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Hosea 4:11 Cross-References
Explore 9 cross-references for Hosea 4:11 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Hosea chapter 4 verse 11 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.”
Hosea 4:11 (KJV)
Commentary on Hosea 4:11
Intoxication and harlotry: 'Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.' The triad—sexual immorality (זְנוּת, zenut) and intoxication (יַיִן, yayin; תִּירוֹשׁ, tirosh)—'take away the heart' (יִקַּח־לֵב, yiqqach-lev), meaning steal understanding/judgment. These sins particularly characterized Baal fertility cult worship: ritual prostitution and drunken revelries. The 'heart' (לֵב, lev) in Hebrew thought represents mind, will, affections—the center of personhood. When stolen, moral discernment vanishes. Paul similarly describes depravity: God gives them over to debased mind (Romans 1:28)...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Hosea 4:11
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“and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.”
“and stagger with strong drink. The priest and the prophet reel with strong drink. They are swallowed up by wine. They stagger with strong drink. They err in vision. They stumble in judgment.”
“For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.”
“and answer to a stick of wood. Indeed the spirit of prostitution has led them astray”
“Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.”
“lyre”
“knowing the time”
“But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.”