Hosea 4:18
Hosea · Old Testament · Chapter 4
“Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give ye.”Hosea 4:18
What Does Hosea 4:18 Mean?
Hosea 4:18 is found in the book of Hosea, chapter 4, verse 18 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 19 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (19)
These passages are connected to Hosea 4:18 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Proverbs 28:21“To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.”Proverbs 30:15“The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough:”Isaiah 1:22“Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:”Micah 3:11“The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us.”Exodus 23:8“And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.”Deuteronomy 16:19“Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.”Deuteronomy 32:32“For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter:”1 Samuel 8:3“And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.”1 Samuel 12:3“Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.”2 Kings 17:7“For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods,”Psalms 47:9“The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted.”Isaiah 1:23“Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.”Jeremiah 2:21“Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?”Hosea 4:2“By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.”Hosea 4:10“For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the LORD.”Amos 5:12“For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.”Micah 7:3“That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.”Acts 24:26“He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul, that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him.”Isaiah 1:21“How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.”
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