Cross references
Hosea 4:15
Though you prostitute yourself, O Israel,
may Judah avoid such guilt!
Do not journey to Gilgal,
do not go up to Beth-aven,
and do not swear on oath,
‘As surely as the LORD lives!’
- a Beth-aven means house of wickedness. This is a derogatory term for Bethel, which means house of God; see 1 Kings 12:28–29.
Hosea 4:15 has 21 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 4 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Hosea 9:15 (5 votes) and Hosea 12:11 (5 votes). 27 other verses point back to it. It links with 15 other books, from Genesis 28 to Ephesians 5.
Which verses does Hosea 4:15 point to?
The 20 strongest of 21, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Hosea 9:155 votes
All their evil appears at Gilgal, for there I hated them. I will drive them from My house for the wickedness of their deeds. I will no longer love them; all their leaders are rebellious.
- Hosea 12:115 votes
Is there iniquity in Gilead? They will surely come to nothing. Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Indeed, their altars will be heaps of stones in the furrows of the field.
- Amos 4:44 votes
“Go to Bethel and transgress; rebel even more at Gilgal! Bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days.
- Amos 5:54 votes
Do not seek Bethel or go to Gilgal; do not journey to Beersheba, for Gilgal will surely go into exile, and Bethel will come to nothing.
- Jeremiah 5:23 votes
Although they say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ they are swearing falsely.”
- Hosea 5:83 votes
Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah; raise the battle cry in Beth-aven: Lead on, O Benjamin!
- Hosea 10:53 votes
The people of Samaria will fear for the calf of Beth-aven. Indeed, its people will mourn over it with its idolatrous priests—those who rejoiced in its glory—for it has been taken from them into exile.
- Hosea 10:83 votes
The high places of Aven will be destroyed—it is the sin of Israel; thorns and thistles will overgrow their altars. Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall on us!”
- Amos 8:143 votes
Those who swear by the guilt of Samaria and say, ‘As surely as your god lives, O Dan,’ or, ‘As surely as the way of Beersheba lives’—they will fall, never to rise again.”
- Ephesians 5:113 votes
Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
- 1 Kings 12:28–292 votes
- 2 Kings 17:18–192 votes
- Isaiah 48:12 votes
“Listen to this, O house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, who have descended from the line of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD, who invoke the God of Israel—but not in truth or righteousness—
- Jeremiah 3:6–112 votes
- Ezekiel 20:392 votes
- Ezekiel 23:4–82 votes
- Hosea 4:122 votes
My 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 11:122 votes
- Amos 6:102 votes
And when the relative who is to burn the bodies picks them up to remove them from the house, he will call to one inside, “Is anyone else with you?” “None,” that person will answer. “Silence,” the relative will retort, “for the name of the LORD must not be invoked.”
- Zephaniah 1:5–62 votes
Which verses point to Hosea 4:15?
The 10 strongest of 27.