The KJV Bible With Strong's References:
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Hosea 4
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- 4:1
Hear the
word of the
LORD, ye
children of
Israel: for the
LORD hath a
controversy with the
inhabitants of the
land, because there is no
truth, nor
mercy, nor
knowledge of
God in the
land.
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- 4:2 By
swearing, and
lying, and
killing, and
stealing, and committing
adultery, they break
out, and
blood
toucheth
blood.
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- 4:3 Therefore shall the
land
mourn, and every one that
dwelleth therein shall
languish, with the
beasts of the
field, and with the
fowls of
heaven; yea, the
fishes of the
sea also shall be taken
away.
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- 4:4 Yet let no
man
strive, nor
reprove
another: for thy
people are as they that
strive with the
priest.
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- 4:5 Therefore shalt thou
fall in the
day, and the
prophet also shall
fall with thee in the
night, and I will
destroy thy
mother.
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- 4:6 My
people are
destroyed for lack of
knowledge: because thou hast
rejected
knowledge, I will also
reject thee, that thou shalt be no
priest to me: seeing thou hast
forgotten the
law of thy
God, I will also
forget thy
children.
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- 4:7 As they were
increased, so they
sinned against me: therefore will I
change their
glory into
shame.
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- 4:8 They eat
up the
sin of my
people, and they
set their
heart on their
iniquity.
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- 4:9 And there shall be, like
people, like
priest: and I will
punish them for their
ways, and
reward them their
doings.
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- 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.
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- 4:11
Whoredom and
wine and new
wine take
away the
heart.
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- 4:12 My
people
ask counsel at their
stocks, and their
staff
declareth unto them: for the
spirit of
whoredoms hath caused them to
err, and they have gone a
whoring from under their
God.
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- 4:13 They
sacrifice upon the
tops of the
mountains, and burn
incense upon the
hills, under
oaks and
poplars and
elms, because the
shadow thereof is
good: therefore your
daughters shall commit
whoredom, and your
spouses shall commit
adultery.
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- 4:14 I will not
punish your
daughters when they commit
whoredom, nor your
spouses when they commit
adultery: for themselves are
separated with
whores, and they
sacrifice with
harlots: therefore the
people that doth not
understand shall
fall.
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- 4:15 Though thou,
Israel, play the
harlot, yet let not
Judah
offend; and
come not ye unto
Gilgal, neither go ye
up to
Bethaven, nor
swear, The
LORD
liveth.
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- 4:16 For
Israel slideth
back as a
backsliding
heifer: now the
LORD will
feed them as a
lamb in a large
place.
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- 4:17
Ephraim is
joined to
idols: let him
alone.
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- 4:18 Their
drink is
sour: they have committed
whoredom
continually: her
rulers with
shame do
love,
Give ye.
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- 4:19 The
wind hath bound her
up in her
wings, and they shall be
ashamed because of their
sacrifices.
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