Hosea 4:11

Prostitution, wine, and new wine take away understanding.

World English Bible

In The King James Version

Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.

In Context

10They will eat, and not have enough. They will play the prostitute, and will not increase; because they have abandoned listening to the LORD.

12My people consult with their wooden idol, and answer to a stick of wood. Indeed the spirit of prostitution has led them astray, and they have been unfaithful to their God.

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Cross References

Proverbs 6:32He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who does it destroys his own soul.

Proverbs 23:27For a prostitute is a deep pit; and a wayward wife is a narrow well.

Isaiah 5:12The harp, lyre, tambourine, and flute, with wine, are at their feasts; but they don’t respect the work of the LORD, neither have they considered the operation of his hands.

Jeremiah 23:13“I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria. They prophesied by Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.

Hosea 5:4Their deeds won’t allow them to turn to their God, for the spirit of prostitution is within them, and they don’t know the LORD.

Luke 21:34“So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on 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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