Hosea 5:4

New King James Version

“They do not direct their deeds Toward turning to their God, For the spirit of harlotry is in their midst, And they do not know the Lord.

Cross References

Hosea 4:12

My people ask counsel from their wooden idols, And their staff informs them. For the spirit of harlotry has caused them to stray, And they have played the harlot against their God.

John 16:3

And these things they will do to you because they have not known the Father nor Me.

John 8:55

Yet you have not known Him, but I know Him. And if I say, ‘I do not know Him,’ I shall be a liar like you; but I do know Him and keep His word.

Hosea 4:6

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I also will reject you from being priest for Me; Because you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.

Hosea 4:1

Hear the word of the Lord, You children of Israel, For the Lord brings a charge against the inhabitants of the land: “There is no truth or mercy Or knowledge of God in the land.

Jeremiah 50:38

A drought is against her waters, and they will be dried up. For it is the land of carved images, And they are insane with their idols.

Jeremiah 24:7

Then I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the Lord; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God, for they shall return to Me with their whole heart.

Jeremiah 9:24

But let him who glories glory in this, That he understands and knows Me, That I am the Lord, exercising lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth. For in these I delight,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 9:6

Your dwelling place is in the midst of deceit; Through deceit they refuse to know Me,” says the Lord.

Psalm 78:8

And may not be like their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation that did not set its heart aright, And whose spirit was not faithful to God.

Psalm 9:10

And those who know Your name will put their trust in You; For You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You.

1 Samuel 2:12

Now the sons of Eli were corrupt; they did not know the Lord.

Hosea 4:14

“I will not punish your daughters when they commit harlotry, Nor your brides when they commit adultery; For the men themselves go apart with harlots, And offer sacrifices with a ritual harlot. Therefore people who do not understand will be trampled.

Hosea 7:11

“Ephraim also is like a silly dove, without sense— They call to Egypt, They go to Assyria.

Hosea 13:13

The sorrows of a woman in childbirth shall come upon him. He is an unwise son, For he should not stay long where children are born.

Hosea 4:11

“Harlotry, wine, and new wine enslave the heart.

Hosea 8:11

“Because Ephraim has made many altars for sin, They have become for him altars for sinning.