Hosea 7:5
In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.
Cross-references
Psalm 1:1 warns against sitting with scoffers — a direct contrast to the king who stretches out his hand with them here.
Proverbs 13:20 states that companions of fools suffer harm — the king's association with scoffers here exemplifies that principle.
Proverbs 23:29-35 vividly describes the woe and sickness from wine — exactly what the princes experience here.
Isaiah 5:12 condemns feasts with wine where people ignore God's deeds — directly aligning with the scoffing, godless atmosphere of the king's day.
Isaiah 28:1 denounces the drunkards of Ephraim, the same northern kingdom — reinforcing Hosea's picture of leaders overcome with wine.
Isaiah 28:7 shows priests and prophets reeling from wine, stumbling in judgment — a specific parallel to the princes' drunken misconduct.
Daniel 5:1-4 shows Belshazzar's drunken feast with idolatry — a strong parallel to the corrupt royal feast in Hosea.
Daniel 5:23 shows Belshazzar drinking from temple vessels and praising idols — a parallel royal feast of drunken irreverence.
Proverbs 23:33 describes wine causing strange sights and perverse speech — the same corrupting effect seen in the king's scoffing.
Ecclesiastes 10:16 laments a land whose princes feast in the morning — a direct parallel to the king's drunken princes.
Isaiah 28:14 addresses scoffers who rule in Jerusalem — the same kind of scoffing rulers partnered with the king in Hosea.
Isaiah 5:11 pronounces woe on those who chase strong drink from morning to night — the same kind of reckless drinking among leaders.
Isaiah 5:22 targets 'heroes at drinking wine' — a vivid parallel to the princes inflamed with wine at the king's celebration.
Esther 3:15 pictures the king and Haman drinking after issuing a deadly decree — a parallel of feasting amid disaster.
Proverbs 20:1 warns that wine is a mocker and leads to folly — a general principle echoed in the king's drunken feast here.