Bible verse
Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.
Hosea 4:2 · BSB
The verses around it, from Hosea 4.
1 Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land!
2 Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.
3 Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea disappear.
4 But let no man contend; let no man offer reproof; for your people are like those who contend with a priest.
5 You will stumble by day, and the prophet will stumble with you by night; so I will destroy your mother—
6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.
KJV
By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
ASV
There is nought but swearing and breaking faith, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery; they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
ERV
There is nought but swearing and breaking faith, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery; they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
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