Hosea 4:11

Modern

…to promiscuity, wine, and new wine, which take away understanding.

Traditional

Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.

Literal

Prostitution and wine and new wine take the heart.

Latin

Fornicatio, et vinum, et ebrietas auferunt cor.

Hebrew

English

…to promiscuity, wine, and new wine, which take away understanding.

Theme notes and profiles

Proverbs 20:1
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
Luke 21:34
But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.
Isaiah 28:7
These also stagger from wine and stumble from strong drink: Priests and prophets reel from strong drink and are befuddled by wine. They stumble because of strong drink, muddled in their visions and stumbling in their judgments.
Proverbs 23:27–35
For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well.
Hosea 4:12
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.
Romans 13:11–14
And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
Isaiah 5:12
At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.
Ecclesiastes 7:7
Surely extortion turns a wise man into a fool, and a bribe corrupts the heart.
Proverbs 6:32
He who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself.