Hosea 4:11
Fornication and wine and new wine take away the understanding;
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.
In Context
Cross References
Proverbs 6:32Whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding; He that doeth it destroyeth himself;
Proverbs 23:27For a harlot is a deep ditch; Yea, a strange woman is a narrow pit.
Isaiah 5:12And the lyre and the harp, the tabret and the pipe, and wine, are at their feasts, But they regard not the work of Jehovah, Nor attend to the operation of his hands.
Jeremiah 23:13In the prophets of Samaria have I seen folly; They prophesy in the name of Baal, and cause my people Israel to err.
Hosea 5:4They will not frame their doings To return to their God; For a spirit of fornication is within them, And they have no regard to Jehovah.
Luke 21:34But take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be weighed down with surfeiting and drunkenness and worldly cares, and that day come upon you unawares.
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 →