Hosea 14:9

New English Translation

Who is wise? Let him discern these things! Who is discerning? Let him understand them! For the ways of the Lord are right; the godly walk in them, but in them the rebellious stumble.

Cross References

Genesis 18:25

Far be it from you to do such a thing – to kill the godly with the wicked, treating the godly and the wicked alike! Far be it from you! Will not the judge of the whole earth do what is right?”

Job 17:9

But the righteous man holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.

Psalm 107:43

Whoever is wise, let him take note of these things! Let them consider the Lord’s acts of loyal love!

Psalm 119:128

For this reason I carefully follow all your precepts. I hate all deceitful actions. פ (Pe)

Psalm 119:75

I know, Lord, that your regulations are just. You disciplined me because of your faithful devotion to me.

Psalm 84:5

How blessed are those who find their strength in you, and long to travel the roads that lead to your temple!

Psalm 84:7

They are sustained as they travel along; each one appears before God in Zion.

Proverbs 10:29

The way of the Lord is like a stronghold for the upright, but it is destruction to evildoers.

Proverbs 16:21

The one who is wise in heart is called discerning, and kind speech increases persuasiveness.

Proverbs 4:18

But the path of the righteous is like the bright morning light, growing brighter and brighter until full day.

Isaiah 1:28

All rebellious sinners will be shattered, those who abandon the Lord will perish.

Isaiah 17:8

They will no longer trust in the altars their hands made, or depend on the Asherah poles and incense altars their fingers made.

Isaiah 26:7

The way of the righteous is level, the path of the righteous that you make is straight.

Jeremiah 29:12

When you call out to me and come to me in prayer, I will hear your prayers.

Jeremiah 9:12

I said, “Who is wise enough to understand why this has happened? Who has a word from the Lord that can explain it? Why does the land lie in ruins? Why is it as scorched as a desert through which no one travels?”

Ezekiel 11:18

“When they return to it, they will remove from it all its detestable things and all its abominations.

Ezekiel 18:25

“Yet you say, ‘The Lord’s conduct is unjust!’ Hear, O house of Israel: Is my conduct unjust? Is it not your conduct that is unjust?

Ezekiel 36:25

I will sprinkle you with pure water and you will be clean from all your impurities. I will purify you from all your idols.

Daniel 12:10

Many will be purified, made clean, and refined, but the wicked will go on being wicked. None of the wicked will understand, though the wise will understand.

Zephaniah 3:5

The just Lord resides within her; he commits no unjust acts. Every morning he reveals his justice. At dawn he appears without fail. Yet the unjust know no shame.

Zechariah 10:6

“I (says the Lord) will strengthen the kingdom of Judah and deliver the people of Joseph and will bring them back because of my compassion for them. They will be as though I had never rejected them, for I am the Lord their God and therefore I will hear them.

Matthew 11:19

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at him, a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.”

Luke 2:34

Then Simeon blessed them and said to his mother Mary, “Listen carefully: This child is destined to be the cause of the falling and rising of many in Israel and to be a sign that will be rejected.

Luke 7:23

Blessed is anyone who takes no offense at me.”

John 15:24

If I had not performed among them the miraculous deeds that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. But now they have seen the deeds and have hated both me and my Father.

John 18:37

Then Pilate said, “So you are a king!” Jesus replied, “You say that I am a king. For this reason I was born, and for this reason I came into the world – to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.”

John 8:47

The one who belongs to God listens and responds to God’s words. You don’t listen and respond, because you don’t belong to God.”

John 9:39

Jesus said,] “For judgment I have come into this world, so that those who do not see may gain their sight, and the ones who see may become blind.”

Acts 13:10

and said, “You who are full of all deceit and all wrongdoing, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness – will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord?

Romans 7:12

So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.

Deuteronomy 32:4

As for the Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are just. He is a reliable God who is never unjust, he is fair and upright.

Revelation 15:3

They sang the song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the Lamb: “Great and astounding are your deeds, Lord God, the All-Powerful! Just and true are your ways, King over the nations!