Hosea 4:6

New Living Translation

My people are being destroyed because they don’t know me. Since you priests refuse to know me, I refuse to recognize you as my priests. Since you have forgotten the laws of your God, I will forget to bless your children.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 15:3

For a long time Israel was without the true God, without a priest to teach them, and without the Law to instruct them.

Job 36:12

But if they refuse to listen to him, they will cross over the river of death, dying from lack of understanding.

Psalm 119:139

I am overwhelmed with indignation, for my enemies have disregarded your words.

Psalm 119:153

Look upon my suffering and rescue me, for I have not forgotten your instructions.

Psalm 119:61

Evil people try to drag me into sin, but I am firmly anchored to your instructions.

Psalm 18:27

You rescue the humble, but you humiliate the proud.

Proverbs 10:21

The words of the godly encourage many, but fools are destroyed by their lack of common sense.

Proverbs 19:2

Enthusiasm without knowledge is no good; haste makes mistakes.

Isaiah 1:3

Even an ox knows its owner, and a donkey recognizes its master’s care— but Israel doesn’t know its master. My people don’t recognize my care for them.”

Isaiah 17:10

Why? Because you have turned from the God who can save you. You have forgotten the Rock who can hide you. So you may plant the finest grapevines and import the most expensive seedlings.

Isaiah 27:11

The people are like the dead branches of a tree, broken off and used for kindling beneath the cooking pots. Israel is a foolish and stupid nation, for its people have turned away from God. Therefore, the one who made them will show them no pity or mercy.

Isaiah 28:7

Now, however, Israel is led by drunks who reel with wine and stagger with alcohol. The priests and prophets stagger with alcohol and lose themselves in wine. They reel when they see visions and stagger as they render decisions.

Isaiah 29:12

When you give it to those who cannot read, they will say, “We don’t know how to read.”

Isaiah 3:12

Childish leaders oppress my people, and women rule over them. O my people, your leaders mislead you; they send you down the wrong road.

Isaiah 45:20

“Gather together and come, you fugitives from surrounding nations. What fools they are who carry around their wooden idols and pray to gods that cannot save!

Isaiah 5:13

So my people will go into exile far away because they do not know me. Those who are great and honored will starve, and the common people will die of thirst.

Jeremiah 2:8

The priests did not ask, ‘Where is the Lord?’ Those who taught my word ignored me, the rulers turned against me, and the prophets spoke in the name of Baal, wasting their time on worthless idols.

Jeremiah 4:22

“My people are foolish and do not know me,” says the Lord. “They are stupid children who have no understanding. They are clever enough at doing wrong, but they have no idea how to do right!”

Jeremiah 5:21

Listen, you foolish and senseless people, with eyes that do not see and ears that do not hear.

Ezekiel 44:23

They will teach my people the difference between what is holy and what is common, what is ceremonially clean and unclean.

Hosea 13:6

But when you had eaten and were satisfied, you became proud and forgot me.

Hosea 2:13

I will punish her for all those times when she burned incense to her images of Baal, when she put on her earrings and jewels and went out to look for her lovers but forgot all about me,” says the Lord.

Hosea 4:1

Hear the word of the Lord, O people of Israel! The Lord has brought charges against you, saying: “There is no faithfulness, no kindness, no knowledge of God in your land.

Hosea 4:12

They ask a piece of wood for advice! They think a stick can tell them the future! Longing after idols has made them foolish. They have played the prostitute, serving other gods and deserting their God.

Hosea 4:14

But why should I punish them for their prostitution and adultery? For your men are doing the same thing, sinning with whores and shrine prostitutes. O foolish people! You refuse to understand, so you will be destroyed.

Hosea 5:4

Your deeds won’t let you return to your God. You are a prostitute through and through, and you do not know the Lord.

Hosea 6:6

I want you to show love, not offer sacrifices. I want you to know me more than I want burnt offerings.

Hosea 7:11

“The people of Israel have become like silly, witless doves, first calling to Egypt, then flying to Assyria for help.

Hosea 7:9

Worshiping foreign gods has sapped their strength, but they don’t even know it. Their hair is gray, but they don’t realize they’re old and weak.

Hosea 8:1

“Sound the alarm! The enemy descends like an eagle on the people of the Lord, for they have broken my covenant and revolted against my law.

Hosea 8:12

Even though I gave them all my laws, they act as if those laws don’t apply to them.

Hosea 8:14

Israel has forgotten its Maker and built great palaces, and Judah has fortified its cities. Therefore, I will send down fire on their cities and will burn up their fortresses.”

Hosea 9:17

My God will reject the people of Israel because they will not listen or obey. They will be wanderers, homeless among the nations.

Matthew 1:6

Jesse was the father of King David. David was the father of Solomon (whose mother was Bathsheba, the widow of Uriah).

Matthew 15:14

so ignore them. They are blind guides leading the blind, and if one blind person guides another, they will both fall into a ditch.”

Matthew 15:8

‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.

1 Samuel 2:12

Now the sons of Eli were scoundrels who had no respect for the Lord