Hosea 4:14

New Century Version

“But I will not punish your daughters for becoming prostitutes, nor your daughters-in-law for their sins of adultery. I will not punish them, because the men have sexual relations with prostitutes and offer sacrifices with the temple prostitutes. A foolish people will be ruined.

Cross References

1 Kings 15:12

He forced the male prostitutes at the worship places to leave the country. He also took away the idols that his ancestors had made.

2 Kings 23:7

He also tore down the houses of the male prostitutes who were in the Temple of the Lord, where the women did weaving for Asherah.

Proverbs 28:5

Evil people do not understand justice, but those who follow the Lord understand it completely.

Isaiah 1:5

Why should you continue to be punished? Why do you continue to turn against him? Your whole head is hurt, and your whole heart is sick.

Isaiah 27:11

The limbs will become dry and break off, so women will use them for firewood. The people refuse to understand, so God will not comfort them; their Maker will not be kind to them.

Isaiah 56:11

They are like hungry dogs that are never satisfied. They are like shepherds who don’t know what they are doing. They all have gone their own way; all they want to do is satisfy themselves.

Daniel 12:10

Many people will be made clean, pure, and spotless, but the wicked will continue to be wicked. Those wicked people will not understand these things, but the wise will understand them.

Hosea 14:9

A wise person will know these things, and an understanding person will take them to heart. The Lord’s ways are right. Good people live by following them, but those who turn against God die because of them.

Hosea 4:1

People of Israel, listen to the Lord’s message. The Lord has this against you who live in the land: “The people are not true, not loyal to God, nor do those who live in the land even know him.

Hosea 4:17

The Israelites have chosen to worship idols, so leave them alone.

Hosea 5:4

“They will not give up their deeds and return to their God. They are determined to be unfaithful to me; they do not know the Lord.

Amos 2:7

They walk on poor people as if they were dirt, and they refuse to be fair to those who are suffering. Fathers and sons have sexual relations with the same woman, and so they ruin my holy name.

Amos 7:17

“Because you have said this, the Lord says: ‘Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, and your sons and daughters will be killed with swords. Other people will measure your land and divide it among themselves, and you will die in a foreign country. The people of Israel will definitely be taken from their own land as captives.’ ”

Numbers 25:3

So the Israelites began to worship Baal of Peor, and the Lord was very angry with them.

John 8:43

You don’t understand what I say, because you cannot accept my teaching.

Romans 3:11

There is no one who understands. There is no one who looks to God for help.

1 Corinthians 6:16

It is written in the Scriptures, “The two will become one body.” So you should know that anyone who joins with a prostitute becomes one body with the prostitute.

Ephesians 4:18

They do not understand, and they know nothing, because they refuse to listen. So they cannot have the life that God gives.

Deuteronomy 23:17

No Israelite man or woman must ever become a temple prostitute.

Hebrews 12:8

If you are never disciplined (and every child must be disciplined), you are not true children.