Hosea 14:9

New International Reader's Version

If someone is wise, they will realize that what I’ve said is true. If they have understanding, they will know what it means. The ways of the Lord are right. People who are right with God live the way he wants them to. But those who refuse to obey him trip and fall.

Cross References

Genesis 18:25

You would never kill godly people along with those who are evil, would you? Would you treat them all alike? You would never do anything like that! Won’t the Judge of the whole earth do what is right?”

Job 17:9

But godly people will keep doing what is right. Those who have clean hands will grow stronger.

Psalm 107:43

Let those who are wise pay attention to these things. Let them think about the loving deeds of the Lord.

Psalm 119:128

I consider all your rules to be right. So I hate every path that sinners take.

Psalm 119:75

Lord, I know that your laws are right. You were faithful to your promise when you made me suffer.

Psalm 84:5

Blessed are those whose strength comes from you. They have firmly decided to travel to your temple.

Psalm 84:7

Those people get stronger as they go along, until each of them appears in Zion, where God lives.

Proverbs 10:29

The way of the Lord is a safe place for those without blame. But that way destroys those who do evil.

Proverbs 16:21

Wise hearts are known for understanding what is right. Kind words make people want to learn more.

Proverbs 4:18

The path of those who do right is like the sun in the morning. It shines brighter and brighter until the full light of day.

Isaiah 1:28

But sinners and those who refuse to obey the Lord will be destroyed. And those who desert the Lord will die.

Isaiah 17:8

They won’t trust in the altars they made with their own hands. They won’t pay any attention to the poles they used to worship the female god named Asherah. And they won’t depend on the incense altars they made with their own fingers.

Isaiah 26:7

The path of godly people is level. You are the God who does what is right. You make their way smooth.

Jeremiah 29:12

Then you will call out to me. You will come and pray to me. And I will listen to you.

Jeremiah 9:12

Who is wise enough to understand these things? Who has been taught by the Lord? Who can explain them? Why has the land been destroyed so completely? Why has it become like a desert that no one can go across?

Ezekiel 11:18

“They will return to it. They will remove all its statues of evil gods. I hate those gods.

Ezekiel 18:25

“But you say, ‘What the Lord does isn’t fair.’ Listen to me, you Israelites. What I do is always fair. What you do is not.

Ezekiel 36:25

I will sprinkle pure water on you. Then you will be ‘clean.’ I will make you completely pure and ‘clean.’ I will take all the statues of your gods away from you.

Daniel 12:10

Many people will be made pure in the fire. They will be made spotless. But sinful people will continue to be evil. Not one sinful person will understand. But those who are wise will.

Zephaniah 3:5

In spite of that, the Lord is good to Jerusalem. He never does anything that is wrong. Every morning he does what is fair. Each new day he does the right thing. But those who do what is wrong aren’t even ashamed of it.

Zechariah 10:6

“I will make the family of Judah strong. I will save the tribes of Joseph. I will bring them back because I have tender love for them. It will be as if I had not sent them away. I am the Lord their God. I will help them.

Matthew 11:19

But when the Son of Man came, he ate and drank as you do. And people say, ‘This fellow is always eating and drinking far too much. He’s a friend of tax collectors and “sinners.” ’ By wise actions wisdom is shown to be right.”

Luke 2:34

Then Simeon blessed them. He said to Mary, Jesus’ mother, “This child is going to cause many people in Israel to fall and to rise. God has sent him. But many will speak against him.

Luke 7:23

Blessed is anyone who does not give up their faith because of me.”

John 15:24

I did works among them that no one else did. If I hadn’t, they would not be guilty of sin. But now they have seen those works. And still they have hated both me and my Father.

John 18:37

“So you are a king, then!” said Pilate. Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. In fact, that’s the reason I was born. I was born and came into the world to be a witness to the truth. Everyone who is on the side of truth listens to me.”

John 8:47

Whoever belongs to God hears what God says. The reason you don’t hear is that you don’t belong to God.”

John 9:39

Jesus said, “I have come into this world to judge it. I have come so that people who are blind will see. I have come so that people who can see will become blind.”

Acts 13:10

“You are a child of the devil! You are an enemy of everything that is right! You cheat people. You use all kinds of tricks. Won’t you ever stop twisting the right ways of the Lord?

Romans 7:12

So the law is holy. The commandment also is holy and right and good.

Deuteronomy 32:4

He is the Rock. His works are perfect. All his ways are right. He is faithful. He doesn’t do anything wrong. He is honest and fair.

Revelation 15:3

They sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb. They sang, “Lord God who rules over all, everything you do is great and wonderful. King of the nations, your ways are true and fair.