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Hosea 4:6
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Hosea 4:6
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6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge!
Because you have rejected knowledge,
I reject you from being a priest to me;
and since you have forgotten the law of your God,
I also will forget your children.(A)
Hosea 4:6
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Hosea 4:6
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6 my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.(A)
“Because you have rejected knowledge,
I also reject you as my priests;
because you have ignored the law(B) of your God,
I also will ignore your children.
Isaiah 5:13
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Isaiah 5:13
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13 Therefore my people go into exile for lack of knowledge;
their nobles are dying of hunger,
and their multitude is parched with thirst.(A)
Isaiah 5:13
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Isaiah 5:13
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Proverbs 19:2
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Proverbs 19:2
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2 Desire without knowledge is not good,
and one who moves too hurriedly misses the way.
Proverbs 19:2
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Proverbs 19:2
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2 Desire without knowledge is not good—
how much more will hasty feet miss the way!(A)
Hosea 6:6
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Hosea 6:6
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6 For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice,
the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.(A)
Hosea 6:6
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Hosea 6:6
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2 Corinthians 4:3-6
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2 Corinthians 4:3-6
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3 And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.(A) 4 In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing clearly the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.(B) 5 For we do not proclaim ourselves; we proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord and ourselves as your slaves for Jesus’s sake.(C) 6 For it is the God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.(D)
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2 Corinthians 4:3-6
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2 Corinthians 4:3-6
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3 And even if our gospel(A) is veiled,(B) it is veiled to those who are perishing.(C) 4 The god(D) of this age(E) has blinded(F) the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ,(G) who is the image of God.(H) 5 For what we preach is not ourselves,(I) but Jesus Christ as Lord,(J) and ourselves as your servants(K) for Jesus’ sake. 6 For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,”[a](L) made his light shine in our hearts(M) to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.(N)
Footnotes
- 2 Corinthians 4:6 Gen. 1:3
Hosea 4:1
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Hosea 4:1
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God Accuses Israel
4 Hear the word of the Lord, O people of Israel,
for the Lord has an indictment against the inhabitants of the land.
There is no faithfulness or loyalty
and no knowledge of God in the land.(A)
Proverbs 1:30-32
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Proverbs 1:30-32
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30 would have none of my counsel
and despised all my reproof,(A)
31 therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way
and be sated with their own devices.(B)
32 For waywardness kills the simple,
and the complacency of fools destroys them;(C)
Proverbs 1:30-32
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Proverbs 1:30-32
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Isaiah 17:10
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Isaiah 17:10
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10 For you have forgotten God your Savior
and have not remembered the Rock of your refuge;
therefore, though you plant pleasant gardens
and set out branches of a foreign god,(A)
Matthew 15:8
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Matthew 15:8
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8 ‘This people honors me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from me;(A)
Matthew 15:8
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Matthew 15:8
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8 “‘These people honor me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from me.
Hosea 8:14
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Hosea 8:14
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14 Israel has forgotten his Maker
and built palaces,
and Judah has multiplied fortified cities,
but I will send a fire upon his cities,
and it shall devour his strongholds.(A)
Hosea 8:14
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Hosea 8:14
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Malachi 2:1-3
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Malachi 2:1-3
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2 And now, O priests, this command is for you. 2 If you will not listen, if you will not lay it to heart to give glory to my name, says the Lord of hosts, then I will send the curse on you, and I will curse your blessings; indeed, I have already cursed them[a] because you do not lay it to heart.(A) 3 I will rebuke your offspring and spread dung on your faces, the dung of your offerings, and I will put you out of my presence.[b]
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Malachi 2:1-3
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Malachi 2:1-3
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Additional Warning to the Priests
2 “And now, you priests, this warning is for you.(A) 2 If you do not listen,(B) and if you do not resolve to honor(C) my name,” says the Lord Almighty, “I will send a curse(D) on you, and I will curse your blessings.(E) Yes, I have already cursed them, because you have not resolved to honor me.
3 “Because of you I will rebuke your descendants[a]; I will smear on your faces the dung(F) from your festival sacrifices, and you will be carried off with it.(G)
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- Malachi 2:3 Or will blight your grain
Jeremiah 2:8
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Jeremiah 2:8
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8 The priests did not say, “Where is the Lord?”
Those who handle the law did not know me;
the rulers[a] transgressed against me;
the prophets prophesied by Baal
and went after things that do not profit.(A)
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- 2.8 Heb shepherds
Jeremiah 2:8
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Jeremiah 2:8
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1 Samuel 3:12-15
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1 Samuel 3:12-15
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12 On that day I will fulfill against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end.(A) 13 For I have told him that I am about to punish his house forever for the iniquity that he knew, because his sons were blaspheming God,[a] and he did not restrain them.(B) 14 Therefore I swear to the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli’s house shall not be expiated by sacrifice or offering forever.”(C)
15 Samuel lay there until morning; then he opened the doors of the house of the Lord. Samuel was afraid to tell the vision to Eli.
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- 3.13 Gk: Heb cursing for themselves
1 Samuel 3:12-15
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1 Samuel 3:12-15
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12 At that time I will carry out against Eli everything(A) I spoke against his family—from beginning to end. 13 For I told him that I would judge his family forever because of the sin he knew about; his sons blasphemed God,[a] and he failed to restrain(B) them. 14 Therefore I swore to the house of Eli, ‘The guilt of Eli’s house will never be atoned(C) for by sacrifice or offering.’”
15 Samuel lay down until morning and then opened the doors of the house of the Lord. He was afraid to tell Eli the vision,
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- 1 Samuel 3:13 An ancient Hebrew scribal tradition (see also Septuagint); Masoretic Text sons made themselves contemptible
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