Hosea 4:2

New Century Version

Cursing, lying, killing, stealing and adultery are everywhere. One murder follows another.

Cross References

Genesis 4:8

Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out into the field.” While they were out in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.

Isaiah 24:5

The people of the earth have ruined it, because they do not follow God’s teachings or obey God’s laws or keep their agreement with God that was to last forever.

Isaiah 48:1

The Lord says, “Family of Jacob, listen to me. You are called Israel, and you come from the family of Judah. You swear by the Lord’s name and praise the God of Israel, but you are not honest or sincere.

Jeremiah 51:5

The Lord God All-Powerful did not leave Israel and Judah, even though they were completely guilty in the presence of the Holy One of Israel.

Jeremiah 6:7

Jerusalem pours out her evil as a well pours out its water. The sounds of violence and destruction are heard within her. I can see the sickness and hurts of Jerusalem.

Lamentations 4:13

It happened because her prophets sinned and her priests did evil. They killed in the city those who did what was right.

Ezekiel 7:23

“Make chains for captives, because the land is full of bloody crimes and the city is full of violence.

Hosea 10:13

But you have plowed evil and harvested trouble; you have eaten the fruit of your lies. Because you have trusted in your own power and your many soldiers,

Hosea 10:4

They make many false promises and agreements which they don’t keep. So people sue each other in court; they are like poisonous weeds growing in a plowed field.

Hosea 11:12

Israel has surrounded me with lies; the people have made evil plans. And Judah turns against God, the faithful Holy One.

Hosea 12:14

But the Israelites made the Lord angry when they killed other people, and they deserve to die for their crimes. The Lord will make them pay for the disgraceful things they have done.

Hosea 5:2

You have done many evil things, so I will punish you all.

Hosea 6:8

Gilead is a city of people who do evil; their footprints are bloody.

Hosea 6:9

The priests are like robbers waiting to attack people; they murder people on the road to Shechem and do wicked things.

Hosea 7:1

When I heal Israel, Israel’s sin will go away, and so will Samaria’s evil. “They cheat a lot! Thieves break into houses, and robbers are in the streets.

Hosea 7:3

“They make the king happy with their wickedness; their rulers are glad with their lies.

Hosea 7:4

But all of them are traitors. They are like an oven heated by a baker. While he mixes the dough, he does not need to stir up the fire.

Micah 3:2

but you hate good and love evil. You skin my people alive and tear the flesh off their bones.

Micah 3:9

Leaders of Jacob and rulers of Israel, listen to me, you who hate fairness and twist what is right.

Micah 6:10

Are there still in the wicked house wicked treasures and the cursed false measure?

Micah 7:2

All of the faithful people are gone; there is not one good person left in this country. Everyone is waiting to kill someone; everyone is trying to trap someone else.

Zephaniah 3:1

How terrible for the wicked, stubborn city of Jerusalem, which hurts its own people.

Zechariah 5:3

And he said to me, “This is the curse that will go all over the land. One side says every thief will be taken away. The other side says everyone who makes false promises will be taken away.

Zechariah 7:9

“This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: ‘Do what is right and true. Be kind and merciful to each other.

Matthew 23:35

So you will be guilty for the death of all the good people who have been killed on earth—from the murder of that good man Abel to the murder of Zechariah son of Berakiah, whom you murdered between the Temple and the altar.

Acts 7:52

Your ancestors tried to hurt every prophet who ever lived. Those prophets said long ago that the One who is good would come, but your ancestors killed them. And now you have turned against and killed the One who is good.

Deuteronomy 5:11

“You must not use the name of the Lord your God thoughtlessly, because the Lord will punish anyone who uses his name in this way.

Deuteronomy 5:18

“You must not be guilty of adultery.

Deuteronomy 5:19

“You must not steal.

1 Thessalonians 2:15

who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets and forced us to leave that country. They do not please God and are against all people.

Revelation 17:6

Then I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of God’s holy people and with the blood of those who were killed because of their faith in Jesus. When I saw the woman, I was very amazed.