Hosea 4:11

Fornication, and wine, and drunkenness take away the understanding.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.

In Context

10And they shall eat and shall not be filled: they have committed fornication, and have not ceased: because they have forsaken the Lord in not observing his law.

12My people have consulted their stocks, and their staff hath declared unto them: for the spirit of fornication hath deceived them, and they have committed fornication against their God.

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Cross References

Proverbs 6:32But he that is an adulterer, for the folly of his heart shall destroy his own soul:

Proverbs 23:27For a harlot is a deep ditch: and a strange woman is a narrow pit.

Isaiah 5:12The harp, and the lyre, and the timbrel, and the pipe, and wine are in your feasts: and the work of the Lord you regard not, nor do you consider the works of his hands.

Jeremiah 23:13And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria: they prophesied in Baal, and deceived my people Israel.

Hosea 5:4They will not set their thoughts to return to their God: for the spirit of fornication is in the midst of them, and they have not known the Lord.

Luke 21:34And take heed to yourselves, lest perhaps your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenness, and the cares of this life, and that day come upon you suddenly.

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 →

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