Hosea 14:9

A Promise Of Restoration

⁸ O Ephraim, what have I to do with idols? It is I who answer and look after you. I am like an evergreen cypress; from me comes your fruit. ⁹ Whoever is wise, let him understand these things;
Whoever is discerning, let him know them.
For the ways of the Lord are right,
And the righteous will walk in them,
But transgressors will stumble in them.

Ways of the Lord

Jehovah

Psalm 107:43

Whoever is wise, let him attend to these things; let them consider the steadfast love of the LORD.

Proverbs 10:29

The way of the LORD is a stronghold to the blameless, but destruction to evildoers.

Jeremiah 9:12

Who is the man so wise that he can understand this? To whom has the mouth of the LORD spoken, that he may declare it? Why is the land ruined and laid waste like a wilderness, so that no one passes through?

Zephaniah 3:5

The LORD within her is righteous; he does no injustice; every morning he shows forth his justice; each dawn he does not fail; but the unjust knows no shame.

Daniel 12:10

Many shall purify themselves and make themselves white and be refined, but the wicked shall act wickedly. And none of the wicked shall understand, but those who are wise shall understand.

Luke 2:34

And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, "Behold, this child is appointed for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that is opposed

John 8:47

Whoever is of God hears the words of God. The reason why you do not hear them is that you are not of God."

John 18:37

Then Pilate said to him, "So you are a king?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world--to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice."

Genesis 18:25

Far be it from you to do such a thing, to put the righteous to death with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from you! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?"

Deuteronomy 32:4

"The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and upright is he.

Job 17:9

Yet the righteous holds to his way, and he who has clean hands grows stronger and stronger.

Job 34:10-12

"Therefore, hear me, you men of understanding: far be it from God that he should do wickedness, and from the Almighty that he should do wrong.

Job 34:18-19

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

Psalm 19:7-8

The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple;

Psalm 84:5

Blessed are those whose strength is in you, in whose heart are the highways to Zion.

Psalm 84:7

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

Psalm 111:7-8

The works of his hands are faithful and just; all his precepts are trustworthy;

Psalm 119:75

I know, O LORD, that your rules are righteous, and that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.

Psalm 119:128

Therefore I consider all your precepts to be right; I hate every false way.

Proverbs 1:5-6

Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance,

Proverbs 4:18

But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day.

Isaiah 1:28

But rebels and sinners shall be broken together, and those who forsake the LORD shall be consumed.

Isaiah 8:13-15

But the LORD of hosts, him you shall honor as holy. Let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.

Isaiah 26:7

The path of the righteous is level; you make level the way of the righteous.

Ezekiel 18:25

"Yet you say, 'The way of the Lord is not just.' Hear now, O house of Israel: Is my way not just? Is it not your ways that are not just?

Ezekiel 33:17-20

"Yet your people say, 'The way of the Lord is not just,' when it is their own way that is not just.

Matthew 11:19

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' Yet wisdom is justified by her deeds."

Matthew 13:11-12

And he answered them, "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.

Luke 4:28-29

When they heard these things, all in the synagogue were filled with wrath.

Luke 7:23

And blessed is the one who is not offended by me."

John 3:19-20

And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.

John 9:39

Jesus said, "For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind."

John 15:24

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

Romans 7:12

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

Romans 9:32-33

Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the stumbling stone,

2 Corinthians 2:15-16

For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing,

2 Thessalonians 2:9-12

The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders,

1 Peter 2:7-8

So the honor is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe, "The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,"