Hosea 4:11

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

“Sexual sins, strong drink, and new wine ruin a person’s ability to think straight.

Cross References

Proverbs 20:1

Wine and beer make people lose control; they get loud and stumble around. And that is foolish.

Luke 21:34

“Be careful not to spend your time having parties and getting drunk or worrying about this life. If you do that, you won’t be able to think straight, and the end might come when you are not ready.

Isaiah 28:7

But now those leaders are drunk. The priests and prophets are all drunk with wine and beer. They stumble and fall down. The prophets are drunk when they see their dreams. The judges are drunk when they make their decisions.

Hosea 4:12

My people are asking pieces of wood for advice. They think those sticks will answer them! They have chased after those false gods like prostitutes and have left their own God.

Isaiah 5:12

At your parties with your wine, harps, drums, flutes, and other musical instruments, you don’t see what the Lord has done. You don’t notice what his hands have made.

Ecclesiastes 7:7

Even the wise will forget their wisdom, if someone pays them enough. That money destroys their understanding.

Proverbs 6:32

But a man who commits adultery is a fool. He brings about his own destruction.

Leviticus 10:9

“You and your sons must not drink wine or beer when you come into the Meeting Tent. If you do, you will die. This law continues forever through your generations.

1 Samuel 25:36

Abigail went back to Nabal, who was in the house. He had been eating like a king, and he was drunk and feeling good. So Abigail told Nabal nothing until the next morning.

Proverbs 31:4

Lemuel, it is not wise for kings to drink wine. It is not wise for rulers to want beer.

Hosea 7:11

So Ephraim has become like a silly dove without understanding. The people called to Egypt for help. They went to Assyria for help.

Jeremiah 23:13

“I saw the prophets of Samaria doing wrong things. I saw them prophesy in the name of the false god Baal. They led the people of Israel away from me.

Hosea 5:4

The people of Israel have done many evil things, and these evil things keep them from coming back to their God. They are always thinking of ways to chase after other gods. They don’t know the Lord.