Hosea 14:9

New King James Version

Who is wise? Let him understand these things. Who is prudent? Let him know them. For the ways of the Lord are right; The righteous walk in them, But transgressors stumble in them.

Cross References

Genesis 18:25

Far be it from You to do such a thing as this, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be as the wicked; far be it from You! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?”

Job 17:9

Yet the righteous will hold to his way, And he who has clean hands will be stronger and stronger.

Psalm 107:43

Whoever is wise will observe these things, And they will understand the lovingkindness of the Lord.

Psalm 119:128

Therefore all Your precepts concerning all things I consider to be right; I hate every false way.

Psalm 119:75

I know, O Lord, that Your judgments are right, And that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.

Psalm 84:5

Blessed is the man whose strength is in You, Whose heart is set on pilgrimage.

Psalm 84:7

They go from strength to strength; Each one appears before God in Zion.

Proverbs 10:29

The way of the Lord is strength for the upright, But destruction will come to the workers of iniquity.

Proverbs 16:21

The wise in heart will be called prudent, And sweetness of the lips increases learning.

Proverbs 4:18

But the path of the just is like the shining sun, That shines ever brighter unto the perfect day.

Isaiah 1:28

The destruction of transgressors and of sinners shall be together, And those who forsake the Lord shall be consumed.

Isaiah 17:8

He will not look to the altars, The work of his hands; He will not respect what his fingers have made, Nor the wooden images nor the incense altars.

Isaiah 26:7

The way of the just is uprightness; O Most Upright, You weigh the path of the just.

Jeremiah 29:12

Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.

Jeremiah 9:12

Who is the wise man who may understand this? And who is he to whom the mouth of the Lord has spoken, that he may declare it? Why does the land perish and burn up like a wilderness, so that no one can pass through?

Ezekiel 11:18

And they will go there, and they will take away all its detestable things and all its abominations from there.

Ezekiel 18:25

“Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not fair.’ Hear now, O house of Israel, is it not My way which is fair, and your ways which are not fair?

Ezekiel 36:25

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

Daniel 12:10

Many shall be purified, made white, and refined, but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall understand, but the wise shall understand.

Zephaniah 3:5

The Lord is righteous in her midst, He will do no unrighteousness. Every morning He brings His justice to light; He never fails, But the unjust knows no shame.

Zechariah 10:6

“I will strengthen the house of Judah, And I will save the house of Joseph. I will bring them back, Because I have mercy on them. They shall be as though I had not cast them aside; For I am the Lord their God, And I will hear them.

Matthew 11:19

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look, a glutton and a winebibber, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is justified by her children.”

Luke 2:34

Then Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary His mother, “Behold, this Child is destined for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign which will be spoken against

Luke 7:23

And blessed is he who is not offended because of Me.”

John 15:24

If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would have no sin; but now they have seen and also hated both Me and My Father.

John 18:37

Pilate therefore said to Him, “Are You a king then?” Jesus answered, “You say rightly that I am a king. For this cause I was born, and for this cause I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice.”

John 8:47

He who is of God hears God’s words; therefore you do not hear, because you are not of God.”

John 9:39

And Jesus said, “For judgment I have come into this world, that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may be made blind.”

Acts 13:10

and said, “O full of all deceit and all fraud, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease perverting the straight ways of the Lord?

Romans 7:12

Therefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy and just and good.

Deuteronomy 32:4

He is the Rock, His work is perfect; For all His ways are justice, A God of truth and without injustice; Righteous and upright is He.

Revelation 15:3

They sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying: “Great and marvelous are Your works, Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the saints!