Hosea 4:11
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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 DomainASVPD
“Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the understanding.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Whoredom, and wine, and new wine, take the heart,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Hosea 4:11 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 6:32He who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself.
- Proverbs 20:1Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
- Proverbs 23:27For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well.
- Ecclesiastes 7:7Surely extortion turns a wise man into a fool, and a bribe corrupts the heart.
- 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.
- 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.
- Jeremiah 23:13“Among the prophets of Samaria I saw an offensive thing: They prophesied by Baal and led My people Israel astray.
- 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.
- 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.
- Hosea 7:11So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove— calling out to Egypt, then turning to Assyria.
- 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.
- 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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