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Hosea 4:7

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As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame.
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  1. Hosea 13:6Rank 1 from verse 7
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    6According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.

  2. Philippians 3:19Rank 2 from verse 7
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    19Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

  3. 1 Samuel 2:30Rank 3 from verse 7
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    30Wherefore the Lord God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the Lord saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

  4. Hosea 10:1Rank 4 from verse 7
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    1ISRAEL is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images.

  5. Hosea 4:10Rank 5 from verse 7
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    10For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the Lord.

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Hosea 4:7

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against

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Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

change

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Sense 1: To make or become different; to alter, exchange, replace, or pass from one state to another. Sense 2: An alteration, exchange, replacement, or transition from one state to another.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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glory

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Sense 1: Splendour, honour, praise, majesty, or a ground of rejoicing or boasting. Sense 2: To boast, exult, take pride, or rejoice in a person or thing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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shame

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Sense 1: A painful sense of guilt, disgrace, or dishonor. Sense 2: As a verb, to make ashamed or bring disgrace upon.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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4:6¶ My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

4:7As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame.

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4:8They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.

4:9And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.

4:10For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the Lord.

4:11Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.

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