.

Ezekiel 16:15

“But you took advantage of your beauty and fame to sleep with everyone who came along.

Hosea 4:10

You will eat your share of the sacrifices, but still be hungry. You will worship the fertility gods, but still have no children, because you have turned away from me to follow other gods.”

Hosea 4:2

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

Hosea 9:10

The Lord says, “When I first found Israel, it was like finding grapes growing in the desert. When I first saw your ancestors, it was like seeing the first ripe figs of the season. But when they came to Mount Peor, they began to worship Baal and soon became as disgusting as the gods they loved.

Amos 5:12

I know how terrible your sins are and how many crimes you have committed. You persecute good people, take bribes, and prevent the poor from getting justice in the courts.

Micah 3:11

The city's rulers govern for bribes, the priests interpret the Law for pay, the prophets give their revelations for money—and they all claim that the Lord is with them. “No harm will come to us,” they say. “The Lord is with us.”

Micah 7:3

They are all experts at doing evil. Officials and judges ask for bribes. The influential people tell them what they want, and so they scheme together.

Deuteronomy 16:19

They are not to be unjust or show partiality in their judgments; and they are not to accept bribes, for gifts blind the eyes even of wise and honest men, and cause them to give wrong decisions.

1 Samuel 8:3

But they did not follow their father's example; they were interested only in making money, so they accepted bribes and did not decide cases honestly.