Hosea 4:14

I will not punish your daughters when they play the whore, nor your brides when they commit adultery; for the men themselves go aside with prostitutes and sacrifice with cult prostitutes, and a people without understanding shall come to ruin.

Hosea 4:1

Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land. There is no faithfulness or steadfast love, and no knowledge of God in the land;

Deuteronomy 23:17

"None of the daughters of Israel shall be a cult prostitute, and none of the sons of Israel shall be a cult prostitute.

1 Kings 14:23-24

For they also built for themselves high places and pillars and Asherim on every high hill and under every green tree,

1 Kings 15:12

He put away the male cult prostitutes out of the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

2 Kings 23:7

And he broke down the houses of the male cult prostitutes who were in the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.

Proverbs 28:5

Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the LORD understand it completely.

Isaiah 1:5

Why will you still be struck down? Why will you continue to rebel? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

Isaiah 44:18-20

They know not, nor do they discern, for he has shut their eyes, so that they cannot see, and their hearts, so that they cannot understand.

Isaiah 56:11

The dogs have a mighty appetite; they never have enough. But they are shepherds who have no understanding; they have all turned to their own way, each to his own gain, one and all.

Daniel 12:10

Many shall purify themselves and make themselves white and be refined, but the wicked shall act wickedly. And none of the wicked shall understand, but those who are wise shall understand.

Hosea 4:5-6

You shall stumble by day; the prophet also shall stumble with you by night; and I will destroy your mother.

Hosea 4:17

Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone.

Hosea 14:9

Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them; for the ways of the LORD are right, and the upright walk in them, but transgressors stumble in them.

John 8:43

Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear my word.

Romans 3:11

no one understands; no one seeks for God.

1 Corinthians 6:16

Or do you not know that he who is joined to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For, as it is written, "The two will become one flesh."

Ephesians 4:18

They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart.

Hebrews 12:8

If you are left without discipline, in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall.

General references

Bible References

Punish

Hosea 4:17
Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone.
Isaiah 1:5
Why will you still be struck down? Why will you continue to rebel? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
Hebrews 12:8
If you are left without discipline, in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons.

For

1 Corinthians 6:16
Or do you not know that he who is joined to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For, as it is written, "The two will become one flesh."

And they

1 Kings 14:23
For they also built for themselves high places and pillars and Asherim on every high hill and under every green tree,
1 Kings 15:12
He put away the male cult prostitutes out of the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
2 Kings 23:7
And he broke down the houses of the male cult prostitutes who were in the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.

Therefore

Hosea 4:1
Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land. There is no faithfulness or steadfast love, and no knowledge of God in the land;
Hosea 14:9
Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them; for the ways of the LORD are right, and the upright walk in them, but transgressors stumble in them.
Proverbs 28:5
Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the LORD understand it completely.
Isaiah 44:18
They know not, nor do they discern, for he has shut their eyes, so that they cannot see, and their hearts, so that they cannot understand.
Isaiah 56:11
The dogs have a mighty appetite; they never have enough. But they are shepherds who have no understanding; they have all turned to their own way, each to his own gain, one and all.
Daniel 12:10
Many shall purify themselves and make themselves white and be refined, but the wicked shall act wickedly. And none of the wicked shall understand, but those who are wise shall understand.
John 8:43
Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear my word.
Romans 3:11
no one understands; no one seeks for God.
Ephesians 4:18
They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart.

General references

Proverbs 5:9
lest you give your honor to others and your years to the merciless,

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