Hosea 12:6

God's Case Against Jacob's Heirs

⁵ Yahweh the God of hosts, Yahweh [is] his renowned name! ⁶ But you, you must return to your God; keep love and justice, and wait continually for your God. ⁷ [The] trader, in his hand [are] scales of deceit; he loves to oppress.

Hope in God

Righteousness and Justice

Love And Justice

Micah 6:8

He has told you, O mortal, what [is] good, and what does Yahweh ask from you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?

Hosea 14:1

Return to Yahweh your God, Israel, for you have stumbled because of your sin.

Joel 2:13

Rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to Yahweh your God, because he [is] gracious and compassionate, {slow to anger} and great in loyal love, and relenting from harm.

Genesis 49:18

I wait for your salvation, O Yahweh.

Psalm 27:14

Wait for Yahweh. Be strong and let your heart show strength, and wait for Yahweh.

Psalm 37:7

Be quiet before Yahweh and wait for him. Do not fret about one who succeeds [in] his way, about a man making plots.

Psalm 123:2

Behold, as [the] eyes of servants [look] to the hand of their master, as [the] eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes [look] to Yahweh our God, until he is gracious to us.

Psalm 130:5-7

I await Yahweh; my soul awaits, and I wait for his word.

Proverbs 1:23

May you turn to my argument! Behold, I shall pour out my spirit upon you; I will make my words known to you.

Proverbs 21:3

Doing righteousness and justice is [more] acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice.

Isaiah 1:16

Wash! Make yourselves clean! Remove the evil of your doings from before my eyes! Cease to do evil!

Isaiah 8:17

And I will wait for Yahweh, who hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I will await him.

Isaiah 30:18

Therefore Yahweh waits to be gracious [to] you, and therefore he will rise up to show you mercy, for Yahweh [is] a God of justice; blessed [are] all those who wait for him.

Isaiah 31:6

Turn back to [the one against] whom the sons of Israel have made deep rebellion.

Isaiah 40:31

But those who wait for Yahweh shall renew [their] strength. They shall go up [with] wings like eagles; they shall run and not grow weary; they shall walk and not be faint.

Isaiah 55:6-7

Seek Yahweh {while he lets himself be found}; call him {while he is} near.

Isaiah 58:6

Is this not [the] fast I choose: to release [the] bonds of injustice, to untie [the] ropes of [the] yoke, and to let [the] oppressed go free, and {tear} every yoke to pieces?

Jeremiah 3:14-22

"Return, apostate children," {declares} Yahweh. "For {I am your master}, and I will take you one from a city and two from a clan, and I will bring you [to] Zion.

Jeremiah 22:15

Do you reign as king because you [are] competing in cedar? Did not your father eat and drink, and he did justice and righteousness, then it was well with him?

Lamentations 3:25-26

Yahweh is good to those who wait on him, to the person that seeks him.

Lamentations 3:39-41

Why should any living person complain about his sin?

Hosea 4:1

Hear the word of Yahweh, children of Israel, for Yahweh has an indictment against the inhabitants of the land. There is no faithfulness or loyalty, there is no knowledge of God in the land.

Hosea 6:1-3

Come, let us return to Yahweh; because [it is] he who has torn, and he will heal us; he has struck us down and will bind us up.

Hosea 10:12

Sow for yourselves righteousness; {reap loyal love}. Break up for yourself fallow ground; [it is] time to seek Yahweh so he will come and rain righteousness upon you.

Amos 5:24

But let justice roll on like the water, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

Micah 7:7

But [as for] me, I will look to Yahweh; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.

Habakkuk 2:3

For [there is] yet a vision for the appointed time; it will give witness to the end, and it will not lie. If it tarries, wait for it, for it will surely come and not delay.

Zephaniah 3:8

"Therefore, wait for me"--a declaration of Yahweh-- "for the day of my rising as a witness. For my decision [is] to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out my wrath upon them, all my burning anger. For by the fire of my anger all the land shall be consumed.

Zechariah 1:3

You must say to them: 'Thus says Yahweh of hosts: "Return to me," {declares} Yahweh of hosts, "and I will return to you," says Yahweh of hosts.

Zechariah 7:9

"Thus says Yahweh of hosts: 'Judge [with] trustworthy justice, and show steadfast love and compassion {to one another}.

Zechariah 8:16

These [are] the things that you must do: speak truth, each [of you], with his neighbor; practice trustworthy judgment and peace in your gates.

Acts 2:38

And Peter [said] to them, "Repent and be baptized, each one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Acts 26:20

but to those in Damascus first, and in Jerusalem and all the region of Judea and to the Gentiles, I proclaimed [that they should] repent and turn to God, doing deeds worthy of repentance.

James 1:27

Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their affliction, [and] to keep oneself unstained by the world.

James 2:13

For judgment [is] merciless to the one who has not practiced mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.