Hosea 5:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God, for a spirit of prostitution is within them, and they do not know the LORD.”
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“Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God, for a spirit of prostitution is within them, and they do not know the LORD.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the Lord.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Their doings will not suffer them to turn unto their God; for the spirit of whoredom is within them, and they know not Jehovah.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“They give not up their habitual doings, To turn back unto their God, For a spirit of whoredoms <FI>is<Fi> in their midst, And Jehovah they have not known.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Hosea 5:4 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 2:12Now the sons of Eli were wicked men; they had no regard for the LORD
- Psalms 9:10Those who know Your name trust in You, for You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.
- Psalms 36:1An oracle is in my heart regarding the transgression of the wicked man: There is no fear of God before his eyes.
- Psalms 78:8Then they will not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose heart was not loyal, whose spirit was not faithful to God.
- Jeremiah 9:6You dwell in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to know Me,” declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 9:24But let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD, who exercises loving devotion, justice and righteousness on the earth— for I delight in these things,” declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 22:15Does it make you a king to excel in cedar? Did not your father have food and drink? He administered justice and righteousness, and so it went well with him.
- Jeremiah 24:7I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the LORD. They will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with all their heart.
- Jeremiah 50:38A drought is upon her waters, and they will be dried up. For it is a land of graven images, and the people go mad over idols.
- Hosea 4:1Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land!
- Hosea 4:6My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.
- Hosea 4:11Promiscuity, wine, and new wine take away understanding.
- Hosea 4:12My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray and they have played the harlot against their God.
- Hosea 8:11Though Ephraim multiplied the altars for sin, they became his altars for sinning.
- John 3:19And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil.
- John 8:55You do not know Him, but I know Him. If I said I did not know Him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know Him, and I keep His word.
- John 16:3They will do these things because they have not known the Father or Me.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:11For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they believe the lie,
- 1 John 2:3By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments.
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