Hosea 5:4 Cross References

Hosea 5:4

4: Your deeds won't let you return to your God. You are a prostitute through and through, and you cannot know the LORD.

Hosea 4:12

  1. They are asking a piece of wood to tell them what to do! They think a stick can tell them the future! Longing after idols has made them foolish. They have played the prostitute, serving other gods and deserting their God.

1 John 2:3

  1. And how can we be sure that we belong to him? By obeying his commandments.
  2. If someone says, "I belong to God," but doesn't obey God's commandments, that person is a liar and does not live in the truth.

Jeremiah 24:7

  1. I will give them hearts that will recognize me as the LORD. They will be my people, and I will be their God, for they will return to me wholeheartedly.

Jeremiah 22:15

  1. "But a beautiful palace does not make a great king! Why did your father, Josiah, reign so long? Because he was just and right in all his dealings. That is why God blessed him.
  2. He made sure that justice and help were given to the poor and needy, and everything went well for him. Isn't that what it means to know me?" asks the LORD.

John 3:19

  1. Their judgment is based on this fact: The light from heaven came into the world, but they loved the darkness more than the light, for their actions were evil.
  2. They hate the light because they want to sin in the darkness. They stay away from the light for fear their sins will be exposed and they will be punished.

1 Samuel 2:12

  1. Now the sons of Eli were scoundrels who had no respect for the LORD

Jeremiah 9:6

  1. They pile lie upon lie and utterly refuse to come to me," says the LORD.

Jeremiah 50:38

  1. It will even strike her water supply, causing it to dry up. And why? Because the whole land is filled with idols, and the people are madly in love with them.

John 16:3

  1. This is because they have never known the Father or me.

Hosea 4:1

  1. Hear the word of the LORD, O people of Israel! The LORD has filed a lawsuit against you, saying: "There is no faithfulness, no kindness, no knowledge of God in your land.

Hosea 4:6

  1. My people are being destroyed because they don't know me. It is all your fault, you priests, for you yourselves refuse to know me. Now I refuse to recognize you as my priests. Since you have forgotten the laws of your God, I will forget to bless your children.

Psalms 78:8

  1. Then they will not be like their ancestors--stubborn, rebellious, and unfaithful, refusing to give their hearts to God.

Psalms 9:10

  1. Those who know your name trust in you, for you, O LORD, have never abandoned anyone who searches for you.

Jeremiah 9:24

  1. Let them boast in this alone: that they truly know me and understand that I am the LORD who is just and righteous, whose love is unfailing, and that I delight in these things. I, the LORD, have spoken!

2 Thessalonians 2:11

  1. So God will send great deception upon them, and they will believe all these lies.
  2. Then they will be condemned for not believing the truth and for enjoying the evil they do.

John 8:55

  1. but you do not even know him. I know him. If I said otherwise, I would be as great a liar as you! But it is true--I know him and obey him.

Psalms 36:1

  1. Sin whispers to the wicked, deep within their hearts. They have no fear of God to restrain them.
  2. In their blind conceit, they cannot see how wicked they really are.
  3. Everything they say is crooked and deceitful. They refuse to act wisely or do what is good.
  4. They lie awake at night, hatching sinful plots. Their course of action is never good. They make no attempt to turn from evil.
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