Hosea 4:6

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

“My people are destroyed because they have no knowledge. You priests have refused to learn, so I will refuse to let you be priests for me. You have forgotten the law of your God, so I will forget your children.

Cross References

Isaiah 5:13

My people don’t really know God. So they will be captured and taken away. Everyone, the respected leaders and the common people as well, will be hungry and thirsty.

Proverbs 19:2

Being excited about something is not enough. You must also know what you are doing. Don’t rush into something, or you might do it wrong.

Hosea 6:6

This is because I want faithful love, not sacrifice. I want people to know God, not to bring burnt offerings.

Hosea 4:1

People of Israel, listen to the Lord’s message. The Lord has something to say against those who live in this land: “The people in this land are not honest or loyal. They don’t really know God.

Matthew 15:8

‘These people honor me with their words, but I am not really important to them.

Hosea 8:14

Israel has built palaces for their kings, and now Judah builds fortresses. But they have forgotten their Maker! So I will send a fire to destroy their cities and fortresses!”

Isaiah 17:10

This will happen because you have forgotten the God who saves you. You have not remembered that God is your place of safety. You brought some very good grapevines from faraway places. You might plant those grapevines, but they will not grow.

Jeremiah 2:8

“The priests did not ask, ‘Where is the Lord?’ The people who know the law did not want to know me. The leaders of the people of Israel turned against me. The prophets spoke in the name of the false god Baal. They worshiped worthless idols.”

2 Chronicles 15:3

For a long time Israel was without the true God. And they were without a teaching priest, and without the law.

Hosea 13:6

I gave food to the Israelites, and they ate it. They became full and satisfied. They became proud, and then they forgot me.

Isaiah 1:3

A bull knows its master, and a donkey knows where its owner feeds it. But Israel does not know me. My people do not understand.”

Jeremiah 4:22

The Lord said, “My people are foolish. They don’t know me. They are stupid children. They don’t understand. They are skillful at doing evil, but they don’t know how to do good.”

Job 36:12

But if they refuse to obey him, they will be destroyed. They will die like fools.

Jeremiah 5:21

Hear this message, you foolish people who have no sense. You have eyes, but you don’t see! You have ears, but you don’t listen!

Isaiah 3:12

Even children will defeat my people, and women will rule over them. My people, your guides lead you the wrong way, and they destroy the path you should follow.

Psalm 119:139

Something that really upsets me is the thought that my enemies ignore your commands.

Psalm 119:61

The wicked tried to trap me, but I have not forgotten your teachings.

Matthew 15:14

Stay away from the Pharisees. They lead the people, but they are like blind men leading other blind men. And if a blind man leads another blind man, both of them will fall into a ditch.”

Hosea 8:12

Even if I wrote 10,000 laws for Ephraim, he would treat them as if they were for some stranger.

Hosea 8:1

“Put the trumpet to your lips and give the warning. Be like an eagle over the Lord’s house. The Israelites have broken my agreement. They have not obeyed my law.

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.

Hosea 2:13

“Israel served false gods, so I will punish her. She burned incense to those false gods. She dressed up—she put on her jewelry and nose ring. Then she went to her lovers and forgot me.” This is what the Lord has said.

1 Samuel 2:12

Eli’s sons were evil men who did not care about the Lord.

Isaiah 45:20

“You people who escaped from other nations, gather together before me. (These people carry statues of false gods. They pray to useless gods, but they don’t know what they are doing.

Isaiah 27:11

The vines will become dry, and the branches will break off. Women will use them for firewood. The people refuse to understand. So God, their Maker, will not comfort them or be kind to them.

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.

Matthew 1:6

Jesse was the father of King David. David was the father of Solomon. (His mother had been Uriah’s wife.)

Psalm 119:153

Look at my suffering and rescue me. I have not forgotten your teachings.

Proverbs 10:21

Good people say things that help others, but the wicked die from a lack of understanding.

Ezekiel 44:23

“Also, the priests must teach my people the difference between things that are holy and things that are not holy. They must help my people know what is clean and what is unclean.

Hosea 4:14

“I cannot blame your daughters or your daughters-in-law for doing this, because your men go and have sex with the temple prostitutes and offer sacrifices with them. This is how foolish people destroy themselves.

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.

Hosea 7:9

Strangers destroy Ephraim’s strength, but Ephraim does not know it. Gray hairs are also sprinkled on Ephraim, but Ephraim does not know it.

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.

Psalm 18:27

You help those who are humble, but you humiliate the proud.

Isaiah 29:12

Or you can give the book to someone who cannot read and tell that person to read it. That person will say, “I cannot read the book because I don’t know how to read.”

Hosea 9:17

Those people will not listen to my God, so he will refuse to listen to them. And they will wander among the nations without a home.