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Hosea 4:2

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By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

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  1. Hosea 4:1

    Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel: for the Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.

  2. Hosea 4:3

    Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

  3. Hosea 4:4

    Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.