Hosea 12:6

God's Word

Return to your God. Be loyal and fair, and always wait with hope for your God.

Cross References

Genesis 49:18

“I wait with hope for you to rescue me, O Lord.

Psalm 123:2

As servants depend on their masters, as a maid depends on her mistress, so we depend on the Lord our God until he has pity on us.

Psalm 27:14

Wait with hope for the Lord. Be strong, and let your heart be courageous. Yes, wait with hope for the Lord.

Psalm 37:7

Surrender yourself to the Lord, and wait patiently for him. Do not be preoccupied with ⌞an evildoer⌟ who succeeds in his way when he carries out his schemes.

Exodus 3:15

Again God said to Moses, “This is what you must say to the people of Israel: The Lord God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, has sent me to you. This is my name forever. This is my title throughout every generation.

Proverbs 1:23

“Turn to me when I warn you. I will generously pour out my spirit for you. I will make my words known to you.

Proverbs 21:3

Doing what is right and fair is more acceptable to the Lord than offering a sacrifice.

Isaiah 1:16

“Wash yourselves! Become clean! Get your evil deeds out of my sight. Stop doing evil.

Isaiah 30:18

The Lord is waiting to be kind to you. He rises to have compassion on you. The Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for him.

Isaiah 31:6

You people of Israel, return to the one whom you have so violently rebelled against.

Isaiah 40:31

Yet, the strength of those who wait with hope in the Lord will be renewed. They will soar on wings like eagles. They will run and won’t become weary. They will walk and won’t grow tired.

Isaiah 58:6

This is the kind of fasting I have chosen: Loosen the chains of wickedness, untie the straps of the yoke, let the oppressed go free, and break every yoke.

Isaiah 8:17

I will wait for the Lord, who hides his face from the descendants of Jacob. I will hope in him.

Jeremiah 22:15

Do you think you’re a better king than others because you use more cedar? Your father ate and drank and did what is fair and right. Everything went well for him.

Ezekiel 18:30

“That is why I will judge each of you by what you have done, people of Israel,” declares the Almighty Lord. “Change the way you think and act. Turn away from all the rebellious things that you have done so that you will not fall into sin.

Hosea 10:12

“Break new ground. Plant righteousness, and harvest the fruit that your loyalty will produce for me.” It’s time to seek the Lord! When he comes, he will rain righteousness on you.

Hosea 14:1

Israel, return to the Lord your God. You have stumbled because of your sins.

Hosea 4:1

Listen to the Lord’s word, you Israelites. The Lord has brought these charges against those who live in the land: “There is no faith, no love, and no knowledge of God in the land.

Joel 2:12

“But even now,” declares the Lord, “return to me with all your heart— with fasting, crying, and mourning.”

Joel 2:13

Tear your hearts, not your clothes. Return to the Lord your God. He is merciful and compassionate, patient, and always ready to forgive and to change his plans about disaster.

Amos 4:13

God forms the mountains and creates the wind. He reveals his thoughts to humans. He makes dawn and dusk ⌞appear⌟. He walks on the high places of the earth. His name is the Lord God of Armies.

Amos 5:24

But let justice flow like a river and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

Micah 6:8

You mortals, the Lord has told you what is good. This is what the Lord requires from you: to do what is right, to love mercy, and to live humbly with your God.

Micah 7:7

I will look to the Lord. I will wait for God to save me. I will wait for my God to listen to me.

Habakkuk 2:3

The vision will still happen at the appointed time. It hurries toward its goal. It won’t be a lie. If it’s delayed, wait for it. It will certainly happen. It won’t be late.

Zephaniah 3:8

The Lord declares, “Just wait! One day I will stand up as a witness. I have decided to gather nations, to bring kingdoms together, and to pour my rage, my burning anger, on them. The whole land will be consumed by my fiery fury.

Zechariah 1:3

Tell the people, ‘This is what the Lord of Armies says: Return to me, declares the Lord of Armies, and I will return to you, says the Lord of Armies.’

Zechariah 7:9

“This is what the Lord of Armies says: Administer real justice, and be compassionate and kind to each other.

Zechariah 8:16

You must do these things: Speak the truth to each other. Give correct and fair verdicts for peace in your courts.

Acts 2:38

Peter answered them, “All of you must turn to God and change the way you think and act, and each of you must be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ so that your sins will be forgiven. Then you will receive the Holy Spirit as a gift.

Acts 26:20

Instead, I spread the message that I first told to the ⌞Jewish⌟ people in Damascus and Jerusalem and throughout the whole country of Judea. I spread the same message to non-Jewish people. Both groups were expected to change the way they thought and acted and to turn to God. I told them to do things that prove they had changed their lives.

James 1:27

Pure, unstained religion, according to God our Father, is to take care of orphans and widows when they suffer and to remain uncorrupted by this world.

James 2:13

No mercy will be shown to those who show no mercy to others. Mercy triumphs over judgment.