Hosea 5:4

New Living Translation

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

Cross References

Psalm 78:8

Then they will not be like their ancestors— stubborn, rebellious, and unfaithful, refusing to give their hearts to God.

Psalm 9:10

Those who know your name trust in you, for you, O Lord, do not abandon those who search for you.

Jeremiah 24:7

I will give them hearts that recognize me as the Lord. They will be my people, and I will be their God, for they will return to me wholeheartedly.

Jeremiah 50:38

A drought will strike her water supply, causing it to dry up. And why? Because the whole land is filled with idols, and the people are madly in love with them.

Jeremiah 9:24

But those who wish to boast should boast in this alone: that they truly know me and understand that I am the Lord who demonstrates unfailing love and who brings justice and righteousness to the earth, and that I delight in these things. I, the Lord, have spoken!

Jeremiah 9:6

They pile lie upon lie and utterly refuse to acknowledge me,” says the Lord.

Hosea 13:13

Pain has come to the people like the pain of childbirth, but they are like a child who resists being born. The moment of birth has arrived, but they stay in the womb!

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 4:11

to worship other gods. “Wine has robbed my people of their understanding.

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 4:6

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.

Hosea 7:11

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

Hosea 8:11

“Israel has built many altars to take away sin, but these very altars became places for sinning!

John 16:3

This is because they have never known the Father or me.

John 8:55

but you don’t even know him. I know him. If I said otherwise, I would be as great a liar as you! But I do know him and obey him.

1 Samuel 2:12

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