Hosea 4:8

The Lord Accuses The Priests

⁷ "The more they increased in number, the more they sinned against me, so I will change their glory into shame. ⁸ They feed on the sin of my people; they purpose in their heart to transgress. ⁹ So it will be: like people, like priest. I will punish them for their lifestyles, rewarding them according to their behavior.

My People

Sin Offering

Sin

Isaiah 56:11

Meanwhile, the dogs have a mighty appetite they can never get enough. And as for them, they are the shepherds who lack understanding; they have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, each and every one.

Micah 3:11

Her leaders judge for the money, her priests teach only when they're paid, and her prophets prophesy for cash. Even so, don't they all rely on the LORD as they ask, "The LORD is among us, is he not? Nothing bad can possibly happen to us!'

Leviticus 6:26

The priest who offers it as a sin offering is to eat it at a sacred place in the court of the Tent of Meeting.

Leviticus 7:6-7

Any male among the priests may eat it, provided that it is eaten at a sacred place as a most holy thing.

1 Samuel 2:29

Why, then, do all of you show contempt for my sacrifice and offering that I've commanded for my dwelling? And you honor your sons more than me in order to fatten yourselves from the best of all the offerings of my people Israel.'

Psalm 24:4

The one who has innocent hands and a pure heart; the person who does not delight in what is false and does not swear an oath deceitfully.

Psalm 25:1

I will lift up my soul to you, LORD.

Ezekiel 14:3

"Son of Man, these men have taken idols into their hearts. They've placed the stumbling block that is their own iniquity right in front of their faces. Should I be consulted by them at all?

Ezekiel 14:7

For when a native Israeli or a resident alien abandons me to set up idols in his heart behind my back, and then places the stumbling block of his iniquity right in front of his own face, then approaches a prophet to inquire of me on behalf of his own self-interest, I, the LORD will answer him myself.

Malachi 1:10

"Oh, that one of you would shut the Temple doors and not light useless fires on the altar! I'm not pleased with you," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, "and I'll accept no offerings from you.

Romans 16:18

because such people are not serving the Messiah our Lord, but their own desires. By their smooth talk and flattering words they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.

Titus 1:11

They must be silenced, because they are the kind of people who ruin whole families by teaching what they should not teach in order to make money in a shameful way.

2 Peter 2:3

In their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. The ancient verdict against them is still in force, and their destruction is not delayed.