Hosea 4:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the understanding.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

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Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Prov 20:1 : 1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; And whosoever erreth thereby is not wise.
Isa 28:7 : 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 : 34 But take heed to yourselves, lest haply your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day come on you suddenly as a snare:
Isa 5:12 : 12 And the harp and the lute, the tabret and the pipe, and wine, are [in] their feasts; but they regard not the work of Jehovah, neither have they considered the operation of his hands.
Prov 6:32 : 32 He that committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: He doeth it who would destroy his own soul.
Prov 23:27-35 : 27 For a harlot is a deep ditch; And a foreign woman is a narrow pit. 28 Yea, she lieth in wait as a robber, And increaseth the treacherous among men. 29 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? Who hath complaining? who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes? 30 They that tarry long at the wine; They that go to seek out mixed wine. 31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, When it sparkleth in the cup, When it goeth down smoothly: 32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, And stingeth like an adder. 33 Thine eyes shall behold strange things, And thy heart shall utter perverse things. 34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, Or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast. 35 They have stricken me, [shalt thou say], and I was not hurt; They have beaten me, and I felt it not: When shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
Eccl 7:7 : 7 Surely extortion maketh the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroyeth the understanding.
Rom 13:11-14 : 11 And this, knowing the season, that already it is time for you to awake out of sleep: for now is {G2257} salvation nearer to us than when we [first] believed. 12 The night is far spent, and the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. 13 Let us walk becomingly, as in the day; not in revelling and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and jealousy. 14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to [fulfil] the lusts [thereof].
Hos 4:12 : 12 My people ask counsel at their stock, and their staff declareth unto them; for the spirit of whoredom hath caused them to err, and they have played the harlot, [departing] from under their God.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Hos 4:10
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10And they shall eat, and not have enough; they shall play the harlot, and shall not increase; because they have left off taking heed to Jehovah.
Joel 1:5
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5Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and wail, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
Hos 4:12
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12My people ask counsel at their stock, and their staff declareth unto them; for the spirit of whoredom hath caused them to err, and they have played the harlot, [departing] from under their God.
Hos 4:18
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18Their drink is become sour; they play the harlot continually; her rulers dearly love shame.
Isa 24:7
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7The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merry-hearted do sigh.
Prov 20:1
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1Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; And whosoever erreth thereby is not wise.
Isa 5:11-12
2 verses
75%
11Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that tarry late into the night, till wine inflame them!
12And the harp and the lute, the tabret and the pipe, and wine, are [in] their feasts; but they regard not the work of Jehovah, neither have they considered the operation of his hands.
Hos 9:2
75%
2The threshing-floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail her.
Prov 31:4-6
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75%
4It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; Nor for princes [to say], Where is strong drink?
5Lest they drink, and forget the law, And pervert the justice [due] to any that is afflicted.
6Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, And wine unto the bitter in soul:
Hos 5:4
74%
4Their doings will not suffer them to turn unto their God; for the spirit of whoredom is within them, and they know not Jehovah.
Prov 23:30-31
2 verses
74%
30They that tarry long at the wine; They that go to seek out mixed wine.
31Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, When it sparkleth in the cup, When it goeth down smoothly:
Prov 4:17
74%
17For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence.
Hab 2:15
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15Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink, to thee that addest thy venom, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!
Isa 24:11
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11There is a crying in the streets because of the wine; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.
Isa 28:7
73%
7And 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.
Rev 17:2
73%
2with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and they that dwell in the earth were made drunken with the wine of her fornication.
Isa 24:9
73%
9They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.
Rev 18:3
72%
3For by {G1537} the wine of the wrath of her fornication all the nations are fallen; and the kings of the earth committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth waxed rich by the power of her wantonness.
Luke 5:39
72%
39And no man having drunk old [wine] {G2112} desireth new; for he saith, The old is good.
Ezek 16:30
72%
30How weak is thy heart, saith the Lord Jehovah, seeing thou doest all these things, the work of an impudent {H802} harlot;
Hab 2:5
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5Yea, moreover, wine is treacherous, a haughty man, that keepeth not at home; who enlargeth his desire as Sheol, and he is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all peoples.
Nah 3:4
72%
4because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the well-favored harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.
1 Sam 1:14
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14And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.
Hos 3:1
71%
1And Jehovah said unto me, Go again, love a woman beloved of [her] friend, and an adulteress, even as Jehovah loveth the children of Israel, though they turn unto other gods, and love cakes of raisins.
Isa 5:22
71%
22Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink;
Prov 23:20
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20Be not among winebibbers, Among gluttonous eaters of flesh:
Prov 6:26
71%
26For on account of a harlot [a man is brought] to a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.
Jer 3:9
71%
9And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that the land was polluted, and she committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
Isa 1:22
71%
22Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water.
Ezek 16:35
71%
35Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of Jehovah:
Prov 2:17
71%
17That forsaketh the friend of her youth, And forgetteth the covenant of her God:
Hos 2:5
71%
5for their mother hath played the harlot; she that conceived them hath done shamefully; for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.
Ezek 23:17
71%
17And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their whoredom, and she was polluted with them, and her soul was alienated from them.
Prov 5:20
71%
20For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?
Hos 7:14
71%
14And they have not cried unto me with their heart, but they howl upon their beds: they assemble themselves for grain and new wine; they rebel against me.
Luke 5:37
71%
37And no man putteth new wine into old wine-skins; else the new wine will burst the skins, and itself will be spilled, and the skins will perish.
Isa 51:21
70%
21Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but now with wine:
Jer 11:15
70%
15What hath my beloved to do in my house, seeing she hath wrought lewdness [with] many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest.
Isa 29:9
70%
9Tarry ye and wonder; take your pleasure and be blind: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
Ezek 16:32
70%
32A wife that committeth adultery! that taketh strangers instead of her husband!
Ezek 16:17
70%
17Thou didst also take thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest for thee images of men, and didst play the harlot with them;
Prov 7:25
70%
25Let not thy heart decline to her ways; Go not astray in her paths.
Prov 9:4-5
2 verses
70%
4Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: As for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,
5Come, eat ye of my bread, And drink of the wine which I have mingled.
Joel 1:10
69%
10The field is laid waste, the land mourneth; for the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.