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Hosea 1:2-3
The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom,[ departing] from the LORD.So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, and bare him a son.
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Jeremiah 3:20
Surely[ as] a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD.
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Jeremiah 3:1-4
They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man’s, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD.Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore’s forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou[ art] the guide of my youth?
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Jeremiah 3:12-14
Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD;[ and] I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I[ am] merciful, saith the LORD,[ and] I will not keep[ anger] for ever.Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD.Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:
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Micah 7:18-20
Who[ is] a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth[ in] mercy.He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob,[ and] the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
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Jeremiah 31:20
[ Is] Ephraim my dear son?[ is he] a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD.
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Isaiah 45:22
Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I[ am] God, and[ there is] none else.
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Psalms 106:43-46
Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked[ him] with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.
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Micah 7:7
Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
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Hosea 9:1-2
Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as[ other] people: for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every cornfloor.The floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail in her.
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Judges 10:16
And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
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2 Kings 13 23
And the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet.
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Amos 2:8
And they lay[ themselves] down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned[ in] the house of their god.
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Psalms 123:2
Behold, as the eyes of servants[ look] unto the hand of their masters,[ and] as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes[ wait] upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
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Hosea 11:8
How shall I give thee up, Ephraim?[ how] shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah?[ how] shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.
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Hosea 4:11
Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.
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Amos 6:6
That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
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1 Corinthians 10 21
Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord’s table, and of the table of devils.
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Zechariah 1:16
Therefore thus saith the LORD; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.
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2 Samuel 6 19
And he dealt among all the people,[ even] among the whole multitude of Israel, as well to the women as men, to every one a cake of bread, and a good piece[ of flesh], and a flagon[ of wine]. So all the people departed every one to his house.
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Deuteronomy 7:6-7
For thou[ art] an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that[ are] upon the face of the earth.The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye[ were] the fewest of all people:
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Matthew 26:50
And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art thou come? Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus, and took him.
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Hosea 7:5
In the day of our king the princes have made[ him] sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.
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1 Peter 4 3
For the time past of[ our] life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
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Luke 1:54-55
He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of[ his] mercy;As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.
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1 Corinthians 10 7
Neither be ye idolaters, as[ were] some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
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Exodus 32:6
And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.
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Nehemiah 9:18-19
Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This[ is] thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations;Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go.
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Judges 9:27
And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode[ the grapes], and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.
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Nehemiah 9:31
Nevertheless for thy great mercies’ sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou[ art] a gracious and merciful God.
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Isaiah 17:7-8
At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall respect[ that] which his fingers have made, either the groves, or the images.