Hosea 4:2
By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
Cross-references
Hosea 4:18 adds drunkenness and prostitution to the catalogue of sins, extending the indictment from verse 2.
Hosea 5:2 describes rebels steeped in slaughter — a specific outcome of the bloodshed mentioned in 4:2.
Hosea 6:9 depicts priests murdering on the road — a concrete example of the violence and covenant betrayal in 4:2.
Hosea 7:4 focuses on adultery with the metaphor of a hot oven, reinforcing the adultery charge here.
In Ezekiel 22:2-13, the bloody city is indicted for bloodshed, bribery, and oppression—parallels murder and theft from the list.
In Ezekiel 22:25-30, leaders shed blood like wolves and prophets whitewash sin—parallels violence, focusing on corrupt authorities.
In Jeremiah 23:10-14, adulterers and godless prophets parallel the covenant breaking, especially adultery, and bring a curse on the land.
In Jeremiah 9:2-8, lies, adultery, and treachery fill the land—echoes the swearing and adultery, highlighting pervasive deceit.
In Jeremiah 7:6-10, the same sins—steal, murder, adultery, false swearing—are listed with the irony of trusting in temple rituals.
In Jeremiah 6:7, violence and destruction gush like a well—directly parallels the bloodshed, showing persistent wickedness.
In Jeremiah 5:7-9, this same catalog of sins—swearing, adultery—prompts God's rhetorical question about punishment, echoing covenant breaking.
In Jeremiah 5:1, God seeks one who does justice and seeks truth—a search that finds none, matching the universal corruption here.
Isaiah 59:12-15 confesses lying, injustice, and lack of truth, identical to the sins listed here in Hosea.
Isaiah 59:2-8 expands on the same sins—violence, lies, injustice—and shows how they separate people from God.
Isaiah 48:1 describes people who swear by the LORD but not in truth, directly echoing the false oaths and lying condemned here.
In Isaiah 24:5, the sins listed here are identified as violations of the everlasting covenant, showing the covenantal basis for God's controversy.
Micah 7:2 echoes the violence and faithlessness — everyone hunts for blood, no upright person remains.
Zechariah 5:3 names stealing and false oaths — two sins from Hosea's list, now under a divine curse.
In Matthew 23:35, Jesus holds the Pharisees accountable for all righteous bloodshed, echoing the bloodguilt charge in Hosea 4:2.
Micah 6:12 calls out the rich for violence and lies, directly echoing the lying and bloodshed listed here.
Nahum 3:1 pronounces woe for a city full of blood, lies, and plunder—mirroring the murder, lying, and theft here.
Zechariah 8:16 commands speaking truth and honest judgment, opposing the lying and injustice condemned here.
Ezekiel 23:37 charges adultery and blood on hands, matching the adultery and murder condemned here.
Ezekiel 22:9 lists slander, bloodshed, and lewd acts—directly mirroring the lying, murder, and adultery in this verse.
Genesis 6:13 warns of destruction due to violence, same judgment pattern as the bloodshed in Hosea 4:2 leading to exile.
Ezekiel 7:23 describes the land full of bloody crimes — paralleling the bloodshed and violence here.
Ezekiel 11:6 condemns murder in Jerusalem's streets, paralleling Hosea's charge that 'bloodshed follows bloodshed' in Israel.
Jeremiah 13:27 focuses on adultery and prostitution — directly matching the adultery mentioned here.
Isaiah 59:3 explicitly mentions bloodstained hands and lying lips — directly echoing the murder and falsehood here.
Proverbs 6:17 includes lying and murder (hands that shed innocent blood), two sins also named here.
Psalm 59:12 condemns the same sins of cursing and lying — matching two of the offenses listed here.
Numbers 35:33 states bloodshed pollutes the land, directly explaining the consequence of the murder in Hosea 4:2.
Genesis 6:11 describes the earth filled with violence, mirroring the unchecked bloodshed and lawlessness of Hosea 4:2.
In Ephesians 4:25, putting away falsehood echoes the condemnation of lying in Hosea, applying it to Christian community.
Revelation 17:6 depicts Babylon drunk on the blood of saints, extending the bloodshed theme of Hosea 4:2 to end-time persecution.
1 Timothy 1:10 lists liars and perjurers among sins contrary to sound doctrine, similar to Hosea's list.
1 Thessalonians 2:15 lists killing Jesus and prophets as acts of hostility, paralleling the murder in Hosea 4:2.
Ephesians 4:28 replaces stealing with honest work, mirroring the prohibition of theft in Hosea.
Acts 7:52 highlights the murder of prophets, a specific form of the bloodshed Hosea 4:2 condemns in Israel.
Zechariah 7:9 commands true judgments and mercy — the opposite of the sins listed, showing God's required remedy.
Psalm 50:19 rebukes deceitful speech, aligning with the cursing and lying listed in Hosea 4:2.
Isaiah 30:9 calls the people rebellious and deceitful — reflecting the deceit and lawlessness listed here.
Isaiah 59:15 says truth is nowhere to be found — corresponding to the lying and deceit condemned here.
In Jeremiah 5:27, houses full of deceit parallel the lying and stealing, focusing on fraudulent gain.
Lamentations 4:14 mentions defilement with blood — echoing the bloodshed listed here.