Hosea 4:8

The Lord Accuses The Priests

⁷ When they became many, their sin increased against me; they changed their glory into shame. ⁸ {They feed on the sin of my people}, {they are greedy} for their iniquity. ⁹ And it will be like people, like priest; I will punish them [for] their ways, and I will requite them for their deeds.

My People

Sin Offering

Sin

Isaiah 56:11

And the dogs {have a greedy appetite}; they {are never satisfied}. And they are [the] shepherds! They do not have understanding. They all turn to their [own] way, each one for his [own] gain, {every one of them}.

Micah 3:11

Its rulers judge for a bribe; its priests teach for a price; its prophets practice divination for money. But they lean on Yahweh, saying, "[Is] not Yahweh in our midst? Disaster will not come upon us."

Leviticus 6:26

The priest {who offers the sin offering} must eat it in a holy place--in the tent of assembly's courtyard.

Leviticus 7:6-7

Every male among the priests may eat it; it must be eaten in a holy place; it [is] {a most holy thing}.

1 Samuel 2:29

Why do you despise my sacrifice and my offering which I commanded [for my] dwelling place, while you honored your sons more than me by making yourselves fat from the best of all the offerings of my people Israel?

Psalm 24:4

He who is innocent of hands and pure of heart, who does not lift up his soul to falseness, and does not swear deceitfully.

Psalm 25:1

To you, O Yahweh, I lift up my soul.

Ezekiel 14:3

"Son of man, these men took up their idols into their heart and {they placed before themselves} a stumbling block of their guilt. {Should I really let myself be consulted by them}?

Ezekiel 14:7

For {each person} from the house of Israel, and from the alien who dwells as an alien in Israel, who separates himself {from following me} and brings up his idols into his heart and {places before himself} a stumbling block of his guilt, and [yet] he comes to the prophet to consult him concerning me, I Yahweh will answer him myself.

Malachi 1:10

"Who also among you will shut [the temple] doors [so that] you will not kindle fire in vain [on] my altar? I take no pleasure in you," says Yahweh of hosts, "and {I will not accept} an offering from your hand.

Romans 16:18

For such people do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own stomach, and by smooth speech and flattery they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.

Titus 1:11

whom it is necessary to silence, whoever are ruining whole families [by] teaching [things] which must not be [taught] for the sake of dishonest gain.

2 Peter 2:3

And in greediness they will exploit you with false words, whose condemnation [from] long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.