Hosea 4:4

Modern English Version

Yet let no one contend, and let none reprove another, for your people are like those that contend with a priest.

Cross References

Jeremiah 18:18

Then they said, “Come and let us devise plans against Jeremiah. For the law will not be lost from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.”

Ezekiel 3:26

And I will make your tongue cleave to the roof of your mouth so that you shall be mute and cannot be one to rebuke them, for they are a rebellious house.

Hosea 4:17

Ephraim is joined to idols; let him alone.

Amos 5:10

They hate the one who prosecutes at the gate, and abhor the one who speaks with integrity.

Amos 5:13

Therefore the prudent are silent at such a time, for it is an evil time.

Amos 6:10

And when a relative or one who prepares the bodies picks them up to carry them out of the house, and says to someone in the recesses of the house, “Is anyone else with you?” and he says, “No,” he will say, “Hush!” —not to pronounce the name of the Lord.

Deuteronomy 17:12

The man who acts presumptuously and does not listen to the priest who stands to minister before the Lord your God, or to the judge—that man must die, and you must purge the evil from Israel.