Hosea 4:11
Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the understanding.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.
In Context
Cross References
Proverbs 6:32He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who would destroy his own soul does it.
Proverbs 23:27For a harlot is a deep ditch, and an interloping woman is a narrow pit.
Isaiah 5:12And the harp and the lute, the tambourine and the pipe, and wine, are [in] their feasts, but they do not regard the work of LORD, nor have they considered the operation of his hands.
Jeremiah 23:13And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria. They prophesied by Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.
Hosea 5:4Their doings will not allow them to turn to their God, for the spirit of whoredom is within them, and they do not know LORD.
Luke 21:34But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down in debauchery and drunkenness and mundane cares, and that day come upon you sudden.
Matthew Henry on Hosea 4:7-12
Grounds of God's Controversy with Israel; The Sins of the Priests and People. ( b. c. 758.) 6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children. 7 As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame. 8 They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity. 9 And there shall… Read the whole commentary →