Hosea 4:11

Yahweh Has An Indictment

¹⁰ And they shall eat, and not have enough. They shall play the harlot, and shall not increase, because they have left off taking heed to LORD. ¹¹ Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the understanding. ¹² My people ask counsel at their stock, and their staff declares to them, for the spirit of whoredom has caused them to err, and they have played the harlot, [departing] from under their God.

My People

New Wine

Sexual Immorality

Proverbs 20:1

Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever errs thereby is not wise.

Isaiah 28:7

And even these reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink. The priest and the prophet reel with strong drink. They are swallowed up of wine. They stagger with strong drink; they err in vision; they stumble in judgment.

Luke 21:34

But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down in debauchery and drunkenness and mundane cares, and that day come upon you sudden.

Isaiah 5:12

And the harp and the lute, the tambourine and the pipe, and wine, are [in] their feasts, but they do not regard the work of LORD, nor have they considered the operation of his hands.

Proverbs 6:32

He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who would destroy his own soul does it.

Ecclesiastes 7:7

Surely oppression makes the wise man foolish, and a bribe destroys the understanding.

Hosea 4:12

My people ask counsel at their stock, and their staff declares to them, for the spirit of whoredom has caused them to err, and they have played the harlot, [departing] from under their God.

Romans 13:11-14

And this, knowing the time, that the hour is now for us to awake out of sleep. For our salvation is now nearer than when we believed.