Hosea 4:11

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“Promiscuity, wine, and new wine take away understanding.”

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BSBPD

“Promiscuity, wine, and new wine take away understanding.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the understanding.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Whoredom, and wine, and new wine, take the heart,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Hosea 4:11 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Proverbs 6:32He who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself.
  2. Proverbs 20:1Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
  3. Proverbs 23:27For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well.
  4. Ecclesiastes 7:7Surely extortion turns a wise man into a fool, and a bribe corrupts the heart.
  5. Isaiah 5:12At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.
  6. Isaiah 28:7These also stagger from wine and stumble from strong drink: Priests and prophets reel from strong drink and are befuddled by wine. They stumble because of strong drink, muddled in their visions and stumbling in their judgments.
  7. Jeremiah 23:13“Among the prophets of Samaria I saw an offensive thing: They prophesied by Baal and led My people Israel astray.
  8. Hosea 4:12My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray and they have played the harlot against their God.
  9. Hosea 5:4Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God, for a spirit of prostitution is within them, and they do not know the LORD.
  10. Hosea 7:11So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove— calling out to Egypt, then turning to Assyria.
  11. Luke 21:34But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.
  12. Romans 13:11And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.

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