Hosea 14:9

New International Version

Who is wise? Let them realize these things. Who is discerning? Let them understand. The ways of the Lord are right; the righteous walk in them, but the rebellious stumble in them.

Cross References

Genesis 18:25

Far be it from you to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. Far be it from you! Will not the Judge of all the earth do right?”

Job 17:9

Nevertheless, the righteous will hold to their ways, and those with clean hands will grow stronger.

Psalm 107:43

Let the one who is wise heed these things and ponder the loving deeds of the Lord.

Psalm 119:128

and because I consider all your precepts right, I hate every wrong path.

Psalm 119:75

I know, Lord, that your laws are righteous, and that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.

Psalm 84:5

Blessed are those whose strength is in you, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.

Psalm 84:7

They go from strength to strength, till each appears before God in Zion.

Proverbs 10:29

The way of the Lord is a refuge for the blameless, but it is the ruin of those who do evil.

Proverbs 16:21

The wise in heart are called discerning, and gracious words promote instruction.

Proverbs 4:18

The path of the righteous is like the morning sun, shining ever brighter till the full light of day.

Isaiah 1:28

But rebels and sinners will both be broken, and those who forsake the Lord will perish.

Isaiah 17:8

They will not look to the altars, the work of their hands, and they will have no regard for the Asherah poles and the incense altars their fingers have made.

Isaiah 26:7

The path of the righteous is level; you, the Upright One, make the way of the righteous smooth.

Jeremiah 29:12

Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.

Jeremiah 9:12

Who is wise enough to understand this? Who has been instructed by the Lord and can explain it? Why has the land been ruined and laid waste like a desert that no one can cross?

Ezekiel 11:18

“They will return to it and remove all its vile images and detestable idols.

Ezekiel 18:25

“Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Hear, you Israelites: Is my way unjust? Is it not your ways that are unjust?

Ezekiel 36:25

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

Daniel 12:10

Many will be purified, made spotless and refined, but the wicked will continue to be wicked. None of the wicked will understand, but those who are wise will understand.

Zephaniah 3:5

The Lord within her is righteous; he does no wrong. Morning by morning he dispenses his justice, and every new day he does not fail, yet the unrighteous know no shame.

Zechariah 10:6

“I will strengthen Judah and save the tribes of Joseph. I will restore them because I have compassion on them. They will be as though I had not rejected them, for I am the Lord their God and I will answer them.

Matthew 11:19

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ But wisdom is proved right by her deeds.”

Luke 2:34

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

Luke 7:23

Blessed is anyone who does not stumble on account of me.”

John 15:24

If I had not done among them the works no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. As it is, they have seen, and yet they have hated both me and my Father.

John 18:37

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

John 8:47

Whoever belongs to God hears what God says. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.”

John 9:39

Jesus said, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who see will become blind.”

Acts 13:10

“You are a child of the devil and an enemy of everything that is right! You are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery. Will you never stop perverting the right ways of the Lord?

Romans 7:12

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

Deuteronomy 32:4

He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is he.

Revelation 15:3

and sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and marvelous are your deeds, Lord God Almighty. Just and true are your ways, King of the nations.