Hosea 4:11

Whoredom, and wine, and new wine, take the heart,

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.

In Context

10And they have eaten, and are not satisfied, They have gone a-whoring, and increase not, For they have left off taking heed to Jehovah.

12My people at its staff asketh and its rod declareth to it, For a spirit of whoredoms hath caused to err, And they go a-whoring from under their God.

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Cross References

Proverbs 6:32He who committeth adultery [with] a woman lacketh heart, He is destroying his soul who doth it.

Proverbs 23:27For a harlot [is] a deep ditch, And a strange woman [is] a strait pit.

Isaiah 5:12And harp, and psaltery, tabret, and pipe, And wine, have been their banquets, And the work of Jehovah they behold not, Yea, the work of His hands they have not seen.

Jeremiah 23:13And in prophets of Samaria I have seen folly, They have prophesied by Baal, And cause my people — Israel — to err.

Hosea 5:4They give not up their habitual doings, To turn back unto their God, For a spirit of whoredoms [is] in their midst, And Jehovah they have not known.

Luke 21:34'And take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts may be weighed down with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and anxieties of life, and suddenly that day may come on you,

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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