Hosea 7:4
They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened.
Cross-reference
In Hosea 7:7, the same oven metaphor continues: all are hot as an oven, devouring rulers — deepening the image of burning evil.
In Hosea 4:2, the same prophetic indictment lists adultery among Israel's sins, reinforcing the accusation here.
In Hosea 4:12, a spirit of whoredom leads them astray — the same adultery metaphor for spiritual unfaithfulness.
In Jeremiah 5:7, God accuses Israel of committing adultery — the same sin mentioned here, showing a recurring theme.
In Jeremiah 5:8, they are like stallions neighing for their neighbor's wife — a vivid picture of the adultery condemned here.
In Jeremiah 9:2, the identical phrase 'they are all adulterers' directly echoes the accusation here.
In James 4:4, 'you adulterous people' uses the same metaphor of spiritual unfaithfulness as this verse's adultery charge.
Proverbs 6:27 uses fire imagery for adultery's danger — directly parallels Hosea's oven of burning lust.
Isaiah 57:5 depicts burning lust in idolatrous worship — same image of spiritual adultery as Hosea's oven.