Hosea 14:9

New Living Translation

Let those who are wise understand these things. Let those with discernment listen carefully. The paths of the Lord are true and right, and righteous people live by walking in them. But in those paths sinners stumble and fall.

Cross References

Genesis 18:25

Surely you wouldn’t do such a thing, destroying the righteous along with the wicked. Why, you would be treating the righteous and the wicked exactly the same! Surely you wouldn’t do that! Should not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?”

Job 17:9

The righteous keep moving forward, and those with clean hands become stronger and stronger.

Psalm 107:43

Those who are wise will take all this to heart; they will see in our history the faithful love of the Lord.

Psalm 119:128

Each of your commandments is right. That is why I hate every false way.

Psalm 119:75

I know, O Lord, that your regulations are fair; you disciplined me because I needed it.

Psalm 84:5

What joy for those whose strength comes from the Lord, who have set their minds on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.

Psalm 84:7

They will continue to grow stronger, and each of them will appear before God in Jerusalem.

Proverbs 10:29

The way of the Lord is a stronghold to those with integrity, but it destroys the wicked.

Proverbs 16:21

The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive.

Proverbs 4:18

The way of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, which shines ever brighter until the full light of day.

Isaiah 1:28

But rebels and sinners will be completely destroyed, and those who desert the Lord will be consumed.

Isaiah 17:8

They will no longer look to their idols for help or worship what their own hands have made. They will never again bow down to their Asherah poles or worship at the pagan shrines they have built.

Isaiah 26:7

But for those who are righteous, the way is not steep and rough. You are a God who does what is right, and you smooth out the path ahead of them.

Jeremiah 29:12

In those days when you pray, I will listen.

Jeremiah 9:12

Who is wise enough to understand all this? Who has been instructed by the Lord and can explain it to others? Why has the land been so ruined that no one dares to travel through it?

Ezekiel 11:18

“When the people return to their homeland, they will remove every trace of their vile images and detestable idols.

Ezekiel 18:25

“Yet you say, ‘The Lord isn’t doing what’s right!’ Listen to me, O people of Israel. Am I the one not doing what’s right, or is it you?

Ezekiel 36:25

“Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. Your filth will be washed away, and you will no longer worship idols.

Daniel 12:10

Many will be purified, cleansed, and refined by these trials. But the wicked will continue in their wickedness, and none of them will understand. Only those who are wise will know what it means.

Zephaniah 3:5

But the Lord is still there in the city, and he does no wrong. Day by day he hands down justice, and he does not fail. But the wicked know no shame.

Zechariah 10:6

“I will strengthen Judah and save Israel; I will restore them because of my compassion. It will be as though I had never rejected them, for I am the Lord their God, who will hear their cries.

Matthew 11:19

The Son of Man, on the other hand, feasts and drinks, and you say, ‘He’s a glutton and a drunkard, and a friend of tax collectors and other sinners!’ But wisdom is shown to be right by its results.”

Luke 2:34

Then Simeon blessed them, and he said to Mary, the baby’s mother, “This child is destined to cause many in Israel to fall, and many others to rise. He has been sent as a sign from God, but many will oppose him.

Luke 7:23

And he added, “God blesses those who do not fall away because of me.”

John 15:24

If I hadn’t done such miraculous signs among them that no one else could do, they would not be guilty. But as it is, they have seen everything I did, yet they still hate me and my Father.

John 18:37

Pilate said, “So you are a king?” Jesus responded, “You say I am a king. Actually, I was born and came into the world to testify to the truth. All who love the truth recognize that what I say is true.”

John 8:47

Anyone who belongs to God listens gladly to the words of God. But you don’t listen because you don’t belong to God.”

John 9:39

Then Jesus told him, “I entered this world to render judgment—to give sight to the blind and to show those who think they see that they are blind.”

Acts 13:10

Then he said, “You son of the devil, full of every sort of deceit and fraud, and enemy of all that is good! Will you never stop perverting the true ways of the Lord?

Romans 7:12

But still, the law itself is holy, and its commands are holy and right and good.

Deuteronomy 32:4

He is the Rock; his deeds are perfect. Everything he does is just and fair. He is a faithful God who does no wrong; how just and upright he is!

Revelation 15:3

And they were singing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb: “Great and marvelous are your works, O Lord God, the Almighty. Just and true are your ways, O King of the nations.