Hosea 4:8

Modern English Version

They feed upon the sin of My people, and they are greedy for their iniquity.

Cross References

2 Kings 12:16

The money from the guilt offerings and the money from the sin offerings were not brought into the house of the Lord. It belonged to the priests.

Psalm 24:4

He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood, nor sworn deceitfully.

Psalm 25:1

To You, O  Lord, I lift up my soul.

Isaiah 56:11

They are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds who cannot understand; they all turn to their own way, every one for his gain, from his territory.

Ezekiel 14:3

Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart and put the stumbling block of their iniquity before their face. Should I be inquired of by them at all?

Ezekiel 14:7

For every one of the house of Israel or of the stranger who sojourns in Israel who separates himself from Me, and sets up his idols in his heart, and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and comes to the prophet to inquire of Me for himself, I the Lord will answer him by Myself.

Hosea 10:13

You have plowed wickedness. You have reaped iniquity, and you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your power and in the numbers of your warriors,

Hosea 12:8

Ephraim said, “Yet I am rich, I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they shall find no offense in me that would be sin.”

Hosea 14:1

Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God, for you have stumbled because of your iniquity.

Leviticus 6:22

The priest from among the sons of Aaron who is anointed to succeed him shall offer it. It is a perpetual statute to the Lord. It shall be completely burned up.

Leviticus 6:26

The priest who offers it for sin shall eat it. In a holy place it shall be eaten in the court of the tent of meeting.

Micah 3:11

Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet upon the Lord they lean, saying, “Is not the Lord in our midst? Evil will not come upon us.”

Malachi 1:10

Who is there among you who would shut the doors, that you might not kindle fire on My altar in vain? I have no pleasure in you, says the Lord of Hosts, nor will I accept an offering from your hand.

Romans 16:18

For such people do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own appetites, and through smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.

Titus 1:11

who must be silenced, who subvert whole houses by teaching for dishonest gain things they ought not teach.

2 Peter 2:3

And in their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their judgment, made long ago, does not linger, and their destruction does not slumber.

1 Samuel 2:29

Why do you kick at My sacrifice and at My offering, which I have commanded in My dwelling, and honor your sons above Me, to make yourselves fat with the best of all the offerings of Israel My people?’