Hosea 4:2

New Living Translation

You make vows and break them; you kill and steal and commit adultery. There is violence everywhere— one murder after another.

Cross References

Genesis 4:8

One day Cain suggested to his brother, “Let’s go out into the fields.” And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother, Abel, and killed him.

Isaiah 24:5

The earth suffers for the sins of its people, for they have twisted God’s instructions, violated his laws, and broken his everlasting covenant.

Isaiah 48:1

“Listen to me, O family of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel and born into the family of Judah. Listen, you who take oaths in the name of the Lord and call on the God of Israel. You don’t keep your promises,

Jeremiah 51:5

For the Lord of Heaven’s Armies has not abandoned Israel and Judah. He is still their God, even though their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel.”

Jeremiah 6:7

She spouts evil like a fountain. Her streets echo with the sounds of violence and destruction. I always see her sickness and sores.

Lamentations 4:13

Yet it happened because of the sins of her prophets and the sins of her priests, who defiled the city by shedding innocent blood.

Ezekiel 7:23

“Prepare chains for my people, for the land is bloodied by terrible crimes. Jerusalem is filled with violence.

Hosea 10:13

“But you have cultivated wickedness and harvested a thriving crop of sins. You have eaten the fruit of lies— trusting in your military might, believing that great armies could make your nation safe.

Hosea 10:4

They spout empty words and make covenants they don’t intend to keep. So injustice springs up among them like poisonous weeds in a farmer’s field.

Hosea 11:12

Israel surrounds me with lies and deceit, but Judah still obeys God and is faithful to the Holy One.

Hosea 12:14

But the people of Israel have bitterly provoked the Lord, so their Lord will now sentence them to death in payment for their sins.

Hosea 5:2

You have dug a deep pit to trap them at Acacia Grove. But I will settle with you for what you have done.

Hosea 6:8

“Gilead is a city of sinners, tracked with footprints of blood.

Hosea 6:9

Priests form bands of robbers, waiting in ambush for their victims. They murder travelers along the road to Shechem and practice every kind of sin.

Hosea 7:1

“I want to heal Israel, but its sins are too great. Samaria is filled with liars. Thieves are on the inside and bandits on the outside!

Hosea 7:3

“The people entertain the king with their wickedness, and the princes laugh at their lies.

Hosea 7:4

They are all adulterers, always aflame with lust. They are like an oven that is kept hot while the baker is kneading the dough.

Micah 3:2

but you are the very ones who hate good and love evil. You skin my people alive and tear the flesh from their bones.

Micah 3:9

Listen to me, you leaders of Israel! You hate justice and twist all that is right.

Micah 6:10

What shall I say about the homes of the wicked filled with treasures gained by cheating? What about the disgusting practice of measuring out grain with dishonest measures?

Micah 7:2

The godly people have all disappeared; not one honest person is left on the earth. They are all murderers, setting traps even for their own brothers.

Zephaniah 3:1

What sorrow awaits rebellious, polluted Jerusalem, the city of violence and crime!

Zechariah 5:3

Then he said to me, “This scroll contains the curse that is going out over the entire land. One side of the scroll says that those who steal will be banished from the land; the other side says that those who swear falsely will be banished from the land.

Zechariah 7:9

“This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: Judge fairly, and show mercy and kindness to one another.

Matthew 23:35

As a result, you will be held responsible for the murder of all godly people of all time—from the murder of righteous Abel to the murder of Zechariah son of Berekiah, whom you killed in the Temple between the sanctuary and the altar.

Acts 7:52

Name one prophet your ancestors didn’t persecute! They even killed the ones who predicted the coming of the Righteous One—the Messiah whom you betrayed and murdered.

Deuteronomy 5:11

“You must not misuse the name of the Lord your God. The Lord will not let you go unpunished if you misuse his name.

Deuteronomy 5:18

“You must not commit adultery.

Deuteronomy 5:19

“You must not steal.

1 Thessalonians 2:15

For some of the Jews killed the prophets, and some even killed the Lord Jesus. Now they have persecuted us, too. They fail to please God and work against all humanity

Revelation 17:6

I could see that she was drunk—drunk with the blood of God’s holy people who were witnesses for Jesus. I stared at her in complete amazement.