Hosea 4:2

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.

Cross References

Genesis 4:8

Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field.” And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.

Isaiah 24:5

The earth is polluted by its inhabitants, for they have transgressed teachings, overstepped decrees, and broken the everlasting covenant.

Isaiah 48:1

“Listen to this, house of Jacob — those who are called by the name Israel and have descended from Judah, who swear by the name of Yahweh and declare the God of Israel, but not in truth or righteousness.

Jeremiah 51:5

For Israel and Judah are not left widowed by their God, the Lord of Hosts, though their land is full of guilt against the Holy One of Israel.

Jeremiah 6:7

As a well gushes out its water, so she pours out her evil. Violence and destruction resound in her. Sickness and wounds keep coming to My attention.

Lamentations 4:13

Yet it happened because of the sins of her prophets and the guilt of her priests, who shed the blood of the righteous within her.

Ezekiel 7:23

Forge the chain, for the land is filled with crimes of bloodshed, and the city is filled with violence.

Hosea 10:13

You have plowed wickedness and reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your own way and in your large number of soldiers,

Hosea 10:4

They speak mere words, taking false oaths while making covenants. So lawsuits break out like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.

Hosea 11:12

Ephraim surrounds me with lies, the house of Israel, with deceit. Judah still wanders with God and is faithful to the holy ones.

Hosea 12:14

Ephraim has provoked bitter anger, so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt on him and repay him for his contempt.

Hosea 5:2

Rebels are deeply involved in slaughter; I will be a punishment for all of them.

Hosea 6:8

Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with bloody footprints.

Hosea 6:9

Like raiders who wait in ambush for someone, a band of priests murders on the road to Shechem. They commit atrocities.

Hosea 7:1

when I heal Israel, the sins of Ephraim and the crimes of Samaria will be exposed. For they practice fraud; a thief breaks in; a raiding party pillages outside.

Hosea 7:3

They please the king with their evil, the princes with their lies.

Hosea 7:4

All of them commit adultery; they are like an oven heated by a baker who stops stirring the fire from the kneading of the dough until it is leavened.

Micah 3:2

You hate good and love evil. You tear off people’s skin and strip their flesh from their bones.

Micah 3:9

Listen to this, leaders of the house of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor justice and pervert everything that is right,

Micah 6:10

Are there still the treasures of wickedness and the accursed short measure in the house of the wicked?

Micah 7:2

Godly people have vanished from the land; there is no one upright among the people. All of them wait in ambush to shed blood; they hunt each other with a net.

Zephaniah 3:1

Woe to the city that is rebellious and defiled, the oppressive city!

Zechariah 5:3

Then he said to me, “This is the curse that is going out over the whole land, for every thief will be removed according to what is written on one side, and everyone who swears falsely will be removed according to what is written on the other side.

Zechariah 7:9

“The Lord of Hosts says this: Make fair decisions. Show faithful love and compassion to one another.

Matthew 23:35

So all the righteous blood shed on the earth will be charged to you, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.

Acts 7:52

Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? They even killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become.

Deuteronomy 5:11

Do not misuse the name of the Lord your God, because the Lord will not leave anyone unpunished who misuses His name.

Deuteronomy 5:18

Do not commit adultery.

Deuteronomy 5:19

Do not steal.

1 Thessalonians 2:15

who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets and persecuted us; they displease God and are hostile to everyone,

Revelation 17:6

Then I saw that the woman was drunk on the blood of the saints and on the blood of the witnesses to Jesus. When I saw her, I was greatly astonished.