Far be it from you to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from you! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?”
Hosea 14:9 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Those who are wise understand these things; those who are discerning know them. For the ways of the Lord are right, and the upright walk in them, but transgressors stumble in them. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Who is wise, that he may understand these things? Prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of the Lord are right and the [uncompromisingly] just shall walk in them, but transgressors shall stumble and fall in them. [Ps. 107:43; Isa. 26:7; Jer. 9:12; Dan. 12:10.] American Standard Version (1901) Who is wise, that he may understand these things? prudent, that he may know them? for the ways of Jehovah are right, and the just shall walk in them; but transgressors shall fall therein. Common English Bible Whoever is wise understands these things. Whoever observes carefully knows them. Truly, the LORD’s ways are right, and the righteous will walk in them, but evildoers will stumble in them. Catholic Public Domain Version Ephraim will say, "What are idols to me any more?" I will listen to him, and I will set him straight like a healthy spruce tree. Your fruit has been found by me. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I will hear him, and I will make him flourish like a green fir tree: from me is thy fruit found. |
Far be it from you to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from you! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?”
Yet the righteous hold to their way, and they who have clean hands grow stronger and stronger.
Let those who are wise pay attention to these things and consider the steadfast love of the Lord.
I know, O Lord, that your judgments are right and that in faithfulness you have humbled me.
Happy are those whose strength is in you, in whose heart are the highways to Zion.
They go from strength to strength; the God of gods will be seen in Zion.
The way of the Lord is a stronghold for the upright but destruction for evildoers.
The wise of heart is called perceptive, and pleasant speech increases persuasiveness.
But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day.
But rebels and sinners shall be destroyed together, and those who forsake the Lord shall be consumed.
they will not have regard for the altars, the work of their hands, and they will not look to what their own fingers have made, either the sacred poles or the altars of incense.
The way of the righteous is level; straight is the path of the righteous that you clear.
Who is wise enough to understand this? To whom has the mouth of the Lord spoken, so that they may declare it? Why is the land ruined and laid waste like a wilderness, so that no one passes through?
When they come there, they will remove from it all its detestable things and all its abominations.
Yet you say, “The way of the Lord is unfair.” Hear now, O house of Israel: Is my way unfair? Is it not your ways that are unfair?
I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you.
Many shall be purified, cleansed, and refined, but the wicked shall continue to act wickedly. None of the wicked shall understand, but those who are wise shall understand.
The Lord within it is righteous; he does no wrong. Every morning he renders his judgment, each dawn without fail, but the unjust knows no shame.
I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph. I will bring them back because I have compassion on them, and they shall be as though I had not rejected them, for I am the Lord their God, and I will answer them.
the Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.”
Then Simeon blessed them and said to his mother Mary, “This child is destined for the falling and the rising of many in Israel and to be a sign that will be opposed
If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not have sin. But now they have seen and hated both me and my Father.
Pilate asked him, “So you are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.”
Whoever is from God hears the words of God. The reason you do not hear them is that you are not from God.”
Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment, so that those who do not see may see and those who do see may become blind.”
and said, “You son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, full of all deceit and villainy, will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord?
The Rock, his work is perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God, without deceit, just and upright is he;
And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb: “Great and amazing are your deeds, Lord God the Almighty! Just and true are your ways, King of the nations!