whoring

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And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after the Baalim, and made Baal-berith their god.

From Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature by Moulton, Richard Green

They will all, when they are boys, go whoring after strange gods, and they will become citizens—"fellow-citizens"—"illustrious fellow-citizens."

From Soldiers Three by Kipling, Rudyard

The words which follow in the verse—that all Israel went whoring after Gideon—are obviously an addition of the prophetic revision.

From The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI) by Duncker, Max

Sir 46:11 And concerning the judges, every one by name, whose heart went not a whoring, nor departed from the Lord, let their memory be blessed.

From Deuterocanonical Books of the Bible Apocrypha by Anonymous

They will all, when they are boys, go whoring after strange gods, and they will become citizens—'fellow-citizens'—'illustrious fellow-citizens.'

From Indian Tales by Kipling, Rudyard