Hosea 4:14

New English Translation

I will not punish your daughters when they commit prostitution, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. For the men consort with harlots, they sacrifice with temple prostitutes. It is true: “A people that lacks understanding will come to ruin!”

Cross References

1 Kings 15:12

He removed the male cultic prostitutes from the land and got rid of all the disgusting idols his ancestors had made.

2 Kings 23:7

He tore down the quarters of the male cultic prostitutes in the Lord’s temple, where women were weaving shrines for Asherah.

Proverbs 28:5

Evil people do not understand justice, but those who seek the Lord understand it all.

Isaiah 1:5

Why do you insist on being battered? Why do you continue to rebel? Your head has a massive wound, your whole body is weak.

Isaiah 27:11

When its branches get brittle, they break; women come and use them for kindling. For these people lack understanding, therefore the one who made them has no compassion on them; the one who formed them has no mercy on them.

Isaiah 56:11

The dogs have big appetites; they are never full. They are shepherds who have no understanding; they all go their own way, each one looking for monetary gain.

Daniel 12:10

Many will be purified, made clean, and refined, but the wicked will go on being wicked. None of the wicked will understand, though the wise will understand.

Hosea 14:9

Who is wise? Let him discern these things! Who is discerning? Let him understand them! For the ways of the Lord are right; the godly walk in them, but in them the rebellious stumble.

Hosea 4:1

Hear the word of the Lord, you Israelites! For the Lord has a covenant lawsuit against the people of Israel. For there is neither faithfulness nor loyalty in the land, nor do they acknowledge God.

Hosea 4:17

Ephraim has attached himself to idols; Do not go near him!

Hosea 5:4

Their wicked deeds do not allow them to return to their God; because a spirit of idolatry controls their heart, and they do not acknowledge the Lord.

Amos 2:7

They trample on the dirt-covered heads of the poor; they push the destitute away. A man and his father go to the same girl; in this way they show disrespect for my moral purity.

Amos 7:17

“Therefore this is what the Lord says: ‘Your wife will become a prostitute in the streets and your sons and daughters will die violently. Your land will be given to others and you will die in a foreign land. Israel will certainly be carried into exile away from its land.’”

Numbers 25:3

When Israel joined themselves to Baal-peor, the anger of the Lord flared up against Israel.

John 8:43

Why don’t you understand what I am saying? It is because you cannot accept my teaching.

Romans 3:11

there is no one who understands, there is no one who seeks God.

1 Corinthians 6:16

Or do you not know that anyone who is united with a prostitute is one body with her? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.”

Ephesians 4:18

They are darkened in their understanding, being alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.

Deuteronomy 23:17

There must never be a sacred prostitute among the young women of Israel nor a sacred male prostitute among the young men of Israel.

Hebrews 12:8

But if you do not experience discipline, something all sons have shared in, then you are illegitimate and are not sons.