Hosea 14:9

A Promise Of Restoration

⁸ O Ephraim, I do not want to have anything to do with idols anymore! I will answer him and care for him. I am like a luxuriant cypress tree; your fruitfulness comes from me! ⁹ 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.

Ways of the Lord

Jehovah

Psalm 107:43

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

Proverbs 10:29

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

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?"

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.

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.

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.

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 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."

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?"

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.

Job 17:9

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

Job 34:10-12

"Therefore, listen to me, you men of understanding. Far be it from God to do wickedness, from the Almighty to do evil.

Job 34:18-19

who says to a king, 'Worthless man' and to nobles, 'Wicked men,'

Psalm 19:7-8

The law of the Lord is perfect and preserves one's life. The rules set down by the Lord are reliable and impart wisdom to the inexperienced.

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.

Psalm 111:7-8

His acts are characterized by faithfulness and justice; all his precepts are reliable.

Psalm 119:75

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

Psalm 119:128

For this reason I carefully follow all your precepts. I hate all deceitful actions.

Proverbs 1:5-6

(Let the wise also hear and gain instruction, and let the discerning acquire guidance!)

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 8:13-15

You must recognize the authority of the Lord who commands armies. He is the one you must respect; he is the one you must fear.

Isaiah 26:7

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

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 33:17-20

"Yet your people say, 'The behavior of the Lord is not right,' when it is their behavior that is not right.

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."

Matthew 13:11-12

He replied, "You have been given the opportunity to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but they have not.

Luke 4:28-29

When they heard this, all the people in the synagogue were filled with rage.

Luke 7:23

Blessed is anyone who takes no offense at me."

John 3:19-20

Now this is the basis for judging: that the light has come into the world and people loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil.

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."

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.

Romans 7:12

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

Romans 9:32-33

Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but (as if it were possible) by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,

2 Corinthians 2:15-16

For we are a sweet aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing --

2 Thessalonians 2:9-12

The arrival of the lawless one will be by Satan's working with all kinds of miracles and signs and false wonders,

1 Peter 2:7-8

So you who believe see his value, but for those who do not believe, the stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,