Cross references
Hosea 5:4
Their deeds do not permit them
to return to their God,
for a spirit of prostitution is within them,
and they do not know the LORD.
Hosea 5:4 has 17 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 2 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Hosea 4:12 (7 votes) and 1 John 2:3–4 (5 votes). 7 other verses point back to it. It links with 8 other books, from Genesis 49 to 1 John 2.
Which verses does Hosea 5:4 point to?
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- Hosea 4:127 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.
- 1 John 2:3–45 votes
By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments. If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
- Jeremiah 9:243 votes
But let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD, who exercises loving devotion, justice and righteousness on the earth—for I delight in these things,” declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 22:15–163 votes
Does it make you a king to excel in cedar? Did not your father have food and drink? He administered justice and righteousness, and so it went well with him. He took up the cause of the poor and needy, and so it went well with him. Is this not what it means to know Me?” declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 24:73 votes
I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the LORD. They will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with all their heart.
- Jeremiah 50:383 votes
A drought is upon her waters, and they will be dried up. For it is a land of graven images, and the people go mad over idols.
- Hosea 4:13 votes
Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land!
- Hosea 4:63 votes
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.
- John 3:19–203 votes
And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil. Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
- John 8:553 votes
You do not know Him, but I know Him. If I said I did not know Him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know Him, and I keep His word.
- John 16:33 votes
- 2 Thessalonians 2:11–123 votes
- 1 Samuel 2:122 votes
- Psalm 9:102 votes
- Psalm 36:1–42 votes
- Psalm 78:82 votes
- Jeremiah 9:62 votes
Which verses point to Hosea 5:4?
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