Hosea 14:9

New Century Version

A wise person will know these things, and an understanding person will take them to heart. The Lord’s ways are right. Good people live by following them, but those who turn against God die because of them.

Cross References

Genesis 18:25

Surely you will not destroy the good people along with the evil ones; then they would be treated the same. You are the judge of all the earth. Won’t you do what is right?”

Job 17:9

But those who do right will continue to do right, and those whose hands are not dirty with sin will grow stronger.

Psalm 107:43

Whoever is wise will remember these things and will think about the love of the Lord.

Psalm 119:128

I respect all your orders, so I hate lying ways.

Psalm 119:75

Lord, I know that your laws are right and that it was right for you to punish me.

Psalm 84:5

Happy are those whose strength comes from you, who want to travel to Jerusalem.

Psalm 84:7

The people get stronger as they go, and everyone meets with God in Jerusalem.

Proverbs 10:29

The Lord will protect good people but will ruin those who do evil.

Proverbs 16:21

The wise are known for their understanding. Their pleasant words make them better teachers.

Proverbs 4:18

The way of the good person is like the light of dawn, growing brighter and brighter until full daylight.

Isaiah 1:28

But sinners and those who turn against him will be destroyed; those who have left the Lord will die.

Isaiah 17:8

They will not trust the altars they have made, nor will they trust what their hands have made, not even the Asherah idols and altars.

Isaiah 26:7

The path of life is level for those who are right with God; Lord, you make the way of life smooth for those people.

Jeremiah 29:12

Then you will call my name. You will come to me and pray to me, and I will listen to you.

Jeremiah 9:12

What person is wise enough to understand these things? Is there someone who has been taught by the Lord who can explain them? Why was the land ruined? Why has it been made like an empty desert where no one goes?

Ezekiel 11:18

“When they come to this land, they will remove all the evil idols and all the hateful images.

Ezekiel 18:25

“But you say, ‘What the Lord does isn’t fair.’ Listen, people of Israel. I am fair. It is what you do that is not fair!

Ezekiel 36:25

Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your uncleanness and your idols.

Daniel 12:10

Many people will be made clean, pure, and spotless, but the wicked will continue to be wicked. Those wicked people will not understand these things, but the wise will understand them.

Zephaniah 3:5

But the Lord is good, and he is there in that city. He does no wrong. Every morning he governs the people fairly; every day he can be trusted. But evil people are not ashamed of what they do.

Zechariah 10:6

“I will strengthen the people of Judah and save the people of Joseph. I will bring them back, because I care about them. It will be as though I had never left them, because I am the Lord their God, and I will answer them.

Matthew 11:19

The Son of Man came, eating and drinking, and people say, ‘Look at him! He eats too much and drinks too much wine, and he is a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ But wisdom is proved to be right by what she does.”

Luke 2:34

Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, “God has chosen this child to cause the fall and rise of many in Israel. He will be a sign from God that many people will not accept

Luke 7:23

Those who do not stumble in their faith because of me are blessed!”

John 15:24

I did works among them that no one else has ever done. If I had not done these works, they would not be guilty of sin. But now they have seen what I have done, and yet they have hated both me and my Father.

John 18:37

Pilate said, “So you are a king!” Jesus answered, “You are the one saying I am a king. This is why I was born and came into the world: to tell people the truth. And everyone who belongs to the truth listens to me.”

John 8:47

The person who belongs to God accepts what God says. But you don’t accept what God says, because you don’t belong to God.”

John 9:39

Jesus said, “I came into this world so that the world could be judged. I came so that the blind would see and so that those who see will become blind.”

Acts 13:10

and said, “You son of the devil! You are an enemy of everything that is right! You are full of evil tricks and lies, always trying to change the Lord’s truths into lies.

Romans 7:12

So the law is holy, and the command is holy and right and good.

Deuteronomy 32:4

He is like a rock; what he does is perfect, and he is always fair. He is a faithful God who does no wrong, who is right and fair.

Revelation 15:3

They sang the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb: “You do great and wonderful things, Lord God Almighty. Everything the Lord does is right and true, King of the nations.