Hosea 4:11

Hosea · Old Testament · Chapter 4

“Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.”Hosea 4:11

What Does Hosea 4:11 Mean?

Hosea 4:11 is found in the book of Hosea, chapter 4, verse 11 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.

Cross-References (20)

These passages are connected to Hosea 4:11 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

Proverbs 20:1“Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.”Luke 21:34“And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.”Proverbs 31:4“It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:”Proverbs 23:28“She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.”Isaiah 28:7“But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.”Leviticus 10:9“Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations:”Proverbs 31:3“Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.”Isaiah 56:12“Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.”Hosea 7:11“Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.”Proverbs 5:14“I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.”Proverbs 5:22“His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.”Hosea 2:8“For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal.”Genesis 38:18“And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.”1 Samuel 25:36“And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.”1 Kings 11:8“And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.”1 Kings 20:16“And they went out at noon. But Benhadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.”Proverbs 6:32“But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.”Proverbs 17:16“Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?”Proverbs 23:27“For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.”Ecclesiastes 7:7“Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.”

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